Hi! My name is Kaisa Strautnieks, and I am a student at Laurel School and attended the Environmental Justice Semester. I joined the Environmental Justice Semester to expand my knowledge of environmental issues and satisfy my love for nature. I enjoyed being a part of the EJ community and contributing to the work we accomplished.
Outside of the EJ community, my preferred subjects are history and science. I play field hockey and softball. I also enjoy reading and watching movies in my free time.
The Environmental Justice Semester (EJS) at Laurel is a semester-long, academic program open to Tenth and Eleventh Grade girls from any public, private, parochial, or charter school in Northeast Ohio. The learner-centered Semester takes place on Laurel’s 150-acre Butler Campus in Russell Township, Ohio, which offers a natural space with terrestrial, aquatic, and agricultural ecosystems for student changemakers to devise solutions for the ecological and social challenges facing urban Cleveland, a rustbelt city grappling with many environmental and social justice issues.