Food for our families

Last Wednesday the Garden Club harvested a bunch of food from our garden to pass it out to families that were coming for parent/teacher conferences. We harvested kale, chard, cilantro, mint, eggplant, peppers and tomatoes.

Pedalfest 2011

Last Saturday a handful of students went to the Oakland Pedalfest with me to check out the cool bike stuff happening around the Bay. We all loved the BMX tricks!

In the courtyard we removed a lot of undergrowth, some saplings and trimmed back all the plants, harvested the lavender and made them into bunches, added some new soil, put borders around the beds so the soil won't fall out and planted a cover crop for the winter.

Bike club rode to Olhone Park in North Berkeley. Students playing a game of tag on the geo-structure.

Shoreline Clean Up Day!

On Saturday, September 17th we joined thousands of other folks in California to help clean up the shoreline! 20 students from OIHS volunteered their Saturday to pick up millions of pieces of trash in the hot sun! Every year around the world people do a shoreline clean up day and categorize the garbage that then helps the government make policies around reducing the amount of plastic that is produced. Come join us next year!

Here are a few photos of the beginning of the garden. Clay Mu, Hel Say and Tenzin harvesting some tomatoes from an old garden planted by Refugee Transitions. Soybeans that Ms. Thi started and gave to us. Tenzin in the sunlight. Free soil at sunrise from the city of Berkeley.

Hello! Welcome to the official blog for Oakland International High School's Community Garden and Wellness Program! My name is Liza Jade Richheimer. I am one of the founding teachers at OIHS. This year thanks to a generous family foundation, I am lucky enough to be the coordinator of the Community Garden and Wellness Program.
My goals for the program are: to build and grow on-site gardens with students through science classes and after-school programs, to run after-school bike club twice a week, to teach a cooking class and a winter yoga class, to support Oakland Unified School District's mission of improving their cafeteria food, and to create a culture of environmental stewardship at our school.