Watch the recent Environmental Charter High School – Gardena Virtual Orientation and review the slides here. Highlights include: Meet ECS Founder, Alison Diaz, and ECHS-Gardena Principal, Dr. Cindy Guardado Learn about our campus and its features Returning to campus – What Should You Expect for Safety? What is Our Pathway Back to Campus? ECS Reopening…
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…
We are proud to present our revised ECS mission statement and values.
After many years of developing learning opportunities that prepare students for college and community stewardship, our team at Environmental Charter Schools (ECS) in Los Angeles set out to codify those practices into a best practices framework — a teacher designed rubric to guide our work. These five Best Practices have evolved into a comprehensive Teacher…
