Harbor High School

By SHMUEL THALER | [email protected] | Santa Cruz Sentinel April 12, 2023 at 5:10 p.m. SANTA CRUZ — The combined Harbor and Soquel high schools’ Knights-Pirates Theatre Collective is getting ready to present “Little Shop of Horrors” this weekend and next at Cathy Warner Theater at Harbor High. Audrey II, pet named Twoey, is the main antagonist in the play and the plant requires human blood to survive. The upcoming show is student-directed by Luna Rodenbush, student-choreographed by Leila Veitch, technically directed by Lyndsey Gould, and musically directed by Soquel and Santa Cruz High School teacher Jorge Torrez. Upcoming performances will take place April 14-16 and 21-23. The 18-person cast stars Niall Andrews as Seymour Krelborn, Stella Hefti as Audrey, Samuel Primavera as Mr. Mushnik, Natali Blanco as Crystal, Sadie Richardson as Chiffon, Hazel Termini as Ronnette, Audrey Hackforth as Orin Scrivello, DDS., and Sage Sequoia Fichera as the voice of Audrey II. Audrey II puppets were made by the Puppetry Institute’s Ricki Vincent and will be operated by students Miles Wade and Finn Duggan.

Santa Cruz County came together March 31s to celebrate the youth and the community’s investment in them at the annual Your Future is Our Business (YFIOB) luncheon. Many Santa Cruz County students, educators, parents and sponsors attended. Last year, YFIOB served more than 2,000 students county-wide. This year, in just the first quarter, that number has already been exceeded. The success of this event could not have been achieved without the support of the sponsors and attendees. Twenty-two students were awarded scholarships that ranged from $200 to $1,000. Yvette Lopez Brooks, executive director of YFIOB, expressed gratitude for the community’s support, saying, “We really could not do it without you. Your support has made it possible for us to reach even more students this year.” Rosemary Menard, water director of the City of Santa Cruz, received an award of appreciation for her exceptional leadership during the 2022 Construction Trades Day. Menard’s guidance and direction were instrumental in the event’s success. The Your Future is Our Business luncheon was a celebration of the youth and the community’s investment in them. The event was made possible by the support of sponsors who invest in the future of Santa Cruz County students. ••• Career Exploration Scholarship Charles (Charlie) Benham, Oasis High Nevaeh Karraker, Harbor High Averie Young, Cypress High Natalia Galdamez Mijango, Harbor High Elana McGrew, Santa Cruz High CTE Scholarship Isabella Chavez-Guerrero, Watsonville High Saul Cruz, Costanoa High Kenneth (Corbin) C. Kronschnabl, Diamond Tech Charlie Figueroa, Costanoa High Nathaniel Dow, Aptos High Perla Patricia Valentin, Harbor High Eva Carrillo, Harbor High Justy Olvera-Serna, Costanoa High Luncheon Showcase Winners 9th Grade — Mauricio Calderon-Luis, Harbor High 10th Grade — Mary Henderson, Soquel High 11th Grade — Calvin Lenz-Parton, Harbor High 12th Grade — Corvinrook Champion, Scotts Valley High Honorable Mention — Kenzie Smith, Aptos High; Carina Kessler, Aptos High; Monreve Maguire, Aptos High Board Members David Wright, VP of Operations at Elements Manufacturing Cristine Chopra, Executive Director of the Santa Cruz County College and Career Collaborative. Nicole Correa, Bay Federal Credit Union Elaine Johnson, Santa Cruz County Neighborhood Courts Program Kevin Painchaud, Photojournalist David Lee, Assistant Professor of Computational Media at UC Santa Cruz Michael Marheineke, Retired Hayley Mears, Monterey Bay Economic Partnership, workforce development program manager Amy Nama, Graniterock, Environmental Services Administrator Nisha Patel, Deputy Director of Personnel at County of Santa Cruz Murry Schekman, Teacher, San Jose State University Carol Siegel, Director of the After School Day Care, Inc, Campus Kids Connection, Inc, Margie Whiting Sisk, Owner, Whiting’s Foods Jane Iana Kostina, Diriscoll’s, Strawberry Breeder Leslie DeRose, Cabrillo College CTE Coordinator Dante Searcy, Human Resources Generalist for Joby Aviation Pamela Price, Cardiovascular Critical Care Nurse Thomas Sage Pedersen, CEO of Everyone’s Music School ••• Sponsors: Santa Cruz County Office of Education, Bay Federal Credit Union, Construction Industry Education Foundation, Santa Cruz City Schools, San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District, Live Oak School District, Graniterock, Shadowbrook Restaurant, Mary Gaukel, County of Santa Cruz, Beckmann’s Bakery, Pacific Cookie Company, Deluxe Foods Raffle Donors: Boardwalk, Bookshop Santa Cruz Top Photo: Your Future is Our Business Board Members David Wright and Elaine Johnson with the CTE Scholarship Awards Winners (link to original article)

