Assistant Principal

Assistant Principal B.A., Political Science, Loyola Marymount UniversityM.A., Urban Education, Loyola Marymount UniversityPh.D., Educational Leadership, University of Southern California Dr. Jessyka Ramirez-Holden is the Assistant Principal at Environmental Charter Middle School – Gardena. Prior to coming to ECMS-G, Jessyka has 8 years of experience teaching ELA and Social Studies while holding teacher leadership positions as…

Board Member

Dr. Denise Berger Board Member denise_berger@ecsonline.org Dr. Denise Berger collaborates with leaders on sophisticated social responsibility initiatives, strategic planning, organizational development, and multi-stakeholder collaboration in order to optimize individual contribution and team involvement, innovation and impact. Her vision is for people to find their personal significance, reach their full potential, and lead in life with…

Principal

Principal BA, Theatre, University of Southern California Dave Trejo is the Principal of Environmental Charter Middle School – Gardena. Dave has worked in public schools for more than 15 years in a multitude of roles, from substitute to drama teacher, P.E. teacher to department head and Principal. Dave was the founding director of iLEAD Pacoima…

Information Technology Technician

Information Technology Technician Email Art Art Smith has been a technology consultant for ECS since August of 2016 and now joins us as an official ECS employee under the title Information Technology Technician. He has always had a passion for technology and has been working directly in the IT field for 7 years. He briefly attended McNally-Smith…

Information Technology Lead Technician

Information Technology Lead Technician Email Matt Matt K. has been a technology consultant for ECS since April 2015 and now joins us as an official ECS employee under the title Information Technology Lead Technician. After Graduating from CSULB he was a substitute teacher before making the transition to the tech field. He loves all things technology related and spends…