Garden Place Academy Advocates closing the funding gap for schoolyard


This time last year a fund raiser and student art exhibit was held at the National Western Complex.  With the focus on the talent behind Garden Place Academy (GPA) and the efforts of Garden Place Academy Advocates (GPAA), it’s no surprise the Denver community showed up and raised $36,000 towards reimagining the almost twenty-year old … Continue reading Garden Place Academy Advocates closing the funding gap for schoolyard

The Play(Ground)’s The Thing


The Philadelphia Citizen helped set the stage for what TBS hopes to achieve in 2016 with their feature article on Jan. 6th. Author Melanie Bavaria thoughtfully outlined the origin of our methods and our increasing relationships with schoolyard communities across Philly.

McKinley: Celebremos


“Our mission is to provide a nurturing, supportive, and actively engaging environment for students and families,” reads the mission statement of William Mckinley Elementary. The environment at the June 3rd Celebremos Our Community Our Ideas event, was nothing short of this school’s mission.

McKinley: Community Clean-Up


Alongside McKinley’s students, parents and teachers, The Big SandBox partnered with 17 Temple University students for Wednesday’s Put the Beds to Bed event.