Lakeland Elementary School

Last year we initiated construction of a hoop house with the hope that our students could have better access to our school garden during the school year. We built it over our garden and are now in the next phase of the project where we have been able to start connecting the blower system and automated vents to a battery charged by a solar panel. We need to finish that and update our composting system, along with organizing storage and work space. We also need to start a savings fund for the eventual replacement of the plastic and other maintenance. It has been wonderful to have students integrating subjects in a hand-on and authentic manner and we have only just begun. This year and every year that goes by we hope to do more and more to make the connection between our lives and our sustenance stronger.

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