Contact: Jan King
Phone: 205-424-6100
E-mail: renschool@bellsouth.net
Web Site: http://www.renaissance-school.org
County: Shelby

This year The Renaissance School will launch a year-long gardening project. We will construct the bed, plant fall vegetables and flowers, and work the soil until spring. We will build a compost bin and a worm bin.

We have a butterfly garden and have already watched our first butterfly emerge from it's cocoon.

We will do year-long study units integrating math, language arts, science, and earth studies into our gradening project. This will be an ongoing activity that all our classes will enjoy for years to come.

Number of Kids Involved: 12
Square Feet of Gardens: 64

Grades Involved:

• K - 4
• 5 - 8

We are interested in being E-Mail Pals and would like to exchange:
We would love to form relationships with other classes around the country. To share ideas, experiences, seeds, data,etc.

How our project is helping kids grow:
Our students take responsibility for caring for the gardens. Some of them have never had this experience before. They learn about the life cycles of plants and insects as well as about personal responsibility.

Gardening Contexts/Emphases:

• Outdoor, Vegetables
• Outdoor, Flowers
• Butterflies
• Garden Business
• Weather Stations
• Vermiculture (worms)
• Composting

Level of Student Participation (hours/week/child): 3-4

Number of Participating Teachers: 5

Number of Participating Parents / Volunteers: 5

Number of Parent / Volunteer Participation (hours/week/person): 1-2

Funding Sources:

• $ Donations
• Sales

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