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MISSION

To connect students to their environment and their food through school gardens.

The Center for Suistainability has partnered with the Orfalea Foundations to install gardens into Santa Barbara county elementary schools and integrate the gardens into standards based curriculum.

OBJECTIVE

s'Cool Gardens aims to:

• Develop gardens in all public schools throughout Santa Barbara County; and
• Support educators in using the gardens to enhance the learning experience through the integration of the garden into their curriculum.

Throughout the 2009-2010 school year (Year 1), s'Cool Gardens will install and integrate gardens at the following 16 elementary schools:

Carpinteria Unified School District:

• Canalino
• Aliso
• Summerland
• Carpinteria Family

Santa Barbara Unified School District:

• Monroe
• Cleveland
• Adams
• Open Alternative School
• Franklin
• César Estrada Chávez Dual Language Immersion Charter

Lompoc Unified School District:

• La Honda
• Arthur Hapgood
• La Canada
• Los Berros
• Buena Vista

Guadalupe

• Mary Buren

THE CASE FOR SCHOOL GARDENS

We believe...

• Gardens bring education to life by providing a rich environment that can inspire students and allows for the integration of various disciplines.
• Gardens connect students to the food they eat and the environment they live in and encourage students to make healthy choices for their bodies and their world. Gardens foster community by connecting students, teachers, school staff, parents and volunteers.
• Gardens provide the opportunity to teach responsibility, respect, and cooperation.

Go to the s'Cool Food Initiative at the Orfalea Fund
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Wiki site: This website is a collaborative work space. Here, teachers working with s’Cool Gardens can create a network with other teachers in Santa Barbara County interested in garden-based curriculum. It is a tool to ask questions, and share successes and resources. The website features wikis, blogs, forums and social networks creating a rich, user-generated community around school gardens. Follow the instructions on the website to sign up and join the teacher community.