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Pacific School News and Press

Also check out our Awards Page!

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Recent Press


Lookout Santa Cruz
Read this detailed Article featuring interviews with Principal Gross, faculty, and parents.
"How tiny Pacific Elementary defied the trend of declining enrollment:
​Student chefs, small classes and parent volunteers"

By, Hillary Ojeda   July 15, 2025


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FoodLab Features

​EdSource

​Check out this awesome Video and Article and Podcast by John Fensterwald and Andrew Reed
about Pacific School's FoodLab program.  January 6, 2022
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​WKBW Channel 7 ABC News
Check out this Web Story w/ Video or YouTube Link by Amanda Brandeis describing our FoodLab
​program and its many benefits.  March 25, 2022

Pacific School has also been featured in the following stories and videos:

Expo Fuses Fun and Learning, March 2024, The Pajaronian

You Are Not Alone, September 2020, San Francisco Chronicle

Clam Chowder Cookoff, February 2020, Santa Cruz Sentinel

2020 Census Underway, January 2020, City on a Hill Press

Language Ambassadors Expo Moves from Idea to Reality, April, 2019, Santa Cruz County Office of Education. A Pacific School student and teacher are quoted in the article.

May Festival Celebrates Davenport's Diverse Latino Heritage, May, 2018, Santa Cruz Sentinel

It Takes a Village to Make Boccacio Rockfish Tacos. December, 2017, Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust

A Man Fleeing a Wildfire Begged Her for Help. That's When This Kid Sprung into Action. November, 2017, Upworthy

Pacific Elementary Students Raise Money for Fire Victims, October, 2017, KSBW News

FoodLab Trains Young Chefs  September, 2017, Edible Monterey Bay
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Pacific School Wins Highest Level Golden Seed Award, October, 2016, California Farm to School Network

​Pacific School Starts with Renovated Campus Please note a correction from the article: the school's budget is available on school website here. 8/25/2016 Santa Cruz Sentinel

Pacific School's Inventors Head to D.C. 5/12/2016 Santa Cruz Sentinel

Ms. Shore's 5th and 6th grade students create useful inventions! 2/9/2016 Santa Cruz Sentinel

Recipes for Success 6/3/2015 GoodTimes by Sally Neas

Davenport school earns award for garden curriculum - School integrates gardening into K-6 curriculum 5/14/2014 Santa Cruz Sentinel

Life Lab Receives Literacy for Life Grant 1/20/2013 Santa Cruz Sentinel

Davenport students build sandcastles with professional sand artist Kirk Rademaker 3/27/2010 Santa Cruz Sentinel

Praise for FoodLab from LifeLab Science Program, UC Santa Cruz, 2009, although most of the information is still accurate

Center for Ecoliteracy Article on replicating FoodLab
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