Posts from — August 2010

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!”

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