Whitmore Elementary School
Whitmore Elementary School
P.O. Box 10
30611 Whitmore Road
Whitmore, CA 96096
ph: 530-472-3243
fax: 530-472-1127
United Victory Garden
The certificated staff has worked with the volunteers to ensure that the California Standards in curriculum are followed during the students time in the garden. Gardening lessons in science and math are much more fun when you can get your hands dirty, too!
Garden improvements
A permanent 8 foot fence has been installed and it does enhance the garden and the deer and turkeys have not been seen in the garden.
Asparagus and potatoes were planted in the small boxes that were donated to the students. Sunflowers are so full of seeds that they now lean over. The students will be cutting the heads and let them dry and then enjoy the fruit of their labors.
Welcome visitors?
We have a herd of turkeys who visit each day. You can see them spread across the upper field and then walk out to Whitmore Road, where they cross to roost in the pines.
We still have the doe and her two yearlings. Young bucks visit occasionallyFlower Garden
September 2010
Cleo Lane and Sarah Kovarik were instrumental in updating and improving the school's front entrance.
They chose flowers that were compatible with the environment and provided a habitat for the butterflies, humming birds, wild finches and our pet garter snake who helps keep the bug population down.
A cool, wet spring kept the students from planting during their normal school year, but volunteers did plant some zucchini, pie pumpkins, corn and carrots. It is just more fun to have something growing when they returned in August.
This was last year's zucchini and cucumber patch This year's garden
The garden has provided 3 Hubbard squash and 8 pie pumpkins. The K-3rd grade class will use them to make their famous pumpkin pie. This is one tradition that everyone looks forward to eating.
Mrs. Sarah Kovarich will start Heirloom seedlings for this year's garden. She has selected several varities of tomatoes to begin with and has seeds for direct planting of radishes and carrots.
Whitmore Elementary School
P.O. Box 10
30611 Whitmore Road
Whitmore, CA 96096
ph: 530-472-3243
fax: 530-472-1127
