Por Vida Academy Charter High School

Our school garden was implemented in May 2011. Our School Health Advisory Council felt that the school garden would be very instrumental in helping our students learn about gardening and growing healthy foods. Our goal with the school garden is to educate our students on the benefits and rewards of gardening. This experience will provide them with education and tools that they can use to grow their own food and learn about healthy eating.Our school consists of students at risk and with lower socio-economic status. Some serious problems we face in our community include: 30% of families live in poverty and cannot afford organic produce and 31.1% of San Antonio adults are obese.