Valuable lessons learned at schoolhouse

Whether they are experiencing pioneer life in a one room schoolhouse, searching for gold out in the nearby creek, or learning about bugs and the environment, Fallbrook’s third, fourth and fifth graders get a boost to their education at the De Luz Ecology Center.

Housed in the former De Luz Schoolhouse, built in 1927, the ecology center is owned and funded (through the General Fund) by the Fallbrook Union Elementary School District. The center has one teacher, Scott Gordon, who coordinates his lessons with the district’s school teachers so the programs he presents expand on the knowledge the st...