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Murashige, Laura
From: Danny_ Garcia /KOHALAE /HIDOE @notes.kl2.hi.us
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 11:39 AM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Resolution 582 -14
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Aloha,
Please see attached photos of our Kohala Elementary School Discovery Garden. Our garden was established in 2010
thanks to the support of the Kohala Center and the 21st Century Community Learning Center Federal Grant. In 5 years
we have serviced over 600 of Kohala's keiki and harvested over 1500 Ibs of produced used for cooking, fundraising, and
STEM education.
I whole- heartedly support Resolution 582 -14. Hawaii's keiki and Hawaii's future is depending on this resolution.
Mahalo Nui Loa
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Danny P. Garcia, Principal ° Q
Kohala Elementary School =v
P.O. Box 819
Kapa'au, HI 96755
(808) 889 -7100 / 889 -7103 fax CPI
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VISION:
The Kohala Elementary School Discovery Garden will grow healthy produce and healthy
citizens.
MISSION:
To teach, in an exploratory manner, sustainable agricultural practices, STEM, wellness,
nutrition, and PONO character.
The objectives of the 4.0 -acre Discovery Garden are:
1. To support academic achievement;
2. To be an avenue to teach pono (uprighteous behavior), wellness and nourishment,
mind/body engagement, food eating and making;
3. To be involved in place making by interacting with nature and in the garden;
4. To build community; and
5. To meet the GLOB of State of Hawai'i Education Department, for students to become:
a. Self - directed learners,
b. Community contributors,
c. Complex thinkers,
d. Quality producers,
e. Effective communicators, and
f. Effective and ethical users of technology.