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Thanks to a grant from the Fayette County Education Foundation, STEM students at J.C. Booth Middle got to enjoy a bountiful feast the last week of school.
In the fall, students were given the challenge of designing, building, and planting urban gardens that could grow enough vegetables to feed the class before the end of the school year. The students used their knowledge and skills gained in their science, technology, engineering, and math classes to build box gardens, and care and nurture the vegetable plants so that they would yield enough produce to have a feast in the spring.
Menu items featuring vegetables from the urban garden included kale and spinach balls; salads made from cabbage, lettuce, spinach and kale; roasted onions; mashed potatoes; seasoned vinegar cucumbers; hot salsa; jalapeno queso; roasted peas, baked kale and cheese dips; and sweet mint tea.
“All of this would not have been possible without the grant from the Fayette County Education Foundation,” says science teacher Kathie Lanman.
The Fayette County Education Foundation is a nonprofit organization that solely supports the students and educators of the Fayette County Public School System by providing monetary assistance for programs and materials that enhance teaching and learning. The Foundation’s all-volunteer board meets monthly at the Fayette County Board of Education. Visit the organization’s website for more information: http://fayettecountyed.startlogic.com.
Thanks to a grant from the Fayette County Education Foundation, STEM students at J.C. Booth Middle got to enjoy a bountiful feast the last week of school.
In the fall, students were given the challenge of designing, building, and planting urban gardens that could grow enough vegetables to feed the class before the end of the school year. The students used their knowledge and skills gained in their science, technology, engineering, and math classes to build box gardens, and care and nurture the vegetable plants so that they would yield enough produce to have a feast in the spring.
Menu items featuring vegetables from the urban garden included kale and spinach balls; salads made from cabbage, lettuce, spinach and kale; roasted onions; mashed potatoes; seasoned vinegar cucumbers; hot salsa; jalapeno queso; roasted peas, baked kale and cheese dips; and sweet mint tea.
“All of this would not have been possible without the grant from the Fayette County Education Foundation,” says science teacher Kathie Lanman.
The Fayette County Education Foundation is a nonprofit organization that solely supports the students and educators of the Fayette County Public School System by providing monetary assistance for programs and materials that enhance teaching and learning. The Foundation’s all-volunteer board meets monthly at the Fayette County Board of Education. Visit the organization’s website for more information: http://fayettecountyed.startlogic.com.
