A J Briesemeister Middle School

The program goals include:Improving overall community wellness by instilling healthy lifestyles in students, providing opportunities for physical activity and the necessary skills and resources to increase their consumption of nutritious foods, particularly fruits and vegetables. Increasing physical activity, fresh fruit and vegetable consumption, and social interaction for community members including seniors. Developing healthier eating habits for all participants by learning to create healthy snacks and meals that include harvested items from their own garden project. The campus has a large garden area constructed in the 1990’s complete with a greenhouse, water well, indoor and outdoor classroom area. Horticulture students currently use part of the area. Seguin ISD and Resolute Health Charity see great potential and plan to revitalize the entire area.The students have developed a salsa garden proposal.This grant would help fund this student designed part of this project.