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Category Archives: Central CSD
Stories in Motion
This summer, I have partnered with the Elkader Public Library to do a program called Stories in Motion. This program offers kids the opportunity to engage in a literacy program and physical activity. Every Wednesday morning in June, we take a book and take a walk down to Elkader’s Founder’s Park from the library. We read books along the way about health, wellness, and the natural world. I have also been introducing literacy into the school garden, by offering Story-time in the Central Community School Garden on Wednesday evenings in June. Continue reading
Spring Garden Party
To wrap up the end of the school year, the Central Community Schools Garden Committee hosted a Spring Garden Party at the school garden. The party was held to support opportunities for kids in the school garden, celebrate the spring season and our community. Continue reading
STEAM Connections to Local Food in Schools
Last month, I was excited to teach the kids all about honey! We did a four-week unit covering curriculum connections to science, technology, engineering, art and math, or STEAM. Continue reading
Central greenhouse – Cultivating an interest in gardening
Food Corps Service Member Katie Lower and Central student Brittnee Pash tend to plants in the Central greenhouse. Students have grown lettuce and tomatoes for the school’s salad bar.
Cooking Club Fun!
Throughout the colder months, Central’s Garden Club transitions into a Cooking Club. We have been having a lot of fun this year focusing on making foods with our Harvest of the Month local foods as well as following the amazing Little Chefs curriculum created by Nathan Spalding (a fellow FoodCorps service member). Continue reading
Celebrating by Sharing Food
The Harvest of the Month for January was Milk! We have spent this past month celebrating Martin Luther King Jr., launching a White Milk Wednesday Challenge, and enjoying good food together. Continue reading
Staff Wellness at Central
This year at Central, we have been launching a new Staff Wellness program. It initially just started with having some time every month to do some sort of physical activity of staff member’s choice. Staff would go for a walk together, or get a group to play volleyball. Continue reading
Staff Wellness Recipes
I wanted to do a quick follow-up blog by doing some recipe sharing. With the holidays in the forefront of our minds, recipes hold not only food stains, but also inspiration and tradition. Share recipes this holiday season and try new ones! Here are recipes from Central’s latest Staff Wellness Cooking Workshop Series: Continue reading
Wigglers move inside for winter
Here is an update from the environmental projects monitoring class at Central High School aka Central Green Team. Last year, they installed a large worm bin inside of the bus garage. This year they purchased a stackable worm bin for inside housing during the cold months. All 15,000 of the little red wigglers are happy and warm in their new home. They are still getting fed food scraps from the lunch room. The liquid that comes off the compost is collected and used to fertilize the lettuce that they have been growing in the greenhouse to use in the lunch room. Continue reading
