COMMUNITY PROJECTS

&

SERVICE

mission:  as a part of the Outdoor Education component of the MVCS curriculum - Community Projects & Service provides opportunities to development a foundation of knowledge about social and ecological systems, cultivating attitudes, values and commitments necessary to build a sustainable society, and to prepare students with attitudes and skills to learn from and be of service to others.
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LOCAVORES

Bringing nutritious local foods from the farm to the school lunch table

Through the generous support of the William Penn Foundation MVCS has the opportunity to introduce a new and innovative project to the classroom this year. 

As part of their Community School education, children learn more about the community in which they live - getting to the very root of the matter, so to speak.  Children deserve to be taught the fundamentals of cooking skills and making healthy choices about the foods they eat - how all of this impacts them culturally, environmentally and economically as community members.

Working in partnership with Tess Hoke, owner and visionary of The Local 98856, MVCS students experience a locally grown and produced hot lunch each week.  Students visit area farms, learn about production, explore the cost and value of the foods they eat and much more.

 

           

I learned that in Chad only 27 out of every 100 people have safe drinking water.  But, I also learned that every country is good in some way.    -Aden

                                                  

 

I learned that the United States has 13,491 McDonalds and is not very healthy.  I'm glad we eat healthy food at the Local every week.     - Nate

              

I learned that only 3 percent of the people in Egypt do not have enough food.   -Korrie

I learned that literacy means the ability to read and write, and in Chad less than half of the people can read.  - Lilly

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OTHER COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Fleece hats, 1999-2003- Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Methow Valley Mosaic, 2004 - hanging outside Twisp Town Hall

Community Center Mosaic, 2005 - hanging in hallway of the center

Mural at Sunflower Wash Tub, 2006 - Twisp

Tree plantings 2005, 2006 - Twisp Commons

The Cove Foodbank - 2006-07 - Twisp

Trailhead clean -up - on-going - various sites around the valley

Twisp Park clean-up, on-going - Twisp Park

The paint crew at Sunflower Wash Tubs - finished mural in the background

 

 

For more information

call or email
(509) 997-KIDS (5437)
director@mvcommunityschool.org