impact of school garden programs on chronic absenteeism

[Ullery, Sam (OSSE)]

Hi All,

Does anyone have any research or examples on the impact school garden programs have on chronic absenteeism? Did a search and didn’t find much.

 

Sam Ullery

School Garden Specialist

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[Andrew Nowak]

Hey Sam-

Check with Moses Thompson in Tucson.  I remember him reporting that the school garden programs in Tucson Unified were shown to increase attendance for elementary students, especially when they knew it was their "day" in the garden.  If you need his email address, let me know.

Good luck,

Andy

[SHERMAN Rick - ODE]

Hi Sam and others,

 

Doing a presentation today to the Oregon School Board Association regarding school garden’s role in increasing student achievement, and decreasing behavior problems.  This isn’t necessarily the same thing, but may have applications in what you’re looking for.  See attached!

 

 

Rick

Rick Sherman Farm To School / School Garden Coordinator Oregon Core Partner, National Farm to School Network Child Nutrition Programs Office of Student Services Oregon Department of Education 255 Capital St. NE, Salem OR 97310 ( (503) 947-5863  6 Fax: (503) 378-5156 mailto:Rick.S...@state.or.us

 

Visit ODE’s Farm to School website: 

https://goo.gl/FG5Hmq

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[Moses Thompson]

Hi Sam and garden friends,

We've found evaluating things like attendance/achievement to be tough because every staff person in a school building is forever targeting those outcomes. It feels nearly impossible to separate out what the garden does from other interventions. 

Instead of going right at attendance a while back we did a study where we looked at school stress and access to school gardens. We're pretty confident the study shows that more access to the school garden translates to less school stress. It's a bit of a dot connect to go from lower school stress to better attendance but I don't think its a stretch.

Hope this helps!

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