“Gardening and cooking is part of our curriculum.” – Susan Scott, Teacher

Our Story

We’re transitioning from a traditional K-6 school to an eK-8 school. We currently have some small garden boxes for our younger grades and a garden plot for the older students. All of our students receive their meals through the free/reduced lunch program, and we want to use our gardens to supplement our drive towards healthy eating. We also want to teach our students how gardening can relate to what they learn in class and build more community engagement. We want our students to know more about food production, nutrition, and food waste.

Your Help

We need your help! Healthy Planet and Soil Born Farms are helping us build seventeen 4 ft. x 8 ft. raised garden beds, along with providing us with new gardening tools, soil, and seeds. Each grade will have their own garden, with an additional 5 raised beds for a family garden area and 3 raised beds for a kitchen garden. We need your donation to help us reach this goal.

We’ll also be implementing new garden-based education and two garden clubs — including one that teaches the students how to design a business around the garden.

With your help, we can work towards a healthier lifestyle for our children!

Funding Structure

Total Budget: $8,605.06
Healthy Planet Subsidy (75% of total budget): $6,453.80
Total for school community to raise: $2,151.26

Thank You For Your Donation!

Katie Donahoe

Steve Linthicum

Anne McMonigle

Judy Anderson

Elizabeth Campbell

Carmen Ducusin

Glenn Destatte

Christopher Joubert

Colleen Mestas

Sally Giarrusso

Stephanie Longoria

Charles Haven

Alice Jez

Susan Lococo

Bethany & Ted Muhlhauser

JJ Cummings