Hello Friends of the Climate Justice Club @ Harbor High School~ We are working on a few wonderful things and could use your support. We are also grateful for your kindness this year and have a special thank you to offer. Needs for Support: We designed Save the Marbeled Murrelet totes and stickers (see attached). They feature the beautiful murrelet drawing by Fern! Would you like to carry them in your gift shop? If so, how many should we order for you? If so, are you comfortable donating a portion of the proceeds to our field trips next year? If so, may we create a display about the Call to Action so people know what magic they are supporting with purchase? We have a thank you for each and every one of you. A student-designed Moop Kit to keep in your car, house or backpack. They have been working on designing, surveying and collecting all the items needed to Save the Marbeled Murrelet. We'd love to invite you to campus or we can meet you somewhere to deliver them and offer our gratitude for all the support this year. We can also mail them to you and offer a virtual hug. CA State Parks, COE, SPCA, MAH, Seymour Center, US Geological Survey -- we thank you for your kindness, compassion, energy!

March 19: At Harbor 7, Watsonville 6: Julian Lopez had two hits, a walk, three RBI and scored a run, as the Pirates stayed unbeaten Saturday. He also pitched two innings of relief and earned the win. Carlos Cruz had three hits, including a double, an RBI, and three runs scored for Harbor. Colby Michaelis had two hits, a walk, and two stolen bases. Aiden Rodriguez had three hits, two RBI, and scored three runs for Watsonville. Zander Miller-Brown had two hits. Harbor (8-0, 2-0) plays Santa Cruz on Monday at 4:30 p.m. (Credit, Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/19/23)

Three of five matches were decided by a third set, as Harbor High’s girls beach volleyball team beat visiting Scotts Valley 4-1 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play Wednesday. Harbor’s Zoe Kemos and Sabine Kemos beat Natalia Cash and Macy Millian, 18-21, 21-10, 15-3, in the No. 2 match, and the Pirates’ Callahan Stone and Holly Rejfir beat Bella Alvarez and Qynn Meulman, 14-21, 21-13, 15-8, at No. 5. Scotts Valley’s lone win came in match No. 3, where Makayla McDonnell and Hayden Smith beat Holly Pendergraft and Sandy Enriquez, 19-21, 21-19, 15-8. Harbor also received wins from Isla Johnson and Maren O’Farrell over Morgan Lipman and Grace Emanuelson, 21-13, 21-14, at No. 1, and Tara Biakanja and Dakotah Johnson over Emma Howell and Sydney Barnes, 21-18, 21-12, and No. 4. On March 17 at 4 p.m., Harbor (2-0) hosts Mt. Madonna, and Harbor (0-1) plays San Lorenzo Valley at Main Beach.

Drive for Schools (https://beachboardwalk.com/drive-for-schools) tickets are available in the Harbor main office! 100% of the proceeds going directly to our school. If you'd like to participate in the fundraiser and have the money go to the general student body and events, tickets can be picked up and returned to the Harbor Main Office. All tickets and monies will be due PRIOR to October 14th Thank you! Harbor High Parent Booster Club BACKGROUND ON THE FUNDRAISER The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is again generously sponsoring the “Drive for Schools” fundraiser to benefit Santa Cruz County Schools. The lucky grand­ prize winner gets $25,000 cash. Over 100 additional prizes will be awarded as well, including five (5) $1000 cash prizes. 100% of the money we raise goes to support Harbor High program/clubs/sports. That’s right! All proceeds go to Harbor. TICKET PRICE – the price for a chance to win is $5 for a single ticket or $25 for 6 tickets. Method of payment: Cash or check made out to: "Harbor High Booster Club.” Include club or team in the memo line. WHO DO I SELL TO? ­ Ask your friends, relatives, co-workers and neighbors to buy. Don’t forget to ask out of town friends and relatives to buy tickets. Ask everyone. Don’t hold back! Harbor counts on DFS dollars and we need 100% participation to hit our sales goal of $20,000. Remind buyers to fill out ticket stubs completely. If every family sells just 1 $25 pack of tickets we raise $25,000!!

By JIM SEIMAS | [email protected] | Santa Cruz Sentinel PUBLISHED: October 6, 2022 at 1:20 p.m. | UPDATED: October 6, 2022 at 1:23 p.m. Harbor High second baseman Luke Hartel has committed to NCAA Division II Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio. Hartel batted .374 with eight doubles, two triples, 17 RBI, 19 runs scored and five stolen bases in 2021. He was named an all-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League second-team selection. “Luke is a very dedicated baseball player who will succeed at the next level,” Pirates coach Joseph Allegri said. “He plays a great second base for our team and has gap to gap power.” Full article here.

By GORDON KASS | [email protected] | [email protected] September 29, 2022 at 1:36 a.m. SANTA CRUZ — The logjam of contenders for the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League girls volleyball title is beginning to thin. Marginally though. Harbor High remained the three-way tie at the top of the standings by dispatching dangerous and upset-minded Aptos 18-25, 25-13, 25-18, 25-20 ion Wednesday. The Pirates (17-3, 5-1) share the lead league with Soquel and Santa Cruz. “I think the win is definitely a big step forward,” said outside hitter Isla Johnson, who led Harbor with eight kills, seven digs and five aces. “Aptos is one of the most challenging schools. The season’s going pretty well and we can show a lot more.” The match was initially slated for Tuesday but it was pushed back a day since it conflicted with the end of Rosh Hashanah. Holly Rejfir made eight kills for the Pirates, Sabina Kemos had seven kills, and Maren O’Farrell had six kills, nine digs and four aces. For full article, click here.

By SHMUEL THALER | [email protected] | Santa Cruz Sentinel September 28, 2022 at 3:30 p.m. The Soquel and Harbor girls varsity water polo teams warm up in the Harbor High pool as the boys match nears an end. After a 9-7 victory over Campolindo on Sunday the Soquel girls have won six straight matches and have a 10-1 overall record with a 2-0 mark in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play. The Harbor squad brought a 7-4 overall record into their Wednesday afternoon home match against Santa Cruz High. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

By DONALD FUKUI | [email protected] | Santa Cruz Sentinel September 26, 2022 at 11:15 a.m. ​SANTA CRUZ Harbor volleyball assists Second Harvest The Harbor High School girls volleyball program is hosting a fundraiser to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank. Two cans of food will earn admission to the Wednesday match against Aptos, the Thursday match against San Lorenzo Valley or the Oct. 6 match against Scotts Valley. The freshman match begins at 4:30 p.m., the junior varsity at 6 p.m. followed by the varsity at 7:30 p.m.

By JIM SEIMAS | [email protected] | Santa Cruz Sentinel PUBLISHED: September 18, 2022 at 12:17 a.m. | UPDATED: September 18, 2022 at 12:01 p.m. Harbor Tournament: Harbor went 6-0 and won its tournament Saturday for the first time since 2018 and third time since ’08, coach Matt Schutz’s first year at the helm. Pirates senior libero Tara Biakanja was named tournament MVP, and sophomore setter Maren O’Farrell and sophomore outside hitter Isla Johnson were named to the all-tournament team. In Gold Division action, the Pirates defeated Scotts Valley 25-23, 25-13 in the quarterfinals; Santa Cruz 25-22, 25-21 in the semifinals; and Soquel 25-16, 25-21 in the championship. Harbor beat Monterey (25-18, 25-12), Torres of Madera (25-15, 25-11) and Sobrato (26-24, 25-10) in pool play. Harbor (14-3) faces host Santa Cruz on Tuesday at 7 p.m. See full Santa Cruz Sentinel article here.

By JIM SEIMAS | [email protected] | Santa Cruz Sentinel PUBLISHED: September 11, 2022 at 6:09 a.m. | UPDATED: September 11, 2022 at 12:44 p.m. SARATOGA — Harbor High’s football team did its best to overcome a slow start on both sides of the ball Saturday night, but it dropped from the unbeaten ranks after suffering a 21-14 loss to Saratoga at Benny Pierce Field. The Pirates (2-1) turned the ball over on its final possession, and had an apparent touchdown negated by a holding penalty. They also appeared to make a pair of fumble recoveries in the first half, but the officials’ rulings didn’t work in their favor. Harbor running back Diallo Thomas rushed for 81 yards and a pair of second-half touchdowns on 10 carries, and teammate Jeovany Linares gained 95 yards on 15 carries. Seth Hulme, a 6-foot-3 safety, stripped Pirates quarterback Nico Edler and the Falcons’ Kaleb Andrews recovered it near midfield in the final minute. Harbor lineman Manny Nolasco was knocked unconscious during a collision as Andrews attempted to score on the fumble recovery. The injury forced a lengthy delay before Saratoga kneeled on the ball on the final play to kill the remainder of the game clock. “I’m not big for moral victories, but we played hard. The Saratoga Falcons are leaving knowing who they played tonight,” Harbor coach Gustavo Ramirez said. Click here for full article.

Sign repair sans paint at Harbor High School Pleasure Point Design’s Jeff Bettencourt and Robert Bautista perform maintenance to the school sign on the Harbor High School gym. Rather than painting, the process involves melting a pre-printed sticker onto a building wall using blow torches. The sign was originally installed a year ago and Bettencourt and Bautista were making sure everything was still in perfect order. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

From The Pajaronian, 9/2/22 Watsonville Film Festival announces scholarship recipient ​WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville Film Festival (WFF) recently announced the 2022 recipient of the organization’s annual Student Scholarship. Santiago Meza, who graduated from Harbor High School in Santa Cruz this year, is planning to study film at Santa Monica City College. WFF officials said they were impressed with Meza’s short films, which they screened at the 2022 festival in March. Meza is the third recipient of the $500 scholarship, after Diego Lopez in 2020 and Angie Rockey in 2021. The award is given by WFF to graduating high school students who show strong abilities in the filming field and plan to continue studying the art in college. Through the scholarship, WFF aims to support these up-and-coming local filmmakers. For original article and information on the WFF Student Scholarship and to learn about Meza and past winners, go here.

By GORDON KASS | [email protected] | [email protected] PUBLISHED: September 5, 2022 at 10:53 a.m. | UPDATED: September 5, 2022 at 10:57 a.m. Setter Kayla Rhee-Pizano and outside hitter Jessie Dueck return for Soquel High’s girls volleyball team, the defending Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion. But 2021 runner-up Santa Cruz will again provide fierce competition. For the Cardinals, All-SCCAL first-team opposite Gigi Brown leads a quartet of top players in a quest for the school’s first league title since ’01. SCCAL depth continues from there with Harbor and rebounding Aptos. “Once again the league is strong and the heavy influence of the beach game should lead to a strong showing from all Santa Cruz County teams this fall,” Harbor coach Matt Schutz said. Soquel beat Scotts Valley, Harbor and Mercy Burlingame to win the Central Coast Section Division IV title last year and defeated Menlo-Atherton and Sacred Heart Cathedral to reach the NorCal semifinals. Santa Cruz reached the CCS Division III final, where it fell to Burlingame, but ripped off three NorCal wins before dropping the NorCal final. Harbor was neck-and-neck with Soquel and Santa Cruz last year and reached the CCS semifinals. Now add in Aptos and Mount Madonna, both of whom won state titles in 2019. “It might be due to the offseason beach play, or that the competition breeds excellence, but once again we expect SCCAL to have a strong showing in CCS,” Santa Cruz coach Lina Manley-Diaz said. “I expect the top teams to be Soquel, Harbor and Santa Cruz High.” For Santa Cruz Sentinel full article, click here.

