Monthly Archives: January 2010

A Report Back on Counseling Enriched Curriculum Immersion Week

This past week, we tried something new to help us bridge lessons in the garden to those in the school classroom. We spent the days in the garden with King’s Counseling Enriched Curriculum (CEC) program, which is made up of students who, for a variety of reasons, do not thrive in mainstream classrooms. In previous [...]
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Edible Schoolyard at PS216 in Brooklyn

We are so proud to welcome our newest affiliate into the Edible Schoolyard family. PS216 in Gravesend, Brooklyn will be building an Edible Schoolyard kitchen and garden very soon, and Kim Severson from the New York Times has written a lovely piece all about it. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/dining/20edible.html
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A Trip to Spain

Though it was hard for all of us to come back on Monday from a relaxing, two-week winter break, we had a new grade level waiting for us in the kitchen upon our return. 7th graders bring a different kind of energy to the classroom, and Esther and I can only marvel at how many [...]
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