SHIRPSER ELEMENTARY · EL MONTE, CA

Shirpser School

The Shirpser Living Schoolyard will improve 3.37 acres across the campus and serve about 500 students. Plans include 62 new trees, five outdoor classrooms with native plants and stormwater gardens, shaded seating in the parent waiting area, new nature play features in the kindergarten yard, and a tree-lined loop path circling the main play field.

BY THE NUMBERS

What the project will deliver

62
NEW TREES PLANTED
5
OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS
3.37
ACRES TRANSFORMED
500
STUDENTS SERVED
ON THE GROUND

Construction in progress

Work is underway at Shirpser. These photos show the yard as the new trees, outdoor classrooms, and nature play areas take shape. We expect the schoolyard to be ready for students later this year.

Construction crews begin site preparation at the Shirpser Living Schoolyard in El Monte.
Early landscape work underway at Shirpser Elementary schoolyard in El Monte.
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