Post on 05-Jan-2016
Hands-On Harvest of the Month
Harvest of the Month
• Network for a Healthy
California
Harvest of the Month in Santa Barbara
• Two secondary schools in SBSD• One Network Staff, School Partners
• La Cumbre JHS-520 students
• La Cuesta Continuation HS-120 students
La Cuesta Continuation HS
• Began HOM in January 2011
• Paul Cronshaw: Teacher, Coach, Chiropractor, Bee Keeper, Gardener, Wellness Council member
• Four of his classes get HOM– Health, Science, PE, Avid, plus sometimes
after school gardening
La Cuesta HS
La Cuesta HS Tasting
La Cumbre JHS
• Began HOTM in Fall 2005
• Partners– Science Teachers– Art Teacher– Cafeteria Manager and Crew– After School Teen Cuisine Teacher
The Most Intense Learning
• Science Lessons• Tasting• 3 Teachers• 16 classes daily• All of grade 7 and 8
Science Lessons
Lessons-Broccoli
Persimmons
Tasting- The Favorite thing
Tasting
Tasting
Tasting
Staff Tasting
Art Class does Harvest
Harvest Art
Harvest Art
Harvest Art
Harvest Art
Harvest Art
Harvest Art Displays
Cafeteria Harvest Menu
Cafeteria Staff and Harvest
Year-End HOM Survey
La Cumbre JHS – Science classescompleted 227 surveys
• Which , of 8 HOM, did most students like? – Apples-96% Berries – 88% Mandarins-87%
• Science Lessons? 90% - “I like them.”• What was the best thing? – Tasting the food – 92%.
• Comments-sample: “I liked when I tasted broccoli for the first time and it was yummy!”
Where Can You Get HOM?
• www.harvestofthemonth.com
• Over 36 Fruits and Veggies
• Family Newsletter-1 page
• Educators NL- 4 pages
• Menu Slick & Puzzle/Game -2 pages
• Diagrams and More!
Try It, You’ll Like It!