Transition Plus Hopkins

The goal of this garden is to provide a real life learning lab for our special needs students who are 18-21. This would be a real life learning lab which would help implant thoughts of nutrition and hard work, planning and follow through in addition to one of the most important goals of our students which is human interaction. "When communities provide opportunities for people to work side by side for a common good, their attitudes for each other significantly improve." (August Hoffman, Star Tribune, 2012). Project based experiences have proven to be the most valuable with our students.

The plan for a raised garden would provide an opportunity for our wheelchair students to participate to their potential.

This garden would also provide an opportunity to bring together our school community with other schools who share our building. In addition, any extra produce could be given to the 2 community food shelves where our students currently volunteer.

This program is supported by .