Help me give my students the materials to create a working school garden to benefit their physical and mental health.
$309 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
Our students have diverse cultural, economic, and linguistic backgrounds, and despite the many difficulties they have experienced, they are loving, dedicated, and hard working citizens of the school community. Many of our students are English Language Learners and immigrants or children of immigrants.
The students have incredibly long days, but continually come to school with bright smiles.
They inspire myself and the other teachers to come in with positivity and excitement each and every day. The students live in an urban setting with limited resources, but still deserve access to an excellent educational experience.
My Project
Albert Einstein said, "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." Numerous studies have shown that being in nature benefits the physical and mental health of people of all ages. Studies have also shown that spending time in nature improves both academic scores and the emotional health of students.
Our school is in an urban setting, and the best way to give our students access to the benefits of nature is to create a school garden.
Please help our students experience these benefits, get in touch with nature, and develop first hand experience with the process of growing food.
Our students will be using the netting, hammers and resources from this project to build garden beds and fencing to keep out animals, planting seeds, composting food waste into soil, and gardening throughout the year. Students will learn about life cycles of plants, water cycle and so much more. They will be able to eat the produce that is grown and feel in touch with nature.
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