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![Hannah Cramer Named ECS's Special Education Director]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1761750780/ecspghorg/skp4idgcibsd8zo9t2xh/HCramer_Oct2025.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1761750780/ecspghorg/skp4idgcibsd8zo9t2xh/HCramer_Oct2025.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1761750780/ecspghorg/skp4idgcibsd8zo9t2xh/HCramer_Oct2025.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1761750780/ecspghorg/skp4idgcibsd8zo9t2xh/HCramer_Oct2025.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1761750780/ecspghorg/skp4idgcibsd8zo9t2xh/HCramer_Oct2025.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1761750780/ecspghorg/skp4idgcibsd8zo9t2xh/HCramer_Oct2025.jpg","width":1640}])
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The Environmental Charter School (ECS) announced earlier this week that Hannah Cramer (Hetzer) has been selected as the school’s new Special Education Director. Please join us in congratulating her.
![ECS Ranked Third in Elementary Charter Schools in PA, # 1 in Pittsburgh]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1761751152/ecspghorg/nld1zvs0u7mjoq0vmkf5/badge-best-gold.png","width":250}]){kind=icon}
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ECS Ranked Third in Elementary Charter Schools in the state - and # 1 in the City of Pittsburgh - by U.S. News and World Report. Learn what sets ECS apart at ecspgh.org/enroll.
![ECS Welcomes Author Ally Russell to the Middle School]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1761330766/ecspghorg/yacao3wsokynnzjrdbky/Russellw6thGrade.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1761330766/ecspghorg/yacao3wsokynnzjrdbky/Russellw6thGrade.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1761330766/ecspghorg/yacao3wsokynnzjrdbky/Russellw6thGrade.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1761330766/ecspghorg/yacao3wsokynnzjrdbky/Russellw6thGrade.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1761330766/ecspghorg/yacao3wsokynnzjrdbky/Russellw6thGrade.jpg","width":1500}])
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Sixth graders at the Environmental Charter Middle School welcomed author Ally Russell to the school today (October 24, 2025). A Pittsburgh native who writes books for children that are creepy and thrilling, Russell spoke to students about her new book, how she builds suspense, her writing process and more during her visit this morning.
![Welcome Dr. Gosa, ECMS's New Dean of Students]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1760541143/ecspghorg/ttlrg48rlz9jw9udpw4j/Gosa_Landscape.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1760541143/ecspghorg/ttlrg48rlz9jw9udpw4j/Gosa_Landscape.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1760541143/ecspghorg/ttlrg48rlz9jw9udpw4j/Gosa_Landscape.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1760541143/ecspghorg/ttlrg48rlz9jw9udpw4j/Gosa_Landscape.jpg","width":1170}])
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ECMS welcomes Dr. Jamaal Gosa as its new Dean of Students.
![Tween & Teen Years series offers guidance and tools for parents]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1758830523/ecspghorg/jt1ty9swimbwo88xukqg/TweenTeenforWebsite.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1758830523/ecspghorg/jt1ty9swimbwo88xukqg/TweenTeenforWebsite.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1758830523/ecspghorg/jt1ty9swimbwo88xukqg/TweenTeenforWebsite.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1758830523/ecspghorg/jt1ty9swimbwo88xukqg/TweenTeenforWebsite.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1758830523/ecspghorg/jt1ty9swimbwo88xukqg/TweenTeenforWebsite.png","width":1500}])
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Navigating the Tween & Teen Years is a series aimed at providing expert guidance and practical tools to support parents.
![Author visits as part of the Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures’ Authors to School Program]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1758830338/ecspghorg/cz4he2d4bztl4li5frdg/IMG_7354.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1758830338/ecspghorg/cz4he2d4bztl4li5frdg/IMG_7354.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1758830338/ecspghorg/cz4he2d4bztl4li5frdg/IMG_7354.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1758830338/ecspghorg/cz4he2d4bztl4li5frdg/IMG_7354.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1758830338/ecspghorg/cz4he2d4bztl4li5frdg/IMG_7354.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1758830338/ecspghorg/cz4he2d4bztl4li5frdg/IMG_7354.jpg","width":2200}])
- Primary School
Author Robin Wall Kimmerer paid a special visit to Environmental Charter Primary School second graders.
![Senior Caleb Dalton Completes Gene Team Summer Research Program]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1758829813/ecspghorg/r4nfudaghtua41g2ykjz/gene_team_logo2022.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1758829813/ecspghorg/r4nfudaghtua41g2ykjz/gene_team_logo2022.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1758829813/ecspghorg/r4nfudaghtua41g2ykjz/gene_team_logo2022.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1758829813/ecspghorg/r4nfudaghtua41g2ykjz/gene_team_logo2022.png","width":1200}]){kind=logo}
- High School
Senior Caleb Dalton participated in Gene Team, a highly competitive and prestigious summer research program hosted in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh.
![McAllen Completes Immersive Civil Rights Learning Seminar]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1757960106/ecspghorg/vz7edtnbcc3ztpepxnsk/amanda_mcallen.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1757960106/ecspghorg/vz7edtnbcc3ztpepxnsk/amanda_mcallen.webp","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1757960106/ecspghorg/vz7edtnbcc3ztpepxnsk/amanda_mcallen.webp","width":576}])
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ECHS teacher Amanda McAllen completed an immersive learning seminar focused on the Civil Rights Movement in the American South this summer.