By JIM SEIMAS | [email protected] | Santa Cruz Sentinel PUBLISHED: September 4, 2022 at 1:50 a.m. | UPDATED: September 4, 2022 at 11:08 a.m. Harbor 24, James Lick 16 SAN JOSE — Johan Salazar recovered a late fumble caused by Diallo Thomas, and the Pirates earned a first down and kneeled on the ball to secure the nonleague win. The Pirates are off to a 2-0 start for the second time in as many seasons. Harbor led 17-0 at the half, but the Comets responded with 16 straight points in the second half. The Pirates added a late touchdown for some breathing room. Jeovany Linares ran for more than 100 yards and scored two touchdowns, both on runs. He scored from 12 and 5 yards out. Thomas scored on a 5-yard run. On defense, Harbor’s Ferris Vitali had two interceptions and a forced fumble. Thomas recovered Vitali’s lone fumble and forced two fumbles. Senior Leo LoBue, and Salazar, a sophomore who was pulled up from junior-varsity earlier in the week, made fumble recoveries. Along with Salazar, a wide receiver, the Pirates pulled up Andres Mendoza (OL/DL), Max Falconer (WR/DB) and David Quintanilla (RB/LB). The Pirates play at Saratoga (1-1) on Friday at 7:30 p.m. The Falcons are coming off a 48-34 loss to Willow Glen.

By JIM SEIMAS | [email protected] | Santa Cruz Sentinel PUBLISHED: August 27, 2022 at 12:58 a.m. | UPDATED: August 28, 2022 at 1:46 p.m. Harbor 44, Harker 27 SANTA CRUZ — Junior running back Jeovany Linares rushed for five touchdowns to help the Pirates rally from a 27-6 deficit at the half in their season opener Friday. Linares matched the school record for touchdowns in a game, set by Charlie Smith against Marello Prep in 1979. His showing helped Gustavo Ramirez secure his first win in his head coaching debut. “It was inspiring and jaw dropping to watch out team rally behind a makeshift offensive line,” Ramirez said. Harbor was without left guard Alberto Fernandez, a transfer from Spain waiting to gain eligibility, and injured right guard Jose Aguirre (shoulder), so it moved two junior wide receivers, James Vega (6-foot-2, 180 pounds) and Osvaldo Villa (5-7, 160) to the line. Junior Ferris Vitali also scored for the Pirates. Harbor’s Diallo Thomas caused a fumble and Linares recovered the loose ball. It was the Pirates’ highest point total since beating San Jose’s James Lick 61-0 on Sept. 3, 2021. Harbor plays at James Lick on Friday and looks to open its season with a two-game win streak for the second time in as many years. For entire article, click this link.

Harbor High water polo player Kaylee Gooch, shown scoring on Pioneer goalie Elizabeth Chen last season, helped the Pirates open their ’22 season with a win over Carmel. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel file)

Harbor High girls volleyball coach Matt Schutz, setter Maren O’Farrell and the Pirates won their division at the Morro Bay Tournament on Saturday. during a match at Soquel on Thursday night. (Lucjan Szewczyk – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

By JIM SEIMAS | [email protected] | Santa Cruz Sentinel PUBLISHED: September 22, 2021 at 4:45 a.m. | UPDATED: September 22, 2021 at 2:49 p.m. Sophomore right side Sadie Jeffreys came off the bench in the fourth set and provided a late spark as Santa Cruz High’s unbeaten girls volleyball team won an important league win Tuesday night. Jeffreys had three kills and three blocks as the Cardinals beat Harbor 25-13, 24-26, 21-25, 28-26, 15-13 in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League play. Senior outside hitter Marilu Pally had 19 kills and two blocks to lead the Cardinals (10-2, 4-0). Junior libero Cassidy Beck-Watts had seven aces. Senior outside hitter Olive Hess had 14 kills and 24 digs to lead the Pirates (8-7, 2-2). Senior middle blocker Cassandra Kemos made 12 kills, nine digs and eight blocks, and senior outside hitter Simone McIntyre had 18 kills and 12 digs. Senior libero Taylan Johnson had 22 digs for the Pirates, senior setter Liliana Holbert had 30 assists, four kills and five digs, and freshman setter Maren O’Farrell had 25 assists, 21 digs and two aces. On Thursday at 7 p.m., Santa Cruz hosts Aptos and Harbor plays at Mount Madonna...Link for full article

