The @ossedc school gardens program promotes healthy lifestyles for DC public school students & provides support to the more than 100 active gardens.
Washington, DC
Joined January 2012
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Did you know that kids and adolescents should get at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity each day? Need some ideas on how your class can get moving this week? Check out our #GHSM23 resource guide. ow.ly/MnWL50PS7lA
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It's Strawberries and Salad Greens Day! Today we're celebrating seasonality and local foods in school meals!
Check out our menus to discover other local menu features: dcps.dc.gov/menus
#berriesandgreens 🍓+🥬 = 😋
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Strawberries & Salad Greens Day is officially here! Schools and child care centers across the District are celebrating by serving local berries and greens and hosting educational events. How are you celebrating? Post your photos using #berriesandgreens
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A huge thank you to @MOMsOrganicMrkt for donating bread and bananas for our school garden bike tour today! We so appreciate your generosity in supporting one of our favorite annual events!
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Had a great time on Saturday's DC #SchoolGarden Bike Tour w/@OSSESGP, @slowfooddc, & @FoodCorps. We rode the neighborhoods of #Anacostia to #SouzaMS, #FriendshipTechPrep, #LeckieES, & #PattersonES and saw amazing programs at all these schools! Thx to all who came to ride & learn!
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Rain delay! Due to forecasted rain showers, our School Garden Bicycle Tour has been postponed until next Saturday, May 20.
If you haven't signed up but would like to participate, there's still time to register! Learn more: eventbrite.com/e/dc-school-g…
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Friend of DCHS, @OSSEDC, created the School Gardens Program (SGP) to ensure that all students in D.C. are engaged in school garden programs that are highly valued by teachers & fundamental to student learning in schools. SGP supports more than 100 school garden programs.🌱
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Join us today and #HearTheCrunch to support #SchoolBreakfast and help end child hunger in our city. Share a photo/video of your apple crunch with @OSSEDC using #NSBW23 and visit D.C. Hunger Solutions to learn more. ow.ly/XUpi50Na6ZP
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Wednesday, March 8, is Hear the Crunch! As a part of National School Breakfast Week, you and your school or center can participate in a city-wide apple crunch to celebrate the benefits of school breakfast. Learn more and register ➡️ow.ly/ttXA50N9EHm #NSBW23 #HearTheCrunch
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Join the FoodPrints team, @UrbanAdvSquad & @OSSESGP for our Community of Practice discussion on "Teaching Outdoors" and using the outdoors for learning. Wed, Jan. 19 at 4PM
Register here: bit.ly/outdoorlearningcop
#equitableoutdooreducation #handsonlearning #schoolgardens
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Join us in the new DC Community of Practice on Agriculture, Food and Environmental (AFE) Education! On 9/22, 4-5PM, come hear (virtually) about best practices & share your ideas on engaging students in the schoolyard, garden & classroom. freshfarm.org/afe
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Here's the schedule for the remaining summer institute sessions zoom.us/meeting/register/tJY… @WashYouthGarden :
7/28: Ask-a-Gardener
7/30: Outdoor Group Management
8/4: School Gardens during COVID
8/6: Teaching in the Garden: standards-based curriculum
8/11: Curriculum Brainstorming
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This month’s Sprout it Out - OSSE’s school garden newsletter - highlights the @WashingtonLatin garden program, plus registration for Summer Institute for Garden Based Teaching is now open! Sign up today to receive this newsletter directly. @OSSESGP
➡️bit.ly/3bxWCXf
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Our two wonderful master gardeners on the FoodPrints team led a great PD for the rest of our staff on planting garlic and prepping the garden for winter & how to include students in all of these tasks & learning opportunities! @OSSESGP
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@kidpowerdc and @Stanton_DC are proud to be partnering with OSSE for the @OSSESGP Grant! Students are thrilled to have the opportunity to grow the garden, learn more about healthy cooking through Kid Power’s VeggieTime program, and get their hands dirty with lessons outside!🌟
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@CHECDC School Garden is proud to partner with @UDC_CAUSES and OSSE for a great agricultural education and sustainable urban gardening program for our 1,400 middle and high school students! @OSSESGP
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@leemontessori is excited to be partnering with OSSE to improve their gardens at the Brookland campus.
Exciting news👂: Lee Montessori -- East End campus first garden is coming soon! @OSSESGP
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Friendship Armstrong PCS is thrilled to expand their school garden program this year with the support of @WashYouthGarden & OSSE's School Garden Grant. Students have been busy growing food & their relationship with nature. #DYK kids love turnips?! #growinggreendreams @OSSESGP
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Join @slowfooddc and @DCHardwareBike outside this Sunday for a DC school garden bicycle tour from 11am-2pm register here: eventbrite.com/e/school-gard… Here's a sneak peak of 1 of the school gardens we will be visiting @OSSEDC
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#DidYouKnow that being in nature reduces stress and improves mental health? Find a park and take a short walk: bit.ly/2Jy2Ifg. #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
