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Garden

Student working in the organic school garden.
A covered outdoor seating area with wooden benches and tables, surrounded by colorful structures and greenery, with a display of potted plants in the foreground.

Located on a quarter acre on the school campus, St. Michael’s School garden serves as an outdoor classroom where students learn and apply academic concepts in a practical setting.  Project-based learning, collaboration with peers, community service and stewardship of the Earth are promoted. Lessons integrate every discipline, including health, history-social science, mathematics, physical education, reading/language arts, science, visual and performing arts, and world language. 

The garden also empowers children to embrace healthy eating habits and to develop respect for and stewardship toward our living planet. The garden program fosters the natural connection to our food source. Children who plant and harvest their own fruits and vegetables are more likely to eat them. The garden brings our community together; garden parents, Grandparents Club, and the teachers all lend a helping hand to create this wonderful and ever growing program.