Harbor is excited to be playing season 2 sports from March 1-April 23! Season 2 includes Boys volleyball Football Girls tennis Girls volleyball Swim Track and Field While we are not able to have spectators at games, there are scores printed in the Pajaronian and Santa Cruz Sentinel each week. We hope you will cheer on our team from wherever you are! ("Harbor High receiver Danny Carrillo sprints for the end zone for a touchdown in the team's Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League's season opener against Pajaro Valley High on March 20,2021." photo credit Joey Sandoval, Register Pajaronian, 3/22/21)

By Ryan Stuart [email protected] SANTA CRUZ >> Teachers have had to make major adjustments to their classes during a global pandemic that has lasted 11 months, but career tech teachers took that one step further. Career tech courses allow high school students, and even some middle school students, the opportunity to learn about real world practices in class. The ones offered at Santa Cruz City Schools include medical technologies, mill cabinetry, photography, criminal justice and many more. “That’s what’s so wonderful about CTE,” said Career Tech Education Counsellor Sheri Williams. “They get to actually try this career on. It’s just such a fabulous program.” As great as the courses may be, they typically require some hands-on learning, which doesn’t work during a global pandemic. The last 11 months of school have been primarily online, so working hand-in-hand with a teacher has not been entirely possible. However, teachers across the district have come up with a way to continue to give students the hands-on training they need to learn the skills these courses usually provide. Take home bags full of textbooks, equipment and instructions have been the pinnacle of class preparation for these courses. “Our teachers have just done some really cool things like putting together kits for their kids and sending them home,” Williams said. For Donna Marie Stahl, a medical technologies teacher, her take home kit includes basic medical tools. Inside students found a stethoscope, a blood pressure cuff, personal protective equipment similar to what doctors wear when dealing with COVID-19 patients or for surgery, as well as a first aid kit. Pete Bascacci creates miter boxes in the Harbor High School wood shop for his cabinetry, millwork and woodworking students to use at home while classes are held remotely. Boscacci teaches CTE classes at Harbor and Santa Cruz high schools and at Branciforte Junior High. Pete Boscacci has created kits for his students to take home that include a hobby saw, miter box, safety glasses, glue, ruler, pencil, clamp, Sharpie and sandpaper along with the wood needed to complete the assignments. “It gives them that opportunity at home. They’re actually finding ways to get the work done and to have fun doing so,” Stahl said. “They’re listening to their siblings’ and families’ lungs and heart sounds. It gives them that understanding of the demonstration of it.” Unfortunately, not all of her students have been able to practice on siblings or family members. Therefore, some of them have had to get creative. One student made a makeshift arm out of towels in order to practice taking someone’s blood pressure. Pete Boscacci, a mill cabinetry teacher, has had to get creative with his classes, too. Woodworking is a skill that is usually done in a shop. Boscacci’s curriculum has changed slightly due to the pandemic. One of the main focuses right now is teaching students about the different woodworking techniques. Students learn about lumber, reading plans and sketches, the properties of wood as well as sanding and finishing techniques. The class also talks about how to restore furniture. “(It’s) a lot of the same things we would do if we were in class, we’re just skipping the hands-on part, right now,” Boscacci said. “It’s an introduction to the woodworking world.” However, that doesn’t mean that students don’t have an opportunity to work with wood at home. Boscacci’s distance learning mill cabinetry class comes with a take home kit, as well. Their kits include safety goggles, glue, sandpaper and a miter box, which is used to help cut perfect angles. Boscacci also included raw materials for his students to make several projects over the course of the school year. Boscacci is aware that not all students have a workbench or garage in their homes, so he adjusted the projects accordingly. Most of the projects he assigned only required a two-foot by two-foot space. Therefore, a kitchen table, an outdoor area, or even a desk will serve as a good workstation. “I’ve made sure they had that workspace before they got involved. You don’t need a big space,” he said. “I’ve emphasized, ‘Please, don’t cut into your kitchen table.’ I haven’t had any issues with that, yet.” While distance learning has come with many challenges, the major ones are not always the most obvious. Boscacci and Stahl said the biggest challenges for them have been being away from their students and adjusting to online teaching. “That would probably be the hardest for me, not being right there with them,” Stahl said. “You miss that contact with them.” Boscacci agreed. Distance learning may also be detrimental to how students learn, but Boscacci had nothing but praise for their ability to continue with their studies and learn new skills. “I’m really impressed by the kids,” he said. “I’m so encouraged that the kids are showing up every day and I give them a lot of credit for that. It’s not easy on their end. They’re doing the best they can under the circumstances to get involved. We’re pretty inspired.”

