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East Haven High opens greenhouse; culinary and transition programs integrate gardening into coursework
Summary
Teachers and students showcased a new greenhouse and garden project at East Haven High School, funded through a School-Based Health Alliance grant and intended to support culinary instruction, CTE classes and a student-run special-education enterprise called Exceptional Blooms and More.
East Haven High School presenters described a newly completed greenhouse and expanded garden program to the school board, saying the space will support culinary instruction, career-technical education (CTE) classes, special-education transition work and school-based health initiatives.
Why it matters: the greenhouse and garden are presented as interdisciplinary instructional space that district staff say can support hands-on learning (culinary, woodworking, manufacturing, horticulture and science), vocational skills for transition students and therapeutic programming in collaboration with the school-based health center. The effort was funded by a competitive School-Based Health Alliance grant and has received temporary certificate-of-occupancy status, presenters said.
What staff told the board
- Grant and construction: presenters said the School-Based Health Alliance grant fully funded the…
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