Half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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Last year, I was permitted to turn the small overgrown patch of soil next to my classroom into a garden for my students to create and explore. My students loved planting seeds, pulling weeds, and watering the garden to ultimately see many vegetables and flowers grow. Not only was gardening new and exciting, but it helped our class become a community in which everyone cared for the garden together.
A worm composter would help students in my class come together to improve our garden: sorting scraps from our meals into the composter, turning it, and using it to enrich our garden.
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Last year, I was permitted to turn the small overgrown patch of soil next to my classroom into a garden for my students to create and explore. My students loved planting seeds, pulling weeds, and watering the garden to ultimately see many vegetables and flowers grow. Not only was gardening new and exciting, but it helped our class become a community in which everyone cared for the garden together.
A worm composter would help students in my class come together to improve our garden: sorting scraps from our meals into the composter, turning it, and using it to enrich our garden.