Cheatham receives grant to support Chef in the Garden program Cheatham School is the recipient of the Blue Watermelon Project’s Steele Family Foundation Grant to support a “Chef In The Garden” program. The Chef in the Garden program provides bi-monthly kits for participating schools to teach students about a specific vegetable, herb, or grain. Kits include aligned curriculum materials that encourage learning through doing. A local chef is also assigned to lead a lesson, demo, and tasting. September’s kit featured chickpeas. Students learned about the chickpea before making their own flamin’ hot chickpea snack. Chef Tamara Stranger of The Lake House at Deer Creek provided the lesson and demo on this kit. November’s kit contained collard greens and students learned about the rich history of the greens and soul food. Chef Pam Coleman of Ms. C’s Home-Style prepared a delicious dish with fresh greens for the students to try. Both were planted in the school garden so that students can continue to observe them.
Cardinals bring skills camp to Rogers Ranch The Arizona Cardinals brought their mini-skills camp to Rogers Ranch School in November. Cardinals volunteers, school resource officers, and former Cardinals player Allen DeGraffenreid all assisted in running Rogers Ranch students in Grades 7-8 through several stations designed around non-contact football skills. It was a beautiful morning for students to get fresh air and exercise while cheering on their classmates.
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