El Cerrito High School Museum Showcases Gaucho History

Just a few steps from the main office in the main building of El Cerrito High School stands a dedicated museum space featuring artifacts from the school’s existence from its opening on January 6, 1941, until the summer of 2005, when the old structures were demolished to make way for the today’s modern campus. The roots of the project go back to 2003 when Lu Tipping, mother of three ECHS graduates, was a member of the West Contra Costa Unified School District committee reviewing which schools needed to be upgraded for seismic safety and which ones needed to be demolished and rebuilt. El Cerrito High fell into the second group. (October 2023)