Panama Central School fifth- and sixth-graders will soon take part in gardening lessons. Emily Harvey, Panama's director of instruction and special education, discussed the Grow With Us Grant during a recent board meeting.
"I supported and worked with Bridget Lyon (fifth and sixth-grade teacher) in applying for a grant from the Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences," Harvey said. "She was looking to get a tower garden. She actually ended up getting the grant. We applied for it, and she is getting three tower garden aeroponic systems for fifth and sixth grade."
The towers do not require soil due to the use of hydroponics, and the hope is to work interesting activities using the towers into the curriculum for the fifth and sixth-grade students.
"We will eventually, hopefully, work into other grade levels and try to expand it," Harvey said. "She's really going to get a handle on having her kids work with it and use it."
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