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This website helps us recognize the work our school is doing to promote healthy and sustainable living, and provides a way for teachers and parents to access information and contribute content to the website. If you are new to our site… our membership is limited to school students, staff, parents and people involved with Growe Foundation.

From the Principal

The Garden to Table program has enhanced our school by bringing the awareness of healthy eating and environmental issues to the forefront of Mesa's curriculum. Our Garden has thrived and the knowledge that our students have gained will last them a lifetime.

-Josh Baldner, Principal of Mesa Elementary School


Mission Statement

G2T @ Mesa Elementary provides unique, hands-on learning opportunities that integrate wellness, healthy food choices and a lifetime of sustainability into the curriculum and daily lives of our kids and community. With our onsite organic garden, Green Star status, solar panels, evolving outdoor classroom and cooking demonstrations, we strive to enhance learning and emphasize the importance of healthy minds, bodies, environment and food.

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New Mesa GTT Website

After running into costs ands limitation of the Mesa Garden to table site on NING, we have decided to migrate to the grou.ps platform. This platform is far superior giving us the ability to store documents and collaborate without having to go to outside w [...]

Posted by Growe Foundation • 23 months ago • View comments

Salad Making with Chef Hugo Matheson and Growe

Thanks to all who helped the 4th graders in preparing salad and dressings for the Pasta Pig Out! Yumminess to be had by all. Recipes (including the famous Mesa pasta sauce) are attached... Happy summer! Growe_Recipe_SaladDressings_Fruit.pdf Growe_Reci [...]

Posted by Cassy Matthews • 24 months ago • View comments

New Irrigation in the Garden

Thank you Growe Foundation for providing materials for the new drip-line irrigation system for the garden. Thank you also to Laura Ruby from Growe and our amazing parent volunteers for putting in their time, know-how and muscles as well. It's exciting to [...]

Posted by Tabitha Manresa • 25 months ago • View comments

2nd Grade Goes Aussie with Butternut Squash Soup!

On April 19th, the 2nd grade got to get their hands in some butternut squash (along with apples, onions and other yummy ingredients) - to make Butternut Squash soup for their Australia Day celebration. We'll post pictures soon - but here's the recipe in c [...]

Posted by Cassy Matthews • 25 months ago • View comments

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