Student Services

At ECS, We Serve the Whole Child

ECS’s dedicated student services teams collaborate with students to tackle their toughest problems and serve as their advocates in and out of the classroom. The district is proud to support the whole child through its Health Services, School Counseling, School Social Work, and Special Education teams with each building having a designated individual from each department. With personalized attention and innovative programs, we ensure a nurturing environment for success. Together, we empower every student to thrive, and they are always here to help.

Health Services

ECS’s Health Services team consists of one full-time health office nurse at each ECS building and one K–12 certified school nurse. The team is dedicated to the health and well-being of our students while providing a number of resources, services, and healthy tips to keep students safe and promote good health.

For more information regarding ECS’s Health Service offerings, please contact judy.brand@ecspgh.org.

School Counseling

The mission of the counseling team at Environmental Charter School is to provide a comprehensive program to support the whole child and enhance the social/emotional, academic, and career development of all students.  The ECS counseling team enables students to overcome barriers to learning by building coping, self-regulation, growth mindset, and conflict resolution skills. To help meet this goal, the counseling team strives to use an anti-racist, anti-oppressive counseling framework to ensure all students feel seen, heard, and safe from racist remarks, microaggressions, and other displays of non-inclusion.  School counselors actively lead staff and students to ensure a safe and affirming school environment and promote awareness of and support developmentally appropriate inclusive education around race, color, ethnicity, religion, culture, sexual orientation, disability, and gender identity and expression.  By tirelessly advocating for students, counselors aim to ensure every student has access to a rigorous academic learning environment in which they can achieve success now and in the future.  We grow citizens.

ECS’s School Counseling team consists of one school counselor at each of the district’s K–8 buildings. To support high school and beyond, two school counselors are dedicated to grades 9–12. Counselors interact with ALL students supporting their social/emotional, academic, and career development needs. The school counseling department is committed to implementing several UN Sustainable Development Goals that support student success and well-being. To learn more about ECS’s School Counseling team, email counselors@ecspgh.org.

School Psychologists

ECS provides School psychologist to support student growth and development. The School psychologist team consists of three school psychologists. One school psychologist is in each of the Primary and Intermediate Schools and one school psychologist works across the Middle and High Schools. The ECS School psychologist team completes evaluations and collaborates with building based teams to determine student needs and develop support plans in support of student success. To learn more contact Assistant to the Superintendent for Student Services and Special Education Maryssa Stavros.

School Social Work

ECS is pleased to provide a school social worker in each building to support at each level of your child’s development. School Social Work is a specialized area of practice within the broad field of the social work profession. School social workers are trained in mental health concerns, behavioral concerns, positive behavioral support, academic and classroom support, consultation with teachers, parents, and administrators as well as with individual and group counseling techniques. School social workers bring unique knowledge and skills to the school system and the student support services team. As a team deeply rooted in the success of the whole child, the school social work team at ECS ensures student needs are met with the following UN Sustainable Development goals at the forefront of their collaborative decision making process: