White Plains Academy

The mission of Putnam County Schools is to produce individuals who serve and participate productively in society. The WPA garden works whole-heartedly toward that mission.

Teachers incorporate activities into daily lesson plans enabling them to reach students on another level, volunteers receive satisfaction from a successful service endeavor, and the community will ultimately become the benefactor from a project that has the potential to create gardens designed to provide abundant and healthy food choices for residents.

The WPA garden provides struggling youth the chance to harvest more than just vegetables. They benefit from a cornucopia of self-esteem, confidence, work ethic, pride, leadership, patience, persistence, responsibility, and more. We are learning that planting a seed in the dirt can plant a seed of character inside the heart and we will continue to strive not only to bring book learning to life but also teach skills that will last a lifetime.