W.T.Cooke Elementary School

Our main focus will be on sustainability through gardening, reducing, reusing, and recycling. Students will get to experience the pleasures of planning, growing, and consuming their own fresh vegetables and of producing, through the work of their own hands, food for others. They will also begin to understand the possibilities of recycling by transforming things that were considered trash into usable objects and valuable compost. We will make it a goal this year to use recycled or reclaimed items where ever possible.

Our students will meet many community members and learn from their examples about Interdependence and social responsibility.

This grant will make it possible to purchase a greenhouse to extend our growing season and serve as an outdoor classroom during the winter months. As a community, it means more food produded. We partner with "Grow a Row" a local community based organization that receives a portion of our harvest every year.

This program is supported by .