Mission and Objectives
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The Center for Sustainability at Santa Barbara City College has partnered with the Orfalea Fund’s s’Cool Food Initiative to spearhead the s’Cool Gardens program.
Mission
To connect students to their food and their environment through school gardens.
Objectives
To develop gardens in public schools throughout Santa Barbara County.
To support educators in using these gardens to enhance the learning experience of students through the integration of the garden into their curriculum.
Throughout the 2009-2010 school year (Year 1), the s'Cool Gardens program will install and integrate gardens at the following 16 elementary schools:
Carpinteria Unified School District
- Canalino
- Aliso
- Summerland
- Carpinteria Family
Santa Barbara Unified School District
- Monroe
- Cleveland
- Adams
- Open Alternative School
- Franklin
- César Estrada Chávez Dual Language Immersion Charter
Lompoc Unified School District
- La Honda
- Arthur Hapgood
- La Canada
- Los Berros
- Buena Vista
Guadalupe School District
- Mary Buren