Our wonderful health office team attended a trauma-informed care training to help keep all of our students and staff safe. We are lucky to have a passionate nurse at each of our buildings to ensure quality care for our ECS community👩🏼⚕️🩺
Environmental Charter School
Primary and Secondary Education
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 623 followers
ECS builds an active, engaged, & thoughtful citizenry—We Grow Citizens
About us
ECS offers an educational experience that develops students into critical thinkers, thoughtful innovators, and well-rounded scholars. We provide students the tools and educational foundation to become tomorrow’s global citizens. We don’t just teach; we strive to show students how their choices impact the world around them. We value curriculum and culture equally. Most schools have tunnel vision when it comes to program --it all revolves around curriculum choices. Without a strong culture, however, even the best curricular programs will fail. ECS partners authentic culture development with the educational experience. Culture is the foundation for all the work we do. We are rethinking what school “looks like.” We design spaces with students and educators, and create environments that reflect beauty, support health and wellness, and inspire creativity and engagement. We are reinventing the profession. ECS educators are facilitators, collaborators, and creative geniuses. Instead of teaching to the test, ECS educators connect with students where they are, and inspire students to be extraordinary citizens of the world. Along the way, ECS educators are changing the conversation about what it means to be a practitioner of education, and blazing the trail for a new excellence in the profession. Our measures of success support the development of the whole child. ECS knows that children are not defined by a number, or a word (would you want to be labeled “basic?”). In fact, we are working to measure the various ways that students thrive in a learning environment. Our educators are developing ways to gather data around student growth in academic areas, thinking and synthesizing, and socio-emotional. ECS maintains the strong belief that ALL children can THRIVE.
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http://ecspgh.org
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- Industry
- Primary and Secondary Education
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Type
- Educational
- Founded
- 2008
- Specialties
- Public Education and Collaboration
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5525 Columbo St
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15206, US
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829 Milton Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15218, US
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309 S Braddock Ave
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15221, US
Employees at Environmental Charter School
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Kathryn Green
Administrative Assistant at Environmental Charter School
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David Stehouwer
Math, Science, & Robotics Educator
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Madeline Francestine
Middle School Cultural Literacy Teacher
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Katie Lockley
Sustainability Education| Climate Action | Project & Grant Management | Curriculum Development | Technical Assistance | Equity & Inclusion in…
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I am very excited to be part of this project and to announce that we have not only 1 but 2 schools in the Pittsburgh area that will be participating in this national recycling contest. Environmental Charter School and Mendon Elementary School will both be participating in Jessica Alexanderson's amazing 2 Million Cans Recycling Contest! One of my awesome suppliers, Mon-Valley Recycling Center is the participating scrap yard for both schools, too! I can't wait for the students to learn about recycling metal and get the opportunity to receive Jessica's awesome book, "The Girl Who Recycled 1 Million Cans!" Tune back in when the contest starts in October, but in the mean time, if you're local, please start saving your aluminum cans and bring them to one of our participating schools. Also, a special thank you two our sponsors for each school, PPG and Sherwin-Williams!
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Nida Wilson, ECS Partnerships and Programs Coordinator, spent 7 days in Costa Rica this summer with Ecology Project International. She took part in an educator professional development course to explore strategies and tools to inspire students to observe, question, make claims, and conduct independent scientific research using the NGSS framework and the 5E Model of Instruction. The course took place at the Pacuare Reserve on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast. Nida connected with other educators from across the country and participated in sea turtle conservation research, conducting nightly turtle censuses and data collection on newly hatched Leatherback sea turtles.
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We are honored to have retired Pittsburgh Public School Assistant Superintendent of Student Support, Dr. Rodney Necciai, join ECS as our Assistant High School Principal. Thank you for joining our mission of #GrowingCitizens https://lnkd.in/gGMmBrRx
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We are proud to announce Hannah Cramer as our new Intermediate School Assistant Principal. We can't wait to see all the amazing things you'll accomplish, Hannah!🎉 #GrowingCitizens https://lnkd.in/gsd6NBfT
Hannah Cramer New Hire Press Release
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Congratulations to our dedicated board member, Rohit Acharya, for his well-deserved place in this year's Pittsburgh's 40 Under 40. Thank you for working with us to grow engaged citizens and purposeful agents of change.
Call me biased but this year's Pittsburgh 40 under 40 is an exceptional group - so proud of my husband Rohit Acharya for the impact he's making on the city we now call home! https://lnkd.in/gfSMQtKn
40 Under 40 Honorees | Pittsburgh Magazine
https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com
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And just like that, we're back! This morning, our staff gathered for our professional development kick-off in the place that started it all, Frick Park! We got back to our roots and enjoyed a nature-filled day with great conversations around eco-literacy, innovation, and equity. We can't wait to welcome back students and continue #GrowingCitizens next week! 🎉
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Today, we hosted our new staff orientation for plenty of smiling faces. We are grateful to have you all join our ECS community and help us in our mission of #GrowingCitizens.
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📢 The ECS Board of Trustees voted and confirmed Patrick Dowd as the district’s next CEO at tonight’s board meeting. ECS looks forward to this next chapter of #GrowingCitizens. 📢 Learn more about Dr. Dowd, and check out ECS’s press release 👉https://bit.ly/4cpA6OJ
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THANK YOU ECS STAFF! 👏 Today was the last day of school, and in ECS fashion, we celebrated with faculty and staff at the 3rd annual WOW Celebration. 🥳 Congratulations on another fantastic year. we'll see you in the fall 🍁 for another year of #GrowingCitizens. Have great summer! 🌞
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