Polaris K-12

Our goal for the garden is to make it an aesthetically exciting and interactive extension to the classroom. We want to add apple trees and honey bees to provide a more interactive garden. Over the years, our students, teachers, and parents have slowly added to the garden. We want to ultimately expand our greenhouse and grow food year-round which would be served in the lunchroom. Our greenhouse would be heated and large enough for a class to be inside working comfortably. Polaris has incorporated our schoolyard habitat into our community and curricular activities by having students collect weather data, temperatures, harvest vegetables, and explore and learn about plants and animals. We have successfully grown potatoes and other vegetables, which are prepared and given to the students. Our goal is to broaden the interest and engagement to all students and teachers in our school, and we believe that setting it up as a learning environment will engage more classes and families.