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Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School Green Space a Blue Ribbon Winner

"More than 300 gardens throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware – flower gardens, vegetable gardens, community gardens, urban farms, parks and more – vied for recognition in the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Gardening and Greening Contest. The Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School in Surf City was named a blue ribbon winner in the children’s/school garden category, underscoring the work that students, faculty, staff and community members have put in to the edible garden beds, flowers, wildlife habitat, monarch way-station and rain gardens on the school grounds."

Squashing Hunger, an EJ Garden Event

Featured Pat Zietlow Miller author of Sophie's Squash, Sweet & Savory Butternut Squash by Ship Bottom's Greenhouse Cafe and a hearty Food Drive and monetary donation to St. Francis Food Pantry from our students and their teachers to this community.

The SandPaper article "Jacobsen School and Friends Rally to 'Squash' Hunger"

is found here.

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Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School

What's In The Garden?

SUMMERTIME !

Butternut Squash

Jalapeno Peppers

Cubanelle Peppers

Eggplant

Heirloom Tomatoes

Sun Gold Tomatoes

Basil

Parsley

Figs

Melons

Cukes

Carrots

Tri-Colored Beans

Daikon Radish

SUMMER Map

Classroom Close-Up Episode

Classroom Close-up NJ is television program that features innovative projects in NJ public schools.

View our garden episode entitled:

Island Schoolyard Garden

Classroom Close-up NJ has garnered 15 Emmy® awards and airs on NJTV.

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NJ Farm to School Award

New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture presented Ethel Jacobsen Elementary School in Surf City with the

“Best in New Jersey F2S Award.”

“We applaud the Ethel Jacobsen School and the Long Beach Island School District not only for all the effort put into their Farm to School program but the enthusiasm with which they have approached it.”

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EJ Back-2-School Harvest

Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School Green Space a Blue Ribbon Winner

Squashing Hunger, an EJ Garden Event

Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School

What's In The Garden?

Classroom Close-Up Episode

NJ Farm to School Award

Our garden is proudly . . . Certified Naturally Grown

Visit Our Garden-Based Learning Classrooms

279 Days of Schoolyard Gardening

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