2013-2014+New+Student+Application+Process

Dear 3rd and 4th Grade Parents,

Blackland Prairie is beginning our 4th year in a Junior Master Gardener (JMG) program that will help our children grow and learn through "hands-on" experiences and activities. The JMG program provides a positive learning experience for youth to develop leadership, responsibility and community pride through organized gardening activities. The JMG program combines a unique gardening based curriculum and web based instruction, community service, character education and service based learning, into a fun and exciting certification program for youth. This program is designed to incorporate science, math, language arts, geography and other subject area disciplines into the "hands-on" gardening based activities. JMG curriculum is correlated to academic standards and has research supporting how the program improves academic success, nutrition, self-esteem, and leadership development.

If your child is interested in joining this after school activity, please fill out the application and return it to Sarah Sellers in 4th or Karen Gustafson in 3rd. Applications will be reviewed and scored on a rubric using the student application and teacher recommendation forms. The 10 students with the highest score will be accepted into the program and you will be notified by email.

__** All applications are due back by **__ Thank you,

Sarah Sellers Karen Gustafson Blackland Prairie Elementary http://bpejmgkids.wikispaces.com/