Benjamin Stoddert Elementary School

Washington, DC

http://www.stoddert.org

The grant will provide salary support for a school garden coordinator at Stoddert Elementary. This position is critical to ensure that the newly installed garden is meeting its potential as an educational tool for the students and as a valuable gateway for healthy food habits. The PTA is providing some funding for the position but we hope to provide further support with this grant. DC Greens is also requesting a "Special Projects" grant for District-wide professional development.

Capitol Hill Montessori at Logan

Washington, DC

http://capitolhillmontessorischool.org/

Our goal is to expand our gardens reduce asphalt and more fully incorporate the gardens into the curriculum for all of our students. Currently we have 8 small garden boxes in the front of our school; we'd like to build 6 more some on our over-sized asphalt parking lot so that each class could have their own garden space to plant fruits and vegetables butterfly gardens plants that can be made into textiles medicinal herbs etc. We'd also like to provide earthworm bins to each class.

Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School

Washington, DC

http://www.ewstokes.org

The goal of this project is to create viable lesson plans that integrate the garden into all subject areas. All of the workshops will be based on the theme of the classrooms and integrate the Common Core Standards in Language Arts and/or Math. These garden workshops will become an integral part of the classroom curriculums and become part of the culture of the school.

Hardy Middle School

Washington, DC

http://hardyms.org/

The edible garden will be the project focal point with seasonal crops and vegetation and integrating opportunities for students and teachers to develop their scientific thinking and inquiry skills. We plan on setting aside raised beds for classes or afterschool programs to conduct inquiry-based research.Students and community members will participate in the planting schedule and year-round maintenance. A community member will serve on the advisory board. The Community will be apart of events.

Horace Mann Elementary School

Washington, DC

http://www.horacemanndc.org/index.php

Our garden goal is to be able to sustain the support from staff families and community partners that has made our greening efforts possible. This grant will provide the necessary support for the spring and summer growing seasons.

Hyde-Addison Elementary School

Washington, DC

http://www.hydeelementary.org/

With the basic garden structures in place now we would like to develop a plan for long term sustainability and curriculum integration.

Janney Elementary School

Washington, DC

http://www.janneyschool.org/index.htm

City Blosso's goal is to better coordinate with partnering schools to increase Latino and African American family participation reinforce healthy living strategies and engage participants in physical activity. The grant will support maintenance and expansion of new and existing school garden programs through workshops build days family nights and professional development sessions connecting participants to the garden through eco-literacy healthy living skills & artistic expression.

KIPP DC

Washington, DC

http://www.kippdc.org

The project goal is to expose students in the Shaw community a traditionally underserved Washington DC neighborhood to healthy lifestyle choices by practicing organic gardening techniques and healthy eating habits. The preschool through 8th grade students who will participate in garden activities are nearly 99% African American and 83% are from low-income families. Once the garden beds are proven successful we would like to add Wolly Pockets to expand the garden to other areas of Shaw campus.

Marie H. Reed Elementary

Washington, DC

http://dcps.dc.gov/dcps/mariehreed

Maury Elementary School

Washington, DC

http://mauryelementary.com/

The plan that has been drafted calls for the construction of approximately a dozen long raised beds that provide adequate room around each to facilitate the gathering of a large group of students. We also plan to enlarge the variety of the plantings we have nurtured previously in the already established beds around school.

Orr Elementary School

Washington, DC

http://dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/Files/downloads/Learn-About-Schools/School%20Profiles%202010-2011/Elementary

This grant will make possible the necessary supplies for a spring growing season and potentially an expansion of our schoolyard greening efforts.

Walker Jones Education Campus

Washington, DC

http://www.walkerjonesec.org

Maintaining a space as large and a plan as ambitious as ours is an effort that requires a good bit of support. We have developed a very large volunteer work force through our community outreach efforts that sustain the physical labor needs of the farm but continue to require material supports. If we receive this grant the money will be used for compost deliveries for the spring planting seeds student tools and a large wood support system for summer tomatoes.

Wheatley Education Campus

Washington, DC

http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/wheatley

We would like to offer this experiential learning tool to all of our students help them make better food choices in general and create a vibrant and living schoolyard for our children to enjoy.