Anticipated Project Outcomes

Anticipated Project Outcomes
(written by Avicenna Academy Principal, Amanda Arceo)

With the creation of the community garden, we aim to:

Educational

·Create a tangible project to teach students the relevance of certain knowledge or skills as established by the Indiana Department of Education’s  (IDOE) educational standards, which we follow as a minimum guideline for each grade level.

·Appeal to students who learn better through “doing”.

·Increase students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

· Create a tool to support health and nutrition education.

Places & Information

· Increase students’ knowledge of food production.

· Further students’ awareness of food insecurity both  locally and globally.

· Aid in developing the community’s awareness of sustainable gardening.

· Provide an aesthetically pleasing environment on campus to encourage a connection between student and nature.

· Create a beautiful outdoor classroom space that can be used for arts and sciences.

Community & Support

 · Contribute something back to the community.

      -We will donate the bulk of our food crop to the Food Bank of NWI.

· Increase school exposure within the region.

· Produce food locally and without environmentally harmful pesticides.

· Foster relationships with people and organizations within the community that are not currently a part of our school family.

Development of Self

· Encourage students to contribute to some of their own nutritional requirements.

             · Encourage students’ self-reliability