Growing a Garden for All!

School:: Poinciana Elementary
Subject:: Science
Teacher:: Sara Knapp
: Marlene Ensell
Students Impacted:: 500
Grade:: K-5
Date:: July 1, 2019

Investors

Thank you to the following investors for funding this grant.

Mrs. Humberger - $50.00

Judy Mangiaracina - $50.00

Melissa Peters - $210.06

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 600

I cannot express how thankful we are here at Poinciana to have received your generous donations. It is important to us that all of our students are ncluded, and the new raised garden beds are producing their first bunch of veggies and the kids could not be more excited! It is wonderful to see the smiles on the faces of all our students as they visit and learn together.

I want to deeply thank you for helping to provide out PES students with these materials, you never would think something so small could make such a difference -- but it does! We see it every day. These kids love the community garden, and treat it with care and respect, but most of all they LOVE being there and learning. Thank you again.

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Original Grant Overview

Goal

We want our school's community garden to be accessible to all of our school community, including our students in the ESE department who are wheelchair. We want for the garden to be built on strong foundations, so that our science - garden project can grow, and teachers will be able to use this garden in a variety of different ways. We are in the process of installing new garden beds, and want to also have raised beds for out students with disabilities to use.

What will be done with my students

Students who are wheelchair bound will be able to grow, dig, water, and fully experience our school's community garden with these raised beds.

Benefits to my students

All students at Poinciana will be able to work in our garden, including our wheelchair bound students! We want this because we call it our "PES Community Garden" so that everyone in the whole school can help it flourish and grow.

Students will benefit socially from their teamwork while working in the garden. They will benefit academically by having a lush outdoor green space for hands-on science. They will benefit nutritionally from the produce they harvest.

Budget Narrative

We are requesting kits for accessible raised beds for our wheelchair bound students. We are requesting the necessary supplies to build and sustain these beds long term.

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	Giantex Raised Bed Wood Elevated Gardening Planter w/ 2 Side Platforms	$142.99
2	Best Choice Products 4'x3' Raised Vegetable Garden Bed Elevated Planter	$115.99
3	1 QT raw linseed oil	$15.18
4	5 bags of 2 cu ft soil	$35.90
	Total:	$310.06

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