Grand View's garden is Showcase Central for the 2014 Green Garden Showcase, so stop by!
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They'll have crafts for kids, They’ll be making bicycle-powered smoothies with fruit donated by Whole Foods, and the PTA will be on hand to let you know more about this great school! TreePeople will be there distributing pre-ordered rain barrels, doing rain barrel demonstrations, and talking about their tree mapping project. You'll also be able to pick up a printed map and get help planning your Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase tour.
Grand View Boulevard Elementary is home to LAUSD's first and longest-running Spanish Immersion Program. Grand View merged with McBride school in 2013-2014, and now offers many programs integrated for children of all abilities. One of those programs is the school garden.
Grand View Boulevard Elementary is home to LAUSD's first and longest-running Spanish Immersion Program. Grand View merged with McBride school in 2013-2014, and now offers many programs integrated for children of all abilities. One of those programs is the school garden.
Capably tended by Kathyrn Kocarnik, whose salary is funded by a grant from the Garden School Foundation, the school garden has truly become a place of learning, where the new Common Core standards are woven into the lessons of the garden, and even making a recipe can be a teachable moment.
The Garden is also tended by dedicated parent volunteers, who help making weeding fun for the kids and keep the garden running smoothly year-round.
Grand View's garden is Showcase Central for the 2014 Green Garden Showcase, so stop by! We'll have crafts for kids and the PTA will be on hand to let you know more about this great school! HoneyLove will also be on hand with a wealth of information about bees and urban bee keeping.The garden is also on the Wildside School Garden Tour.
