Students from Environmental Charter School
The mission of The Environmental Charter School at Frick Park is to educate each student to high academic learning standards using a themed curriculum that will foster knowledge, love of and respect for the environment and the will to preserve it for future generations.
Ecological literacy is more than tree hugging or understanding the power of an invasive species in an ecosystem. ECS recognizes that the world is more complex and the successful education experience means more than simply preparing students with content. ECS knows that humans need content, yet require opportunities to create, innovate, share and think critically. Coupled with an intensity for believing that culture is as important as a curriculum framework and a thinking-centered learning space, ECS dares to do “school” differently, and build extraordinary little people into extraordinary big people.
Students from the Environmental Charter School shared their stories of working to make a difference in their community and beyond.