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Welcome to the BPE Junior Master Gardener Home Page!

Dear Parents,

Blackland Prairie is beginning our 3rd year in a Junior Master Gardener (JMG) program that will help our children grow and learn through "hands-on" learning 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.

BPE needs your help to make the BPE program a success! Here are some ways that you can become involved: 1. Assist in building garden beds, fences, watering systems, and other structures. 2. Donate money or gardening equipment and/or supplies for use in the garden. 3. Volunteer your time to assist JMG kids in the garden. 4. Assist by contacting businesses and community members for support through donations and gifts for the garden.

Thank you for your help in this matter. We look forward to working with you this year to make our new program a success. Please contact us with any questions.

Sincerely, Sarah Sellers - Sarah_Sellers@RoundRockisd.org 424-8687 Karen Gustafson - Karen_Gustafson@roundrockisd.org 424-8629