BBC Reel: The heat gap dividing a major US city [featuring ECMS-I Green Ambassadors Teacher, Ms. Tashanda Giles-Jones]

As in many US towns, historic disinvestment in certain areas of Los Angeles have created a ‘heat gap’ within the city. Poorer neighbourhoods experience higher temperatures due to a lack of tree cover, vegetation and shade. The city and several nonprofits are now trying to close the gap through a variety of urban programmes. Video…

Grading Updates

Parents and Students – Click here to read about the grading updates for this 2020-2021 school year

LA County DPH – Reopening Protocols for Schools

Read the guidelines and requirements for the reopening protocols for schools by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health: ECMSG – Reopening Protocols for K-12 Schools – Public Posting ECMSI – Reopening Protocols for K-12 Schools – Public Posting ECHS – Reopening Protocols for K-12 Schools – Public Posting Appendix A – Reopening Protocols…

ECHS – a food forest!

Environmental Charter High School – a food forest! The guavas tease passersby as countless fruits ripen overhead, creating a sweet suspense of an incoming harvest. Massive wild sunflowers towered well over 10ft, harboring an ecosystem of bugs and birds within the sunny canopies. Countless figs continue to ripen, although one must contend with the emerald-like…