Celebrating Connection and Gratitude: A CALS Team Moment
Recently, our CALS team took a meaningful pause from the daily hustle to come together and celebrate one another during a special department lunch. This ...
Mental Health Awareness Month: Knowledge, Resources & Inspiration
With multiple challenges affecting our families and communities, this Mental Health Awareness Month is a timely opportunity to empower ourselves with knowledge, resources, and inspiration to take ...
CALS Hosts WASC Accreditation Visit
Last week, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation team spent three inspiring days with our CALS Career Technical Education (CTE) and Career ...
Reflection and Appreciation
ed.PATH May Newsletter! This May, we take a moment to reflect on the immense contributions of our educators—both classified and certificated—whose dedication powers our schools ...
CALS Launches CTE Student Showcase Pilot
We’re thrilled to announce the successful launch of the CALS Student Showcase Pilot—an exciting new opportunity for our Career Technical Education (CTE) students to demonstrate ...
High School Students Invited to Join Summer Student Trustee Academy
The Summer Student Trustee Academy is returning for 2025, with sessions beginning June 24! Over six sessions, high school students will explore the inner workings ...
Santa Cruz COE Announces 2025 Educator of the Year Award Honorees
The Santa Cruz County Office of Education (Santa Cruz COE) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Santa Cruz County Educator of the ...
Teacher Appreciation
Dear community member, Santa Cruz County is home to nearly 2,000 exceptional teachers who make a difference every day across our TK–12 school community. Next ...
Empowering the Future: Advance Design, Engineering & Robotics in Santa Cruz County
The CALS team is thrilled to announce an exciting new collaboration with Tech+ that will bring Design, Engineering, and Robotics to the forefront of learning ...
Santa Cruz COE Recognized with 2025 California Green Ribbon Schools Award at Gold Level
The California Department of Education has named the Santa Cruz County Office of Education (Santa Cruz COE) a Gold-level honoree in the 2025 California Green ...
Multilingual Achievement
Dear community member, The ability to speak more than one language is a superpower, and it’s one that 40% of students in our school community ...
Finn Maxwell of SLV High Selected as Youth Poet Laureate
Santa Cruz Public Libraries and Farnaz Fatemi, former Santa Cruz County Poet Laureate, in partnership with Urban Word, are excited to announce that Finn Maxwell ...