Summer classes have officially ended, and our garden educators spent 6 weeks teaching students from kindergarten through 6th grade about gardening and cooking skills. It was fun, challenging, and therapeutic.
Category: Rosa Parks Elementary School
Breaking News: Kids actually love salad!
This December, Salad Day has made a comeback into the gardens at Rosa Parks Elementary and for the first time ever at Leonard Flynn Elementary in San Francisco. Vegetables that were...
BEETS Run the Carnival at Rosa Parks BBQ
Our BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) helped out on Saturday, October 4, 2014 at the Rosa Parks Elementary School's Annual BBQ. CommunityGrows staff Serena Padilla,...
Salad Day at Rosa Parks!
On Wednesday, September 17, 2014 Rosa Parks Elementary School began another year of Salad Days with students at the school. This day starts with gleaning the garden and adding produce to...
Rosa Parks Workday with CommunityGrows
On Saturday, September 13, 2014 a great workday was held at Rosa Parks Elementary School to prepare the two gardens for fall classes. Rosa Parks parents, Principal Paul Jacobsen, the PTA and the...
BEETS Breakout with Water Lesson Plan
On Saturday, July 17, 2014, the BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) got together at the upper garden of Rosa Parks Elementary School to practice their K-5th grade lesson...
Highlighting Ezekiel McCarter-Our Garden Assistant!
We would like to introduce Ezekiel (Ziek) McCarter, who has been working at...
One Day on Earth at Rosa Parks Elementary School
On April 26th, 2014 CommunityGrows participated in a media campaign, "One Day in San Francisco," a participatory media-creation event. We did this during our Rosa Parks Elementary School gardens...
World Food Day Celebrated at Rosa Parks
Today, October 16, 2013 is World Food Day and Rosa Parks Elementary School with the help of CommunityGrows Garden Educator, Ezekiel McCarter, join the global movement to end hunger by holding a...
Rosa Parks Fall Workday
On Saturday, September 7th, Rosa Parks Elementary School families and friends joined CommunityGrows staff Ezekiel McCarter to prepare the garden beds for the Fall seasons. The lower garden was...