Horace Mann Outdoor Arts and Ecology Classroom

Program Type: 
School Cafeterias, Garden Classrooms
Grade Level/Age Group: 
Upper Elementary, Lower Elementary, Kindergarten
Number of Individuals Program Serves: 
500
Year Founded: 
2011
About the Program: 

Public K-5 elementary school. Urban school on campus of Salem State University. 300 students.

Vegetables: 3 raised beds.

Habitat garden: 50 x 120 ft on hillside.

Students visit gardens as part of instruction. After-school Cultivator Club (4th and 5th graders) does most work.

School cafeteria participates in farm-to-school program as part of district-wide program.