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,...
Category: Rosa Parks Elementary School
Welcome New CommunityGrows Staff!
We would like to welcome two great staff members to CommunityGrows. Serena Padilla, our new Garden Educator, works primarily at Rosa Parks Elementary School. She graduated in 2011 from the...
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...
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...
Highlighting Ezekiel McCarter-Our Garden Assistant!
We would like to introduce Ezekiel (Ziek) McCarter,...
Men with Fruit!
Both our male staff members at CommunityGrows were dishing up great food on Monday, May 19, 2014 at two of our sites, Rosa Parks Elementary School and Hayward Rec Center in San Francisco. Adrian...
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...
Third Professional Development a Great Success!
On Saturday, April 19, 2014 CommunityGrows Director of Programs, Nora Brereton led the third professional development day for pre-kindergarten teachers at the Rosa Parks Elementary School upper...
BEETS Host Jobs Panel
On Tuesday November 5, 2013 the CommunityGrows BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) hosted a panel of workers from the community. On the panel were Francee Covington, a...
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...