Text Box: Curriculum of Place: Interdisciplinary curriculum aligned with Vermont standards, building on and utilizing historical, environmental and human resources in the community. The community becomes a laboratory for student learning. Service-Learning: A teaching strategy to combine academic and social education goals to meet real community needs. Student Leadership: Promoting respect, responsibility, teamwork and cooperation between youth and the community. School Community Partnership: The school is increasingly viewed as a "hub" of the community. We use the concept of developing a "community of purpose." Assets Development: Students and community members as valuable resources. By promoting reciprocal relationships with the community, we help our children and community thrive. Documentation and Assessment : Schools document their stories of youth and community interaction to inspire each other and help assess where challenges lie. Quoted from the VRP website, http://www.vermontcommunityworks.org Text Box: Vermont Rural Partnership Text Box: Inch by Inch, Row by Row….. Food, nutrition and wellness are Lakeview’s goals through which we reconnect our students with their agricultural heritage. Gardening and healthy eating became the vehicle for teaching and learning during the 2005 –2006 school year with help from the Vermont Rural Partnership, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Hazen Union Forestry Program, Wonder and Wisdom, the Pleasant’s Fund and community members. The purpose of this project was to design and build vegetable and flower gardens around the school, while developing the children’s awareness of healthy eating habits, teaching good nutrition, and exploring the joys of growing and preparing their own food. Text Box: Lakeview Union School &