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School Summaries:

Summit View Elementary School, Summit, AZ, Fall 2011-Spring 2012 - US EPA/BECC Border 2012 grant

• ​3rd grade students learned about watershed science, water harvesting, and impacts of stormwater runoff on downstream rivers
• Passive water harvesting earthworks implemented to capture rooftop and landscape runoff and support native trees
• 2000 gal plastic cistern to be implemented through hands-on workshops (planned for January 2012) to support native tree establishment and planned vegetable garden in coordination with Tucson Community Food Bank

Holladay Magnet School, Tucson, AZ, Spring 2011 - US Fish and Wildlife Service Partners grant

• 800 gal plastic cistern installed with parent and staff volunteers will support existing vegetable and native pollinator gardens
• 4^th grade students learned about watershed science and water harvesting through two hands-on sessions with WMG staff

Agua Caliente Elementary School, Tucson, AZ, Fall 2011 - Spring 2012 - US Fish and Wildlife Service Partners grant

• Parking lot runoff re-directed to infiltrate in a landscape area will support new native trees, shrubs, and grasses, creating habitat and gathering space at the front of the school (to be completed January 2012)
• 800 gal plastic cistern installed with parent and staff volunteers will support planned succulent, pollinator, and vegetable gardens
• 2^nd and 4^th grade students learned about the water cycle, watersheds, water harvesting, and native plants and animals through three hands-on sessions with WMG staff

Rincon/University High School, Tucson, AZ, Spring 2011 - Fall 2012 - US Fish and Wildlife Service Partners grant

• During the spring 2011 semester, AP Environmental Science students completed a conceptual plan for a sustainable landscape design for the RUHS campus with guidance from WMG staff
• Volunteer workshops to implement the water harvesting features and native plantings outlined in the conceptual plan will be led by WMG staff during spring semester of 2012

Manzo Elementary, Tucson, AZ, Fall 2009 - US Fish and Wildlife Service Partners grant

• Manzo staff have developed a Sonoran Desert Biome on a sizable lot adjacent to the school campus to serve as an outdoor learning lab.
• WMG worked with 3rd graders at Manzo in the fall of 2009 to create native wildlife habitat and installed two large rainwater cisterns in the front of the school which will water native plants and a heritage orchard. 
• Click here to watch a KUAT news video about the project.

Khalsa Montessori, Tucson, AZ, Spring 2010 - US Fish and Wildlife Service Partners grant

• 800 gal rainwater collection tank 
• Native plant garden

Youth Works, Tucson, AZ, 2009 - US Fish and Wildlife Service Partners grant

Youth Works is a community-based high school in South Tucson that works with at-risk high school populations. Its emphasis is on vocational education and green waste recycling. Youth Works currently incorporates a horticultural component into its education program including composting and selling produce to the Community food Bank.  WMG worked with students to create two native habitat areas with passive water harvesting earthworks, along with a cistern to provide water for a vegetable garden.

Toltecalli Academy, Tucson, AZ, Fall 2008 - Arizona Community Foundation grant

Rivera Elementary School, Tucson, AZ, 2008 - US Bureau of Reclemation grant

Rivera Elementary School is located in south Tucson and serves 540 students in grades K – 5. The majority of the population is low-income with many immigrants and Spanish speakers. Rivera prides itself on being a walking school, directly serving the children living in the community. WMG conducted a semester long project with 3rd graders in the spring of 2008, that culminated in the creation of a rain garden with native plants through a bilingual workshop with students and parents.

Miles Exploratory Leaning Center, Tucson, AZ, 2008 - US Bureau of Reclemation grant

Miles Exploratory Learning Center is open to all children in TUSD from preschool through 8th grade. They serve a diverse population of students which includes the highest population of hearing imparted students in TUSD along with an autistic student program. Miles has a GREEN program in place which includes gardens, recycling, environmental education and nutrition. WMG conducted a semenster long project with 6th graders in the spring of 2008, that culminated in the creation of a rain garden with native plants through a workshop with students and parents.