Garden club members also comprise our school recycling team. This important group of students once a week goes to each classroom in the building to collect recycling bins.

Meet R2D2, affectionately named by our very own Mr. Haskins.  We can now double our compost efforts and have compost ready for both Fall and Spring. Our morning crew had fun putting him together.

One of the most recent studies of the impact of school gardens on academic performance found that research conducted between 1990 and 2010 has shown "overwhelmingly that garden-based learning had a positive impact on students' grades, knowledge, attitudes, and behavior" (1).

(1) Williams, D.R. & Dixon, P.S. (2013). Impact of garden-based learning on academic outcomes in schools: Synthesis of research between 1990 and 2010. Review of Educational Research 2013.

Study shows that when young children are participating in garden activities they are:

 (1) communicating their knowledge about the world to others, 

(2) conveying emotions, and

 (3) developing important skills that will help them be more successful in school.

Miller, D. L. 2007. The Seeds of Learning: Young Children Develop Important Skills Through TheirGardening Activities at a Midwestern Early Education Program. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 6(1):49-66.

Natasha Lyles

natasha.lyles@spart5.net

First meeting for the 24-25 school year will be on 8/22.

Thursdays until 5pm in Room 107

Coming soon!