All School Garden Kick-Off!

WES students and staff gathered on Thursday, April 14th at morning line-up to kick-off the gardening season.  Even though a few stubborn snow piles remain, Mrs. White (WES principal) talked with students about the exciting opportunities they will have for planting, growing, and harvesting food in our school gardens!  When students arrive back from vacation, more work will be done with our gardens following our school wide garden scope and sequence.

Mrs. White talks to the WES students and staff about the benefits of our school gardens, even with snow piles decorating the background!

Welcome Spring!

As we get ready to welcome the warmer temperatures, the WES students and staff gear up to begin taking care of our school gardens.  Through the WCSU Endowment Grant, WES will be able to purchase new gardening equipment for everyone to use this spring!   Please follow along with the garden theme we will be covering in school each week!  The goal of our garden program is to  build program sustainability by increasing student, parent and community participation in our garden program. Our goal of establishing and continuing to expand our gardens has always centered on giving students an opportunity to learn and explore the natural world, and to allow them an opportunity to see how they can provide for themselves.