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Building A Coop

Parent and Child Education (PACE) Preschool Program

Teacher - Paula McPheeters

Smiling boy holding a chicken up to his face inside the coop.
Girl lining up nail with hammer to frame; father in background.
Girl using drafting triangle to draw line on board.
Father steadies a drill held by his daughter as they help build the coop.
Three beautifullly and distinctly colored chickens enjoying the coop
Two girls helping with shoveling.
Children holding and petting a chicken.
Girl, on ledge and wearing protective glasses, hammers frame; father nearby and under, looking on.
?Girl touching machine, held by mother, and two women in background.
Boy helps move some boards into place with a little help from others
Boy wearing big hat holding chicken.
A beautiful and brand-new coop for Ochoa!
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With generous support of Home Depot volunteers, PACE children, families, friends and I spent a Saturday together in February to begin building a chicken coop in the Ochoa Peace Garden. The building materials were purchased with funds from the Communities Putting Prevention To Work Grant via the Drachman Institute.

Raising chickens is a perfect extension of our garden project. Too often opportunities for urban school children to connect with nature are few and far between. I believe the garden and our chickens enhance the quality of our lives.

Together we learn about health, nutrition, hard work and the cultivation of community and justice. I hope these experiences will increase self-determination regarding the well-being of our minds/bodies, our communities and mother earth, as we develop an ethic of stewardship.


Con el generoso apoyo de los voluntarios de The Home Depot, los niños PACE, las familias, amigos y yo pasamos un sábado en febrero juntos para comenzar a construir un gallinero en el Jardín de Paz Ochoa. Los materiales de construcción fueron adquiridos con fondos de la subvención Comunidades Poniendo la Prevención a Trabajar (Communities Putting Prevention To Work Grant) a través del Drachman Institute.

La cría de pollos es una extensión perfecta de nuestro proyecto de jardín. Con demasiada frecuencia oportunidades para los niños de escuelas urbanas para conectar con la naturaleza son pocos y distantes entre sí. Yo creo que el jardín y nuestros pollos mejora la calidad de nuestras vidas.

Juntos podemos aprender sobre la salud, nutrición, trabajo duro y el cultivo de la comunidad y la justicia. Espero que estas experiencias aumentan la auto-determinación con respecto a los del bienestar de nuestros mentes y cuerpos, nuestra comunidad y la madre tierra, a medida que desarrollamos una ética de la administración.