St. Leo the Great

The goal of our program is to be a model of environmental stewardship by creating a sustainable garden and integrating it into our school and community life. This grant will make it possible for us to:
1) Build a 3-tiered grow light to extend our growing season and save seeds (and money!).
2) Develop a school-wide composting program where students in every grade will learn how to will collect cafeteria waste and turn it into useful nutrients for our plants.
3) Turn our garden into an outdoor classroom with seating and a chalkboard/community bulletin board.
4) Purchase grade level curriculum (LifeLab pre-K - 5th) for integrated science and math lessons.
We have made steps toward sustainability by installing a roof-top water catchment system (1,100 gallon capacity) and have secured funds to expand our one 3 ft. x 6 ft. bed to six 4 ft. x 8 ft.