The ECDS “DROP ‘n SWAP” program began with a bang! Beloved ECDS Librarian, Mrs. Marasco, prepared sanitized care packages of reading books for students, and families set appointments and swung by the school for curb-side drop-off and pick-up. Just one more way that ECDS staff and families have rallied to keep continuity and learning in the lives of their students.

ECDS students ran their hearts out at the 12th annual ECDS Gift of Life Jog-a-Thon! Students at each grade level ran for 30-minutes, earning donations pledged by their sponsors for every lap. Funds raised defray expenses for pediatric heart surgeons to travel to under-served countries and perform life-saving heart surgeries on children in need. Over the past 12 years, ECDS students have raised over $360,000 that has been used to save more than 350 children’s lives.

In order to protect the health and safety of students and their families, beginning Monday, March 16, ECDS will temporarily shift from an in-classroom, campus-based to an online, home-based instructional model for its K through 8th grade students.