​Please use the 2018-2019 School Calendar to plan your vacations during school holidays so your student can attend all 180 school days both years. Thank you. 

MENU: The current Monthly FoodLab Menu can be found at the top of the Menu and Calendar page.

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School Announcements

Old Fashioned Fourth of July!
Come celebrate July 4th with a potluck picnic, pie-eating contest, sack race, egg toss, tug of war, and water balloon battle! $1 each for hot dog or soda. $2 cake walk. Noon to 4PM July 4, Swanton Pacific Ranch, 299 Swanton Road, Davenport. No dogs.

Summer Program for Incoming Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, and First Graders
Fun activities, cooking, games, play, 9:00 a.m-2:00 p.m. Two teachers, about 10 students. $30 per day. June 25-28, July 2, 3, 5, 6, 9-12. Contact Stacey Reynolds, sreynolds@pacificesd.org to participate.

Please Pay Bills! If you owe the school money, please mail a check to P.O. Box H, Davenport, CA 95017.

Summer Garden Caretakers Sign-Up
With all the newly planted landscaped areas we need the eyes on the garden this summer. Visit for a day or two: Eat plums, pick peas, cut flowers and care for the garden and new school landscape!
Sign Up Here

2018-2019 Enrollment News 
We have room in our preschool, kindergarten, 5th/6th grade classroom, Independent Study program (all grades). Tell your friends!

Office Closed. Pacific School's office will be closed June 23 - August 5. ​

FoodLab Receives $50,000 Grant!
FoodLab is excited to announce that they have received a generous $50,000 California-grown Fresh School Meals Grant. The funds will support the purchase of a new gas range, food cart, tableware, and enhancements to our ability to by local and organic meat and produce.

Student Accounts Will Be Closed: Student Google accounts for outgoing and graduating students will be closed by September. Please retrieve any files you don't want to lose ASAP!

Davenport Featured in Santa Cruz Sentinel Article 
This article features our partner organization, the Davenport Resource Center, which provides after school tutoring and other services to Davenport residents.

Road Construction
Work on Cement Plant Road near the intersection of the entrance to the Cemex Plant will be subject to road closures on Monday, April 30, through Friday, June 29, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weather permitting.   These delays are necessary for recycled water line construction.  The Department of Public Works would like the motoring public to avoid this area and seek alternate routes during these times. Questions may be directed to Chad Hamann at (831) 454-2160.  For up-to-date information on County maintained roads in Santa Cruz County, please visit http://www.sccroadclosure.org

Parents' Club Corner

2018-19 Parents' Club Meetings
Parents' Club meets every 2nd Tuesday of the month at 5:30 pm of the month except *end of school. Our 2018-19 schedule - mark your calendars!
September 11 (Pacific School, MU)
October 9 (Downtown Santa Cruz, Rosie McCann's)
November 13 (Pacific School, MU)
December 11 (Downtown Santa Cruz, Rosie McCann's)
January 8 (Pacific School, MU)
February 12 (Downtown Santa Cruz, Rosie McCann's)
March 12 (Pacific School, MU)
April 9 (Downtown Santa Cruz, Rosie McCann's)
May 14 (Pacific School, MU)
*June 4 (Downtown Santa Cruz, Rosie McCann's)

Dates for Fundraisers and Community Events:
Popcorn Wednesdays
Drive For School's- begins on September 13 and ends on Friday, October 19, 2018 
FoodLab's Farm to Table- September 22
Potato Night - October 12                 
Art and Wine Event- February 22
Bingo Night - April 19
Square One Art- October/November
Annual Pledge Drive - November 1- February 1
Grandparent's Day in the Life Lab - May 10
Film Festival - March 8
4th of July 

​To find out more about Parents' Club, visit our Facebook Page. You can also join our Google Group to receive email updates about meetings, fundraisers, etc. To do so, visit the Google Group page and then click "Join Group to Post".

​Amazon Smile Fundraiser
Do you shop on Amazon? Visit smile.amazon.com and type in "Ps The Foundation For Our Future" or simply use this URL: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/77-0279872. Select it just once, and then every time you shop on Amazon, use the smile.amazon.com website (instead of just amazon.com). Pacific School Foundation will be gifted 0.5% of your purchase totals. It really adds up!​