Valley Academy of Arts & Sciences

The Lifecycle Team at VAAS works to encourage healthy food and activity choices in the school community and in the community at large. We host community dinners to teach healthy cooking habits and quick recipes as an alternative to fast food, we host events for a "Healthy Kids Day" for kids and teens as Casa Esperanza, a community center in a low-income area of Panorama City, and we are currently putting together plans and community partners to support a mobilized farmers market that will take fresh produce to those who do not have easy access in their neighborhoods. We feel that the next natural step would be to build a school garden that will help support our community dinners, our "Healthy Kids Days," and our mobilized farmer's market.