Rosa Parks Elementary School
Mrs. Meyer’s comes to Rosa Parks!
The big lime green Mrs. Meyer’s van showed up at Rosa Parks Elementary School on Friday, June 14th, and out popped four ambassadors to help with our CommunityGrows Summer Science Program. They came because we won a grant from the American Community Gardening Association (ACGA), which promotes community gardening and greening across the United States [...]
Summer Science with the Buchanan YMCA
On Monday, June 10th, the staff of CommunityGrows began their summer science program with Buchanan YMCA youth at Rosa Parks Elementary School. Although it was 10 AM in the morning, everyone was wide awake, relaxed and ready to have some summer fun! After taking attendance and reading the garden rules, the kids had a chance [...]
Mrs. Jefferson’s Kindergarden at Rosa Parks
Who could ask for a better day? Today, May 20, 2013 the Kinder-gardener’s in Ms. Jefferson’s class got a treat! Out to the garden in the morning to start the week at Rosa Parks! After a lesson in harvesting and identifying plants, everyone got to pick vegetables to take home to their families. Snap peas, [...]
Rosa Parks Workday and Caterpillar
A great turnout for our Rosa Parks Workday on Saturday, April 27, 2013. Over forty volunteers from Starbucks joined many parents and friends of the garden to do spring gardening and cleaning. Another highlight of the day was placing tiles on the growing caterpillar that graces the wall around the Lower Garden. These tiles were [...]
Workday at Rosa Parks with Stuart Hall School
Rosa Parks Elementary School was visited by a wonderful group of seventeen young men from Stuart Hall High School on Friday, March 8, 2013. Stuart Hall is a college-preparatory high school located in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights district. Lead by a team of counselors, including Laurie Pomeranz and Amelia Sitter, the youth helped with the [...]
Rosa Parks BBQ Fun!
Saturday, September 22, 2012 was a fun back-to-school BBQ for families and friends of Rosa Parks Elementary School. Our BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) helped out by leading the games: hula hoops, clothespin drops, bean-bag tosses, and jump rope. There was great food and lots of community to help start the new [...]
Starbucks and Washington HS joins Rosa Parks Workday!
On Saturday, September 8th, 2012, Starbucks employees, and teens from Washington High School came out to help CommunityGrows get Rosa Parks Elementary School gardens ready for the fall semester. Lead by crew leader and Starbucks ambassador, Jeremy Siemens, the employees helped prune and glean the garden and get beds ready for planting. Washington High School [...]
American Community Garden Association Visit
On Saturday, August 11,2012, we had a workday at Koshland Park where we were honored to host the National Conference of the American Community Garden Association. Starbucks employees were there to support us with volunteers as they have many times throughout the year. Our BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) spoke about their [...]
CommunityGrows to be Feature at the ACGA
This coming Saturday, August 11th the American Community Garden Association (ACGA) will be in town in the midst of their four day national conference. They will be offering tours throughout the day Saturday, and one, “Youth Empowerment SF style,” will feature CommunityGrows! The tour will start at June Jordan Middle School (an Urban Sprouts site) [...]
Seed, Water, Grow
On a pleasant afternoon in June, Nora Brereton took some of the Rosa Parks students into their upper garden to plant seeds, water and have fun. Everyone was thrilled to get involved. Water buckets for everyone. Sharing, planting and watching things grow. Kale, chard, potatoes, onions and mustard flowers — so many plants to learn [...]
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