Snacks
from the Garden
Richmond
Regional High School CLC
Danielle
Hamel
Richmond
Regional High School has a beautiful community garden, which Math and Science
teacher Danielle Hamel decided to incorporate into her lessons.
Secondary-one
science students started seedlings in March and transplanted them in the garden
outside before the end of the school year. When the students came back after the summer, they harvested
what they had planted.
Throughout
the summer, Ms. Hamel, a local resident of the community collected the most
abundant fruit and vegetables which included zucchini, black berries,
strawberries, tomatoes and garlic and placed them in her freezer at home.
When
October came, she was teaching proportions in her secondary-two math class and
had the students double or triple recipes for smoothies, muffins and dips. The
class then spent a period cooking and baking. Surprisingly, for some students, it was their first
experience and some found it quite a challenge, but most students enjoyed it.
Through an
annual survey of students, it was discovered that the healthy eating habits of
teenagers could be improved. The
genuine service the students provided was the promotion of healthy, locally grown food.
Students
were asked to make pamphlets that included the recipe, nutritional facts and
fun facts about the fruits and vegetables. The class then shared the snacks
with the students from the high school, the elementary school, the nursery
school, the day care and two local senior homes. The class wanted to promote
locally grown, healthy snacks as well as reaching out to our community, showing
positive things that the teens are doing at the high school.
To read
more about the project, click here.
