Kihei Elementary School Garden in Maui, Hawaii

Kihei Elementary School

By usury
Via Huffington Post
July 21, 2010

More than 540 Kihei Elementary School students from 27 classrooms at all grade levels gather to plant, maintain and harvest fruits and vegetables in their newly expanded 10,000 square foot edible schoolyard. The gardens, designed and installed by South Maui Sustainability volunteers, serve as an outdoor classroom where teachers integrate their required curriculum with garden activities. “[The students] seem to remember concepts taught, covered in the garden better than those covered from a textbook,” says one teacher about the program. “It has supported our science standards and has given the children hands-on learning experiences that are SO extremely valuable!”

Wiki Garden Success Story: Kihei Elementary

Tannya’s Ad-Lib
04/15/2010

Excerpt:

It was truly inspiring to see some of them come around. One boy did not want to taste the Kale, but did. A deal’s a deal. Later, he said he liked everything. (Clearly there was a connection because the students are invested in the garden, they’re more willing to try something new.) Nio made it quite the experience for them too. They had nice wood bowls to gather the produce and salad spinners to wash everything with. They even had dipping sauces. Organic ranch and ketchup made with tomatoes from their own garden. You can see from a few pictures how engaged and excited they were.

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