STEM Ed Announcement: STEM Ed Announcement: School Garden Workshop

[Morton Sternheim <mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu>]

This is not a UMass program.
Contact information is below.
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Grow Food at Schools

What: A workshop for educators

When: Thursday August 12, 2010, 2-5 PM

Where: Seeds of Solidarity Education Center, 165 Chestnut Hill Road,
Orange, MA 01364 (taught by Deborah L. Habib, Ed.D, Executive
Director)

Registration: Pre-registration necessary, fee: $20 send a check with
contact info to reserve a spot.

Contact: deb@seedsofsolidarity.org  978-544-9023



Are you a teacher, administrator, or food service director interested
in starting or enhancing a garden at your school? Or, do you work for
a community organization which partners with schools? Or are you part
of a parent group excited about school gardens?



     Sign up now for this popular workshop featuring school garden and
greenhouse techniques, curriculum connections, and service
learning, held at Seeds of Solidarity (www.seedsofsolidarity.org)
in Orange, MA.

     School Gardens have been recognized as a critical part of
learning for over a hundred years, but the enthusiasm grows like
weeds these days as educators, parents, and community
organizations across the country recognize the critical place
school gardens hold in an era of excessive screen time and rises
in childhood obesity and hunger. School gardens also promote
â??farm to schoolâ?? by encouraging kids to enjoy fresh local produce
as they gain academic, social and civic skills. Kids will eat
spinach they have grown!  Said one young gardener after
participation in a school garden program: "I will probably have a
big garden...really big, so everyone in town could come and
garden and take away what they need...that would make fresh food
part of everyone's life."

     Seeds of Solidarity offers Grow Food at Schools to share what
theyâ??ve learned in over 25 years of implementing school gardens.
The workshop is geared toward educators, but members of community
organizations and parents are welcome. PDPs (professional
development points) available to teachers.  Pre-registration
required. There is a workshop fee of $20 ($15 for Seeds of
Solidarity supporters). Contact solidarity@seedsofsolidarity.org
or send a check payable to Seeds of Solidarity Education Center,
165 Chestnut Hill Road, Orange, MA 01364 to reserve your spot.
Please include your name, phone, address, and email.