Manitoba's school boards have one purpose: to provide our students with the best schools possible.
Schools and school boards work with parents as partners in children’s learning.
Backyard gardens were introduded in 2006 in Wabowden's Mel Johnson School, where a teacher's desire to see kids in the northern Manitoba town learn more where their food comes from translated into a garden project involving students in grades 3 and 4. "...And This is My Garden" has caught the attention of the David Duzuki Foundation, and was highlighted at a European Economic and Social Council sustainable development conference last year. More recently, the project was featured in a new film by Winnipeg filmmaker Katharina Stieffenhofer.
For more informationon the project, please contact the Mel Johnson School at (204) 689-2620 or the Frontier School Division.