Lee Academy Pilot School

The Lee Academy garden goals are to build a viable, sustainable vegetable garden for our entire school community to enjoy. We are in the start-up phase, so aside from the actual support needed to create and maintain a growing area, we are beginning to create a garden curriculum for all grade levels. In our K0-K1 (Pre-K) classes, an entire unit is dedicated to “Things That Grow”. Kindergarten and grade 1 classes also have entire units on “Living Things” that takes a more in-depth approach to studying the life cycle of plants and what caring for plants actually requires. A working garden would help provide authentic gardening experiences.
The Lee Academy Pilot School is an inclusive learning environment and we believe that all our students deserve the right to a high quality education. But, providing this type of learning environment requires a lot of extra support and creativity. Our sustainable vegetable garden will give all our students the type of hand-on, minds-on learning experience that solidifies concepts in their mind. Rather than learning about the life cycle of a plant from a text, our students will be plant, care for and observe a plant with their own eyes.