Roosevelt's garden blooms with 4 grants totaling $13,500
The Theodore High School Roosevelt Campus-Community Garden continues to blossom with an infusion of grants funded by such organizations as the Spurs, Whole Earth, Lowe’s and Miracle-Gro.
Three grants, totaling $12,000, were awarded during the 2016-2017 academic year, while a $1,500 grant from Miracle-Gro was awarded last May, according to Roosevelt science teacher Misty Belmontez.
The combined $13,500 is funding the expansion of an outdoor classroom space that attracts, students, staff and community members.
“We must provide our students with real world, hands-on experiences in order to create genuine connections between What they learn in school and their own lives,” Belmontez said.
The outside classroom will provide hands-on learning that will bring added meaning to the content that we are currently teaching,” she said.
Belmontez said that science students will use the garden to collect, graph and analyze real data such as a plant’s rate of growth, gas production and food production. Biology students will observe homeostasis, adaptations and symbiotic relationships. English and language arts students will write expository and persuasive essays about their observations and experiences in the garden.
Meanwhile, art students will have opportunities to sketch, sculpture and design mosaics based on their observations in the garden, she said.
The garden continues to grow courtesy of the following grants:
- The Spurs Team-Up Challenge - $5,000
- Whole Kids School Garden Grant - $2,000
- Lowe's Toolbox For Education Grant - $5,000
- Miracle-Gro Grant - $1,500
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