By Jim Seimas [email protected] SANTA CRUZ >> Harbor High’s Joseph Allegri was named the National Federation of State High Schools Association’s West Section Boys Baseball Coach of the Year award winner. The Pirates’ coach was also the sole recipient of the NFHS’s California Baseball Coach of the Year award. “I was beyond shocked to get notified that I won the state and region awards after getting the Central Coast Section honor,” Allegri said Tuesday. “It was a result of all the hard work we’ve done. The players, parents, administration, all the support I’ve had is continuing to pay off.” The West Section includes California, Hawaii, Arizona, Nevada and Utah. Allegri, in his 13th year as head coach, had his team off to a 5-1 start when the 2020 season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. In the Pirates’ final game March 11, they rallied for a 6-3 win over Santa Cruz, their first victory over their crosstown rival since March 25, 2015 and it snapped the Cardinals’ 27-game league unbeaten streak. Eleven of Allegri’s 15 players last spring were seniors, including Cal State Fullerton third baseman Brandon Bobo and Oklahoma Wesleyan pitcher Anthony Cortese. “This was the best team I’ve had in my 13 years,” Allegri told the Sentinel after he was named a CCS Spring Sport Honor Coach Award winner in mid-April. “It was the best offensive team I’ve ever had, the best defensive team I’ve ever had, and the best chemistry team I’ve ever had. I would’ve loved to see what this team could’ve done.” During his tenure at the helm, Allegri’s teams have qualified for the CCS playoffs five times and been recognized on the CCS Scholastic Team three times. He has served as the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League representative the past 11 years. Jacob Fowler (Alabama), Jeff Stolsig (Oregon), Joe Hughes (New York), John Childers (Maryland), Lucas Branson (Missouri), Pete Lotus (Illinois) and Ron Murphy (New Mexico) were also given NFHS Section C.O.Y. honors. “This would’ve been the icing on the cake if we had completed our season last year,” Allegri said. Contact reporter Jim Seimas at 831-706-3256. Allegri Harbor High’s Joseph Allegri was named the National Federation of State High Schools Association’s West Section Boys Baseball Coach of the Year award winner. BILL LOVEJOY — SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL FILE

After an extensive analysis of student data for every public school in California by the Educational Results Partnership (ERP), Harbor High was a clear leader in getting students to grade-level and beyond and has been named to the 2019-20 Honor Roll. Harbor is being recognized as a leader in student achievement. Our school is being featured on ERP’s website where educators and policymakers can seek out high-performing schools so that they can replicate success. You can view our Honor Roll website here. The 2019 - 2020 Honor Roll recognizes public elementary, middle and high schools that demonstrate high levels of student academic achievement, improvement in achievement over time, and reduction in achievement gaps. For high schools, Honor Roll recognition includes measures of college readiness in students. This year, the California Honor Roll recognized 2,568 higher-performing schools in the state that are distinguished for their academic achievement and closing achievement gaps. Through national research, ERP has identified a common set of success factors in higher-performing Honor Roll schools and districts. These include clear, specific learning objectives aligned to college and career readiness, along with: Evidence-based instructional practices A defined system-wide mission of college and career readiness for all students An investment in human capital Maintenance of data and assessment systems to monitor school and student performance Resources and guidance to support schools' efforts in preparing all students for college and career Congratulations, Harbor High School!

