Lori Corbin from ABC Channel 7 Comes to Uni to learn about how we're getting our students to drink their greens. After her visit Lori offered to come back and help us with our after school fitness program. THANK YOU Lori!

Emily Vancamp comes to Uni to support our Garden and learn about our programs. 3 Days after leaving she calls us to let us know she'll be donating a 3 compartment sink so we can run a more effective Food Science program. This has taken our program to the next level. THANK YOU Emily!

The Uni Project Documentary Trailer

The Uni Project Documentary.

Ms. Eich talks with Chef Jackie Keller on Food Exposed about the School of Health and Environmental Sciences

Have you ever considered a career in
Health or Environmental Science?

Do any of these careers interest you?

Agriculture, Biochemistry, Nursing, Dentistry, Emergency Medical Technician, Science, Health Education, Immunology, Kinesiology, Laboratory Technician, Nutrition, Oncology, Physician, Research, Sports Medicine, Toxicology, Veterinary Medicine, or Zoology

If you are, then the Academy of Health and Environmental Sciences is the right program for you.

Our Mission is to provide a rigorous curriculum where students explore diverse career opportunities in science, health and medical services with an emphasis on preventative health through sustainable living. Our goal is to build a strong foundation of student knowledge; academic and technical skills so that each student can think critically, analyze and solve problems that support our shared community.
We aim for our students to effectively and appropriately communicate ideas with confidence and lead us towards a healthy, more efficient, and sustainable future.  We are focused on creating experiences that allow students to understand how they can prevent lifestyle related illness through more sustainable and balanced living. Our courses are science focused and expose students to various components of health and environmental science. Guest speakers, student mentors, community volunteers and grant funding support from the California Partnership Academy allow us to create this one of a kind program for our students.

What can we do to think and act more sustainably?

Learn how you can live a healthier life 
Take our "G" Elective CTE classes

Food Science
Physiology
Environmental Science

What does it mean to be sustainable?
UCLA institiute of the Environment uses this common definition. Sustainability refers to the physical development and institutional operating practices that meet the needs of present users without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, particularly with regaurd to use and waste of natural resources. Sustainable practices support ecological, human, and economic health and vitality. 

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Check out what the Uni Wildcat newspaper is saying about us.

Students Team Up to Revitalize Campus On Earth Day, April 22, Uni and UCLA students, along with community members, worked on planting crops and beautifying the campus. Above, students work on planting the garden by the East Gym before the Earth Day event. - Kerry Eich Wednesday, April 25, 2012 By Jonathan Zavaleta Advertising Over 100 Uni and UCLA students and community members gathered at Uni early in the morning on April 22, pulled up their sleeves, and began working on a project to transform the campus. The attendees worked hard to plant 21 fruit trees, over 40 herbs, 100 butterfly bush, and to clean the campus.
Approximately a month and a half ago, Kerri Eich, Director of the Health and Environmental Sciences SLC was encouraged by administration to expand the garden, and there was a team of UCLA students that needed a project to complete, so she conceived a plan.

The project was bold, as Eich explained, “If you had asked me a few months ago if I thought this was possible, I would have said no.” Fortunately for Eich, she had an entire supportive community to help her. Dr. Christine Shen from UCLA’s Together In Education In Neighboring Schools (TIE-INS) which works with Uni, Nora Sterry, Brockton, and Emerson, organized dozens of students to help the effort.
Don Smith, Uni’s Master Gardener, reached out to Kerri Eich as well. The California Partnership Academy has donated over $200,000 over the past three years, and the United Talent Agency has been continuously supportive, granting funds for the construction of the garden by the East Gym.

This year, UTA is donating over $5,000 toward the Medicine Wheel Garden in the Indian Springs and the Uni Environmental Club. Eich was able to organize the event with her food science classes, who did research on which plants to grow.
In the week leading up to the event, English teacher Brian McClure and Social Studies teacher Kelly Aguda brought their students to help clear weeds and plant trees, as part of “Earth Week.” On the day of the event, participants broke up into over a dozen teams and spread throughout the campus, working on specific projects.

The project is intended to have multiple benefits, as students received an education on the different plants and teachers incorporated the farming into their lessons.

Eich states, “It can be tied into class lessons, whether it’s the business of growing and selling crops or just how to take care of the environment.”
The project aims to beautify the campus, and the food grown will be available for students, promoting a healthy lifestyle. “We want every student to leave this place better than they found it,” says Eich. “It’s about the we, not the me.”
Participant Anthony Santiago, freshman, said, “It willgive the school a better image.”