Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in School Learning Gardens

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This experiential workshop will take place November 4–6 at Māla‘ai: The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle Schoo in Waimea, Hawai‘i Island. We will use garden-based science lessons and activities to explain NGSS science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas, and relate these three key NGSS dimensions to the Hawai‘i School Garden Curriculum Map. Participants will apply the three NGSS dimensions in designing and implementing learning-garden science activities. For more information and to register, visit ngss16.eventbrite.com.

Kū ‘Āina Pā: 2016 Summer Intensive

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The Kohala Center introduces a new professional development course for Hawai‘i Island’s K-8 Teachers through our Kū ‘Āina Pā Teacher Training Program. Learning to Navigate the Hawai‘i School Garden Curriculum Map and Create a Standards-Based Garden Program for Your Classroom is designed to introduce teachers to the Hawai‘i School Garden Curriculum Map (HSGCM). This four-day course will be held June 6–9, 2016 at Kona Pacific Public Charter School in Kealakekua, Hawai‘i Island. Click here for more information and to enroll!

School Garden Learning Journeys

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Please join us for full-day Learning Journeys in East Hawai‘i Island (Friday, March 25) and West Hawai‘i Island (Saturday, April 2) with our master school garden teachers. Each day will include garden tours, summaries of their unique programs, ideas for lessons and local resources, and a chance to do some hana lima at each site. Please bring a brown-bag lunch, small notebook, camera, water bottle, hat, sunscreen, mosquito repellent, and comfortable clothes and shoes for light work.

Now recruiting FoodCorps Hawai‘i Service Members!

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Applications for the 2016–2017 cohort of FoodCorps Hawai‘i service members are available at foodcorps.org. The deadline to apply is March 30, 2016. For more information about FoodCorps Hawai‘i please visit kohalacenter.org/hisgn/foodcorps-hawaii. You can also follow FoodCorps Hawai‘i on Facebook at facebook.com/FoodCorpsHawaii.

Charter School Food Working Group

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Ongoing workshops to develop FFVP and school food programs. In the summer of 2015 we began with two workshops: Gathering to Share Best Practices at the Volcano School of Arts and Sciences, and Sessions with Carleton Gillenwater, creator of the Kona Pacific PCS Food Service. Contact Anna-Lisa Okoye if you are interested in being on the workshop notification list. aokoye@kohalacenter.org