Yavneh Day School

We now have 3 garden beds assigned to the younger grade classrooms. Each classroom maintains independent gardens. Our vision is to have a school-wide JK - 8th grade garden that the students, teachers and families feels shared ownership and provides instructional value across grades, art classes and cooking club. This grant makes our garden expansion possible, both in physical space and curriculum design, creating a safer and user-friendlier space to accomplish this goal. (new tools and storage spaces, watering systems and protective fencing.)

Students will plant, weed, water, harvest, and consume the vegetables and share the flowers with teachers and in life cycle Jewish events. Through observation and participation, students will learn the food cycle: understanding where food comes from and learning how we stay healthy through smart food choices.

Over time, our goal is to have a garden program that is a mainstay of our school with rotating seasonal crops, continually providing teaching opportunities and our students an appreciation of the food cycle and what it provides us, both in respect for the earth and healthy food for our bodies.