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    Eagle County Charter Academy

    A new website for a tuition-free K–8 public charter school in Edwards, CO — quick links for parents, clear admissions and lottery info, a live events calendar, and a CMS the front office runs themselves.

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    ecca.org
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    Education
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    Website Design & Development, Website Hosting & Maintenance
    Eagle County Charter Academy website homepage

    Overview

    Eagle County Charter Academy (ECCA) is a tuition-free public charter school in Edwards, Colorado, serving kindergarten through 8th grade with a college-preparatory curriculum and character education. We designed and built a new WordPress website that gives families, prospective parents, and staff one easy place for admissions, the school calendar, lunch menus, athletics, and school payments — and we host and maintain it year-round.

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    The challenge

    ECCA's website has to serve several audiences at once: prospective families researching charter schools in the Vail Valley, current parents who need daily information like lunch menus, calendars, and payments, and staff, alumni, and donors. The old site buried the most-used tools, made enrollment and lottery information hard to find, and was difficult for the front office to keep current.

    As a public charter school, ECCA also needs to publish financial transparency documents, board information, and non-discrimination and Title IX notices — and present it all clearly, accessibly, and on any device.

    Our approach

    We rebuilt ecca.org around the questions families ask most. The homepage opens with quick links to Donate, Lunch Menu, After School Program, ECCA Gear, the School Calendar, and School Pay, followed by the school's mission, vision, goals, values, and a live calendar of upcoming events.

    Clear navigation organizes About, Admissions, Academics, Athletics, Resources, and Programs, with dedicated pages for enrollment info, the ECCA lottery (in English and Spanish), faculty, careers, and each sport. A homepage notice feature lets staff highlight timely announcements, and the CMS is set up so the front office can update events, menus, and pages on their own. We host the site on managed cloud hosting and handle updates, security, backups, and ongoing maintenance.

    Eagle County Charter Academy website homepage full

    Hover or scroll inside the window to explore the full homepage.

    Built mobile-first

    Parents check the calendar, lunch menu, and school payments from their phones. Every page is built to be fast and easy to use on mobile.

    Eagle County Charter Academy website mobile view home
    Eagle County Charter Academy website mobile view school year calendar
    Eagle County Charter Academy website mobile view values
    Eagle County Charter Academy website mobile view calendar
    Eagle County Charter Academy website mobile view athletics
    Eagle County Charter Academy website mobile view admissions

    Inside the site

    Admissions with clear next steps for applying and the enrollment lottery, and an Athletics page with registration, payments, and every sport ECCA offers.

    Eagle County Charter Academy website admissions
    Eagle County Charter Academy website athletics

    Design details

    Homepage quick links, mission storytelling with real school photography, and a color-coded school year calendar families can plan around.

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