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School Board Suggests Hoover Middle As Future Site Of Bryant Elementary - KCAU
School Board Suggests Hoover Middle As Future Site Of Bryant Elementary
KCAU
The idea would be to make it big enough to house kids from a number of schools: send half of Bryant's students there and the other half to the new Hunt replacement school being built in 2018. There is another new option: Sunken Gardens.
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Bainbridge High School students attend 2012 young adult safety conference - Post Searchlight
Bainbridge High School students attend 2012 young adult safety conference
Post Searchlight
Students from Bainbridge High School came together Feb. 3 and Feb. 4, to join the Governor's Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) at the 2012 Youth and Young Adult Leadership Conference at Callaway Gardens. The conference, which was attended by ...
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Roseville parents launch petition opposing closure of Sierra Gardens - Roseville Press Tribune
Roseville Press Tribune
Roseville parents launch petition opposing closure of Sierra Gardens
Roseville Press Tribune
By Sena Christian, The Press Tribune Parent Nicole Goss approached Sierra Gardens Elementary School on a recent Friday afternoon to pick up her child, unaware of the potential fate of her neighborhood school. She was greeted by Student Site Council ...
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City kids: The greenhouse effect - Model D
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City kids: The greenhouse effect
Model D
Plants started in DPS greenhouses often end up being transplanted to school gardens around Detroit. "We want students to eat healthier and get more exercise. Gardening supports both of those goals," says Lang. "When students grow their own food, ...
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Old School House holds logo design contest - Historic City News
Old School House holds logo design contest
Historic City News
Elaine Fraser, owner and manager of the Oldest Wooden School House Historic Museum and Gardens in St Augustine is ready to put a new look on the old school's logo and she is using a design contest to tap into the artistic talents of graphic artists ...
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Cafeteria conflicts for school gardens - Honolulu Civil Beat
Cafeteria conflicts for school gardens
Honolulu Civil Beat
Advocates of school gardens and healthy eating remain frustrated that they are blocked from serving student-grown produce in school lunch programs. “We are not able to get it into the cafeteria,” said Kirk Surry, coordinator for the South Maui School ...
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Lawrence commissioners to determine whether to create four community gardens - Lawrence Journal World
Lawrence commissioners to determine whether to create four community gardens
Lawrence Journal World
Commissioners at their meeting Tuesday will consider approving a plan to allow four pieces of city-owned ground to be used for community gardens or market farms to promote everything from free fruit to fresh produce for local school lunches.
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A workshop on community and school gardens will be held Saturday, March 3, in ... - University of Delaware
University of Delaware
A workshop on community and school gardens will be held Saturday, March 3, in ...
University of Delaware
6, 2012--Are you interested in starting or maintaining a community or school garden? Experts from the University of Delaware, Delaware Department of Agriculture, Delaware Center for Horticulture and Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids will hold an ...
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New charter middle school seeks to open in Ypsilanti - AnnArbor.com
New charter middle school seeks to open in Ypsilanti
AnnArbor.com
An Ypsilanti-based nonprofit is seeking to open a new charter school for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders in the city. Representatives of Central Gardens Middle School are requesting a charter from the Ypsilanti Public School District to build and ...
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Green thumbs welcome - The Advocate
Green thumbs welcome
The Advocate
Mary Miller, left, LSU Ag Center master gardener, talks to Burke Elementary School student Allison Rogers about the school's garden project when Miller visited the school Wednesday. By Marsha Sills DUSON — Turnips, mustard greens, strawberries, ...
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Birmingham Botanical Gardens Library-A Hidden Treasure - Weld for Birmingham
Birmingham Botanical Gardens Library-A Hidden Treasure
Weld for Birmingham
Initially studying science with a plan to attend medical school, Jason instead taught science for a few years before going to work for the Birmingham Public Library's Central branch in 2000. Finding a logical link between his love for science and the ...
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Cafeteria conflicts for school gardens - Maui News
Cafeteria conflicts for school gardens
Maui News
Advocates of school gardens and healthy eating remain frustrated that they are blocked from serving student-grown produce in school lunch programs. "We are not able to get it into the cafeteria," said Kirk Surry, coordinator for the South Maui School ...
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Class in season: Health driving programs - Maui News
Class in season: Health driving programs
Maui News
Advocates say a nationwide focus on childhood obesity, and local concern about food security and sustainability, have driven a sharp increase in school garden programs around the county. Lehn Huff of the Maui School Garden Network said her organization ...
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Proposed legislation could ease process - Maui News
Proposed legislation could ease process
Maui News
Bills pending before the state Legislature could make it easier to get fresh, local produce into public school cafeterias - both from school gardens and from island farms. One proposal could also help local farms comply with federal food safety ...
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Lego-love in Florida - Toronto Sun
Lego-love in Florida
Toronto Sun
Jadyn Fernandez, 9, and Alex Fernandez, 10, captain their Lego boats at the Boating School ride at Legoland Florida during its grand opening celebration in Winter Haven, Florida October 14, 2011. REUTERS/Pierre DuCharme Something not so unusual took ...
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Alfond grant spikes interest in magnet school - Morning Sentinel
Alfond grant spikes interest in magnet school
Morning Sentinel
Glenn Cummings, executive director of Good Will-Hinckley, said parents are relieved to know there's a place for their bright children who haven't flourished in a traditional school setting. The academy setting is one of forests, fields and gardens.
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J.P. DEVINE: Ghosts also need homes - Morning Sentinel
J.P. DEVINE: Ghosts also need homes
Morning Sentinel
My walking partner, an ancient graduate, sniffed, pulled his wool hat down over his ears and grumbled, "They can call it Gilman Apartments, Gilman Plaza, Gilman Tropical Gardens -- It's still the old Waterville High. I couldn't wait to get out of there ...
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Carmel Valley school building a lesson in ecology - San Jose Mercury News
Carmel Valley school building a lesson in ecology
San Jose Mercury News
The newly constructed $1 million building is the most recent addition to the Hilton Bialek Habitat, a 10-acre expanse of plains, woods, gardens and greenhouses owned by the Carmel Unified School District. The land teems with life: Birds chirp ...
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Unique Pre-School Open in the Metro - fox4kc.com
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Unique Pre-School Open in the Metro
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A small pre-school tucked into a corner of Kansas City is changing the way children learn. The inspiration for Bambini Creativi comes from post-war Italy. The environment is considered one of the teachers at the school. There are lush winter gardens, ...
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Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville Feb. 10-12 - Knoxville News Sentinel
Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville Feb. 10-12
Knoxville News Sentinel
She received the 2005 House Beautiful Giants of Design Award and is the chair of the Garden School Foundation, which is dedicated to created gardens at schools. General admission is $15, and individual lectures are $50 each. For info, call 615-352-9064 ...
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