Connecting your School Garden and the Classroom
Date / time: Saturday, February 7, 2015, 8:30 a.m. to noon
Location: West Woodland Elementary | 5601 4th Avenue NW (front door is on 3rd Ave NW)
Hosted by: Seattle School District, Seattle Tilth, Slow Food Seattle, and West Woodland Elementary Garden Committee
Featuring: Workshop Format:
· Assistant Professor Megan Bang, from University of Washington, College of Education, will be joined by Dan Gallagher, Seattle School District’s Science Program Manager, to explain Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), and discuss how to use school gardens as a tool to engage students in Science and potentially other subject areas.
· Time allocated to ask questions, share ideas, become inspired.
· Small group sessions are being planned in response to what you told us you’d like to learn.
· Garden-related organizations will be invited to share information on their available resources they to help with your school garden.
The full program will be distributed after Winter Break
Please RSVP: Sean McManus, smmcmanus@seattleschools.org , 206-252-0619
Other Important Names:
Gretchen DeDecker | Seattle Schools, Self Help Projects Program Manager | gdedecker@seattleschools.org
Sean McManus | Seattle School Self Help Projects Coordinator, | smmcmanus@seattleschools.org
Sharon Siehl | Seattle Tilth, Garden Program Director | sharonsiehl@seattletilth.org
Philip Lee | Slow Food Seattle | philip@readerstoeaters.com
Rick Swann | Slow Food Seattle | rickswann@me.com
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