Vaping and Smoking Prevention
Dear community member, Smoking and vaping tobacco and cannabis are among the most harmful and persistent issues facing teens, impacting both physical and mental health. ...
Clearing the Air: Empowering Youth Against Vaping, Tobacco, and Cannabis
We’ve heard you and share your concerns. Over the last several years our teachers and administrators have watched in distress as students resort to vape ...
Save the Date: Annual Coastal Cleanup Day is on September 23rd
Please SAVE THE DATE and consider joining us on Saturday, September 23rd from 9 AM-Noon for Annual Coastal Cleanup Day. The Santa Cruz County Office ...
TUPE’s work this school year!
This year our team continues our programming focused on prevention, cessation, and intervention. New this year, TUPE not only includes tobacco, but also cannabis/THC prevention ...
Teachers Incorporate Tobacco Product Waste Curriculum into Classroom Programming
We wanted to give a huge shout out to our Alternative Education teachers that made this year such a success! They go above and beyond ...
Star Community and Cypress clean up Sunny Cove and Pleasure Point!
During the spring semester, Star Community School and Cypress high school students cleaned up the east side of Santa Cruz! With heavy rains and atmospheric ...
Students Learn about Plankton and Protected Oceans with the Sanctuary Exploration Center
On a special field trip in addition to cleanups this year, alternative education students visited the Sanctuary Exploration Center to sample plankton off of the ...
El Nido Students End the Year with a Bang: Speaking at City Council!
El Nido High School is a small alternative high school located on the Cabrillo College Watsonville campus directly across from the City’s plaza. Students and ...
Tobacco-free Resource Guide
Welcome to 2023, we hope you had a wonderful and restful end of 2022 and that you are safe and well after the stormy start ...
Meet Our new Santa Cruz County TUPE Coordinator!
Congratulations to Denise Pitman-Rosas as our new Santa Cruz County TUPE Coordinator! A New Year brings some new transitions! For the last several years, we ...
TUPE’s Coastal Cleanup Day
More than 50 volunteers came to our beach cleanup last weekend for Coastal Cleanup Day! Volunteers picked up trash at Cowell and Main beaches and ...