Echo Horizon School

Thanks to Echo Horizon, our two children are thriving at Windward. They were well prepared both academically and socially. Echo Horizon teachers inspire kids and gives them a solid academic foundation. Our children are very comfortable making presentations– both written and oral. The technology program is amazing and as a result Echo students embrace technology.
As importantly Echo’s «points of pride» and its overall approach towards students emphasizes the importance of good values and treating other children and adults with respect.
Although our youngest child graduated last year, we owe a huge debt of gratitude to the Head of school Paula Dashielle, the teachers and the community. It is truly a special place. If your children are lucky enough to be able to go to Echo-don’t hesitate, you will be thankful for years to come!
Very Appreciative Echo Parents
PS. Our Kids loved Echo too!

This is a gem of an independent day school in Culver City that intentionally avoids the glitz and ostentation that seems to be endemic at other westside private schools. EHS provides a very good academic education and also focuses equally on building character, enforcing appropriate values and helping young students become adept problem solvers.
EHS has an integrated curriculum, which means that learning crosses disciplines from language arts to science to the arts. If the kids are learning about Califonia missions in social studies, the arts class will be focusing on the students designing their own businesses or buildings that incorporate mission architecture, and music will be integrating Native American sounds into its classes. Both my kids have attended here from the beginning, and Echo really enhances their love for learning and has made them eager to move on to the next phase of education.
EHS has, in addition to the regular academic subjects, classes in visual arts, technology, creative movement, music, theatre and physical education. There is a wonderful after school program of various enrichment classes, as well as a regular day care that extends to 6 PM. The daycare counselors are wonderful.
If you are looking for a school that emphasizes testing, homework and memorizing every 16^th century explorer that ever existed, this is not the school for you. Homework does not begin until 2^nd grade, and rarely exceeds 2 hours in length even once students are 6^th graders. The school emphasizes teaching students the skills to learn and be lifelong learners and collaborators, instead of concentrating on bunging as much information into their heads as they can. Kids do not become 4^th grade burnout cases at Echo Horizon. The curriculum is constanly being re-​examined and improved upon.
The school tends to resist being designated as one thing or another, but I would call it developmental/​acadmenic — meaning that the school focuses on learning in conjunction with the awareness that the students’ ages and maturity level will have an impact on how they learn, what they retain, and how this interacts with their development as young people.
I think my only complaint about the school is that I thought they were lagging a bit in the math category, in the earlier grades. I think this area is being seriously re-​examined, and has greatly improved.
EHS does very well with secondary school placement and recently had many 6^th graders admitted to Harvard Westlake, Marlborough, Windward, Crossroads, Archer, Campbell Hall, in addition to other private schools in the area. Your child can excel here and be happy, and make great friends and develop into a very caring human being all at the same time.