"Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body." ~Marcos Tullis Cicero

 INTRODUCING THE CULTIVATED CLASSROOM:

Pitchforks/garden

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What's growing on? 
The foundation of our program is built on the cultivated classroom, our organic edible school garden. Here students grow what they eat, and practice integrated studies such as sustainability, science, math, reading, social studies, & nutrition outdoors, exercising our bodies and minds. 

See how we're digging in!
   

Plates/kitchen

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What's on the plate people?
Let's DISH about what's cooking in the culinary classroom. Kids are amazing, ready and able to take on the responsibility of learning self sustainability.  In the culinary classroom we provide a safe, kid-friendly environment for healthy risk-taking. Kids produce nutritiously delicious meals that they can utilize for a lifetime. 

Click and see kids in the mix!
Lights, Camera, Action!
​The Cultivated Classroom has our own YouTube Channel, where budding chefs become foodie filmmakers. Students create and produce webisodes of garden and culinary techniques, personal food stories, and share their ideas about food and how it impacts every aspect of ones' life. We are EGG-cited to use this powerful tool to promote grass-root social change, because we believe knowing how to feed your body and mind is kind of important. From planting roots to photo shoots, we're sowing seeds of knowledge. 

​CLICK, WATCH, LIKE & SUBSCRIBE

Meet Culinary Educator and Founder of The Cultivated Classroom, Kellie Karavias. 
20 year veteran educator with a passion for growing smart and healthy scholars, was awarded an HEB Educator of Excellence Leadership recognition, for her life's work--growing scholars through gardening and edible education. 

TUNE INTO THE TACTICAL SNACKING RADIO BROADCAST WITH JANAY GOODMAN

Get your culinary and gardening advice weekly with our very own
edible educator--Ms. Goodman, of the Hogg Middle School Cultivated Classroom! She's hitting the air waves to bring you sage advice for daily life. We are thrilled to highlight her radio broadcast show...Tactical Snacking! 

Whether you're entertaining guests or just want a quick snack, these salsas and dips are perfect for the occasion. Listen below for tips on making your own guacamole, pomegranate mango salsa, spinach artichoke dip, and more! 
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      GREGORY-LINCOLN...WE HAVE A DOCUMENTARY!!!
The film students of the University of Houston Gulf Coast Food Project, from the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication have been documenting our growing efforts in a series of short films and we are buzzing with pride. Click to see how we have it growing on at the Gregory-Lincoln Education Center:     SEEDS            IT TAKES A VILLAGE

SIGN THE GLOBAL PETITION TO FEED OUR KIDS BETTER! 

Join Chef Jamie's worldwide FOOD REVOLUTION to bring edible education and a healthy future to EVERY school and every child.

LOOK WHO WAS NAMED A "FOOD HERO" 
BY JAMIE OLIVER'S FOOD REVOLUTION! 

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Kellie Karavias, Houston Independent School District 

Kellie Karavias was the first elementary Culinary Arts educator in HISD, and by her own admission she states,  “I’m just a girl who fell into the greatest job ever — educating kids to savor life." It is Kellie's passion to make edible education academic, accessible and achievable to all children during the school day. See why Chef Jamie Oliver and the Food Revolution Team gave Ms. Karavias a GREEN THUMBS UP!  

 CUE THE ROCK STAR CHEF! 
Chef Anne Burell cooked up something special for Gregory-Lincoln and the kids of HISD. 
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CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FOUND               FOOD JUSTICE IN THE SCHOOLYARD.
12 conscientious college kids + 1 growing school + 4 edible educators = 
                             1 week of Food Education Frivolity 

LISTEN TO THE 5-A-DAY COUNTDOWN SIGNAL:
5-A-DAY FRIDAYS ARE EVERY FRIDAY!
Did you know you should be eating 5 to 9 servings of fruits and veggies everyday? At Gregory-Lincoln, we want to..."snack our way to a healthier day." We made Fridays a fun reminder to get in 5 to 9 everyday. Students, staff from the front to the back, administration and parents are encouraged to bring their favorite FRESH fruit or veggie snack to school. When you hear the countdown everyone gobbles up goodness as we continue with our work. 5-a-day Fridays reminds us to refuel our bodies and minds everyday with a FRESH approach.