St. Andrew's Episcopal School

Our hope is to implement a new, sustainable garden at St. Andrew's Episcopal School, as well as revitalize pre-existing garden areas. These gardens will serve as outdoor gardening classrooms and safe, green spaces for the children to spend time outdoors at school. The garden program seeks to enhance the nutrition and sustainability education components at St. Andrew's. CNGF trained college interns will teach the FOSS method using hands on science techniques and garden props. The ELSEE model lesson plans focus on food, nutrition, and sustainability and link the California next generation Science Standards and the EEI curriculum according to grade levels.This grant will allow CNGF and its college internship program, with nine colleges and universities located near the partner schools, the opportunity to expand into each school's surrounding community to create a support system, required for the garden program'™s long term sustainability.