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  • Amphitheater High School
  • Tucson, AZ
  • More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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The students have restored an old greenhouse on campus, and started growing food for the Amphi community--teachers, other educators, and their own families. "How do we incorporate gardening into language learning?" I wondered. So we created a "Grammar in the Greenhouse" project. I learned how to implement the famous strategy of project-based learning (PBL), and my fellow educators advised writing about our work. Students enjoy growing plants, learning science, and sharing the produce; then we go back to the classroom, and journal our observations. We arranged a "Salad Party" to find out how our plants become food ingredients, and described the recipes in journals, as well. By now, I have accumulated a good collection of students' work, so I thought about publishing it in a booklet, in order to let our students' families know about their children's work, and to include parents in our learning. A group of students volunteers to be editors. They are re-writing all the students' journal notes, and the editor-in-chief is going to choose a Google Template to design a booklet. A student photographer has taken wonderful pictures of students collaborating in the greenhouse and the garden, and of beautiful herbs and vegetables growing in front of our eyes. As students practiced writing science reports, they illustrated them with their own drawings. These vivid images help students learn what those plants are, so it is important to have colored pictures. We have a color printer, but the ink is running out, so I requested printer ink. To add illustrations, I need to teach students to scan them, so I requested a scanner for the project. We would love to publish a hundred or more copies of that booklet and share it with the students' families. Your kind help will be greatly appreciated by Amphi families.

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The students have restored an old greenhouse on campus, and started growing food for the Amphi community--teachers, other educators, and their own families. "How do we incorporate gardening into language learning?" I wondered. So we created a "Grammar in the Greenhouse" project. I learned how to implement the famous strategy of project-based learning (PBL), and my fellow educators advised writing about our work. Students enjoy growing plants, learning science, and sharing the produce; then we go back to the classroom, and journal our observations. We arranged a "Salad Party" to find out how our plants become food ingredients, and described the recipes in journals, as well. By now, I have accumulated a good collection of students' work, so I thought about publishing it in a booklet, in order to let our students' families know about their children's work, and to include parents in our learning. A group of students volunteers to be editors. They are re-writing all the students' journal notes, and the editor-in-chief is going to choose a Google Template to design a booklet. A student photographer has taken wonderful pictures of students collaborating in the greenhouse and the garden, and of beautiful herbs and vegetables growing in front of our eyes. As students practiced writing science reports, they illustrated them with their own drawings. These vivid images help students learn what those plants are, so it is important to have colored pictures. We have a color printer, but the ink is running out, so I requested printer ink. To add illustrations, I need to teach students to scan them, so I requested a scanner for the project. We would love to publish a hundred or more copies of that booklet and share it with the students' families. Your kind help will be greatly appreciated by Amphi families.

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