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Karen Acres students describe hunger project, school garden and Meals from the Heartland partnership
Summary
Fourth-grade students and teachers from Karen Acres Elementary told the Urbandale school board about a project-based learning unit on hunger that included a coin drive, volunteering with Meals from the Heartland and a community garden used to supply summer programs.
Daniel Wilson, principal of Karen Acres Elementary, and fourth-grade teachers presented a student-led project-based learning unit on hunger to the Urbandale Community School District Board on Sept. 22.
The students said the multi-part project began in 2023 with visits from local organizations including UCAN, the Urban Hill Food Pantry and Meals from the Heartland. “PBL is cross curricular, student led, meaningful, and engaging,” a student presenter said. The class ran a schoolwide coin drive and “raised over $655 as a school,” the students told the board, and several…
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