园艺教育计划

The 花园的教育 program at Vernon is currently supported in partnership by local garden education non­profit Growing 花园s, 弗农家长会, and the Vernon 阳光线上博彩平台 program. These organizations support the employment of a full­time garden coordinator at Vernon. Each organization uniquely supports the garden coordinator in providing the following opportunities to 学生s and families:

种植花园——

We are proud to share that the Oregon Department of Education Farm to School program awarded an amazing grant to Growing 花园s in partnership with Portland Public Schools and Vernon IB World School for the 2016-­2017 school year!  The purpose of the grant is to enhance 学生s’ nutrition and academic achievement through active, real­life engagement with school gardens while demonstrating a model for fully­ integrated garden education that can be replicated by other schools.  

我们的花园协调员是 简·约翰斯顿, who supports our teachers in providing interdisciplinary experiential learning opportunities for 学生s with the following goals:

● Educate children using garden-­based lessons integrated into core subjects during the school day, while building the capacity of teachers.

● Create opportunities for 学生s to cook and taste produce to increase vegetable knowledge and preference for eating healthy food.

● Engage 学生s in in-­depth garden education after­school through Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (阳光线上博彩平台)

● Connect 学生s to Oregon agriculture through hands­on field trips to local farms

● Facilitate multi­generational and multi­ethnic community building through events, cooking demonstrations at food pantries and garden committee development.

弗农家长会

Working as a strong advocate for garden education at Vernon, the PTA provides a yearly stipend for the  花园 Coordinator which provides 10 hours per week of added garden education and maintenance at Vernon.  This school year  the stipend will provide opportunities for 学生s to participate in the following:

● Weekly drop in recess gardening for 学生s from every grade level

● Monthly garden work parties held the 2nd Saturday of every month 9am -12pm

●  After school family events ­ Back to School Night, 家长会科学之夜, 蒸汽的夜晚, 太阳冬季工艺博览会, 弗农狂欢节, 10 year garden celebration

● English Language Development (ELD) class weekly garden club

太阳线上博彩平台-

Provides funding for two weekly after school clubs, including a 幼儿园 ­ 2nd grade 花园 Club and a 3rd­ 5th grade Cooking Club. 也, there are special events for the whole family throughout the year including;  Family Cooking Nights and Adult 花园的教育 classes.

愿景/目标

The goal of the garden education program at Vernon is to provide 学生s with hands­-on experiential learning opportunities in an outdoor environment.  Each 学生 will have multiples opportunities to visit the garden throughout the school year, allowing them to see firsthand the changes in the garden from season to season. Students will be able to see a plant from seed to harvest and have a hand in every step of the process.

教室连接

The garden education program at Vernon is planned with classroom connections in mind. The curriculum is based on Next Generation Science Standards and seamlessly incorporates grade level International Baccalaureate units and central ideas into the plan. 因此, 学生s can effortlessly connect their learning in the garden to the concepts they are studying in their classroom, and use this knowledge to further empower their learning.

2015-2016年园林报告