Copper Country Mental Health Donates Greenhouse To CCISD

Students in the Copper Country Intermediate School District will learn how to grow their own plants and to produce food in a greenhouse donated by Copper Country Mental Health.

The CCISD Community Transition Program has used the structure for the past 15 years at the Rice Memorial Building for their greenhouse plant sales fundraising project.

The CCISD Board approved a proposal at the February meeting to initiate the foundation and construction of the donated commercial steel and polycarbonate sheeting greenhouse structure with all its components on the CCISD Learning Center grounds in Hancock.

Pouring of the concrete foundation, reassembly of the structure and a universal design for the interior of the greenhouse that will be accessible for all students with disabilities is expected to be completed and functional by April 2019.

Michigan Common Core Science lessons are taught to the students through hands on activities in the greenhouse.

The lessons taught by selling the plants for a fundraiser have taught many skills that have generalized into the work place and the community.