The mission of our project is to transform their school-yard into a “learning landscape,” where Patrick Henry students can have hands-on experience with the natural world, have safe and open areas for play, and have spaces for outdoor classroom instruction. Our work began with masterplanning for the entire school grounds; creating a future vision for the school and a framework for ongoing improvements. Between now and May, we will refine the masterplan design and complete construction of the first phase of this transformation; removing areas of asphalt, planting native plants, expanding the school’s garden, building small shade shelters, and installing safe play surfaces.