ECO Summary

Marcus Whitman Central School ECO Program Summary

2026-2027; Our Thirtieth Year!

·    ECO will be celebrating its thirtieth year in 2026-2027 and has served over 806 students!

·    ECO provides a comprehensive, rigorous, relevant, academic curriculum that is experiential, environmentally focused, and placed-based.

·    ECO's curriculum themes include outdoor recreation, watershed study, field and forest/flora and fauna, environmental issues, business enterprise, cultural studies, service, and community.

·    ECO participants are selected by an applicant lottery.

·    ECO has a diverse student population that promotes social interaction and personal growth for students.

·    ECO offers students a positive learning and social environment and successfully prepares them for later grades.

·    The ECO opportunity encourages positive home-school relationships.

·    Opportunities for family participation are provided through “whole-school” evening meetings throughout the year, parent-student-teacher conferences, and parental participation in other activities as appropriate.

·    ECO’s small, team-based, home classroom-based, instructional setting encourages student growth through “engagement and responsibility.”

·    ECO provides parents and students the opportunity to have an active choice in the child’s public school education.

·    ECO is doing what the charter school movement promises: 1) provides school choice and closer family involvement; 2) provides an alternative instructional model; 3) encourages professional challenge and accountability.

 

For more information, please contact:

Malcolm MacKenzie or Samantha Wolf

MWCS ECO Program

Marcus Whitman Middle School

4100 Baldwin Rd.

Rushville, NY 14544

 

585-554-6442              mmackenzie@mwcsd.org     swolf@mwcsd.org

May 2026