McKinley Thatcher Elementary

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

Our garden will create meaningful relationships between students and food. It is.important for kids to know where their food comes from who grows it and how to.prepare it. Our garden will engaging students in local food production and economies provide a living laboratory where interdisciplinary lessons are drawn from daily experiences develop greater community interaction and instill the joy of cooking and the pleasures of eating nutritious tasty food. 

Garden Leader: Taryn Kapronica – loveitmadly@gmail.com

Program Members: