Nutritower teacher Profile Rochelle Tkach, James Morden, DSBN

Seed to Harvest teacher Profile: Rochelle Tkach, James Morden, DSBN

Lauren Gorjanc

NT: Why did you want to become a teacher? 😊   Teaching always felt like such a natural fit for me. I had a desire to work with children and found it was so rewarding to see their growth and accomplishments. Children’s excitement and natural curiosity keeps me going! I realized that as a teacher, I can pass down values and help shape the future generation of responsible citizens.  NT: How do you keep your students interested and motivated? How do you create a classroom environment that inspires creativity and purpose? My students inspire many of the ideas and projects...

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Holly Eccles

Seed To Harvest Educator Profiles. Holly Eccles.

Lauren Gorjanc

  To our teachers:  Thank you. Thank you for your unwavering devotion to your profession, our children, and constantly pushing for education to evolve, adapt, and overcome.    For over 2 years we’ve been listening to friends, family and colleagues in education talk about the struggle with student morale and performance due to social isolation and loss of sports and activities; It has been difficult for children taking on complex emotional responsibilities they typically aren’t prepared for.  During another round of remote learning, teacher Holly Eccles (Prince of Wales Elementary, DSBN), reached out to us with an update on her Nutritower. ...

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Minding the Garden: What is Light Therapy

Minding the Garden: What is Light Therapy

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Light therapy can affect brain chemicals that are connected to our mood and sleep, and can ease negative mental health symptoms. For example, it can help with depression or sleep disorders and can be used to treat seasonal affective disorder, which is a type of depression that occurs seasonally (usually in darker months, such as fall or winter).
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Minding the Garden: What is Horticultural Therapy?

Minding the Garden: What is Horticultural Therapy?

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Author: Lauren Jelinek This series, “Minding the Garden,” looks at how mental health and gardening interact. In this article, I begin an exploration of how gardening for fun and food can be beneficial to our mental health. In this first post, I’ll look at horticultural therapy and therapeutic gardens. Stay tuned for future posts to learn about the benefits of light therapy and discover the real world applications of both of these therapeutic forms through the Nutritower’s real-life placements in the mental health space. Mental health struggles can affect anyone, but options for clarity and calm are available. As people...

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