Mark your calendars for a virtual visit for students with Dashka Slater, the author of "The 57 Bus" ​ Thursday, February 18, at 2pm Sign up here to attend: RSVP Questions? Email [email protected]

In collaboration with Santa Cruz City Schools, Positive Discipline Community Resources offers weekly Family Support Networks meetings Every Tuesday from 7-8 PM (in English & Spanish) via Zoom. Please join us Tuesday evenings! Families can drop anytime or attend weekly. Topics are selected in advance by participants. Please take a moment to fill out this survey on topics to select to get the support you need! Come with an open mind, root yourself in self-compassion and be ready to discuss a challenge you are facing or just listen in for support. Survey Link (English) Survey Link (Spanish) Join Zoom Meeting 7-8pm English https://sccs-net.zoom.us/j/87267674828?pwd=UnBzZlBMOG04YXJoRDNOWFU2ZHpBZz09 Meeting ID: 872 6767 4828 Passcode: SCCS Join Zoom Meeting 7-8pm Spanish https://sccs-net.zoom.us/j/85863983738?pwd=Vy8wY0FRdDFUMGRwSmRJWDMvb1gvQT09 Meeting ID: 858 6398 3738 Passcode: SCCS

Featured on the Santa Cruz County Office of Education Website's "Language Ambassador" Page: Living through a pandemic is very difficult for all of us, especially young adults. Schools are an important aspect, not only for their learning and growth, but also social development. Ms. Cappiello's Harbor High students (SSP3 and SSP4) have put together some very powerful content, which enriches, encourages and comforts us during these tough times. Harbor High students have made a padlet of their experiences during the first few weeks of Shelter-in-Place inspired by Jimmy Fallon's Twitter campaign #My Quarantine in 6 words." They tried to express their sentiments about the pandemic or the quarantine in 6 words and then explained why they chose those words. Click on the links below to read Ms. Anne Cappiello's SSP4 students "Mi cuarentena en 6 palabras". They are quite powerful to read! Period A2 Period A3

The Harbor News Bulletin is back! And in a new, distance learning format to keep you informed on what's happening at Harbor each week. Check it out from our website under the About Harbor tab--the Harbor Student Bulletin!

Follow Harbor.highschool on Instagram to keep up with all that's happening around our school! We have an active team of social media leaders connecting students and parents with current information, including meeting our new staff, ways to get involved in our community, our weekly bulletin, and more! ​

We know that not all Harbor families could attend our Back to School Night on Tuesday, September 15. Here are links to all of the materials presented at our event for you to review when you are able. Some of these links will remain on our Harbor webpage, however, the teacher videos will only be accessible in this email. Back to School Night opening webinar Back to School Night slideshow Back to School Night Teacher Videos Please contact us if you have any questions or would like more information about our school. The teachers have shared in their videos the best way to get in touch with them as well as valuable information about how to support your student.

By JIM SEIMAS | [email protected] | Santa Cruz Sentinel PUBLISHED: August 12, 2020 at 4:38 p.m. | UPDATED: August 13, 2020 at 10:23 a.m. Santa Cruz City Schools on Wednesday became the first district in Santa Cruz County to begin its 2020-21 academic school year. And campuses looked eerily similar to the way they did in the spring as the coronavirus pandemic rages on — empty. The continuation of distance learning meant students were unable to socialize face-to-face, share stories of a long, fun-filled summer — it was only long due to shelter-in-place orders — and show off their new school clothes and supplies. Welcome to the new norm, students. Offices at local schools were bustling, just not with students. “The kids bring an energy to campus that can’t be duplicated,” said Kelly Paulsen, the principal’s administrative assistant at Harbor High. “We’re getting a lot of phone calls, parents trying to get their kids into Zoom classes. We’re trying to help them navigate and get them in. Any other year we’d be saying, ‘ OK, here’s a map of the campus, you need to be in this class at this time.’ ” SCCS members include four elementary schools (Bay View, DeLaveaga, Gault and Westlake), two middle schools (Branciforte and Mission Hill) and three high schools (Harbor, Santa Cruz and Soquel). Read full Santa Cruz Sentinel article here...

Harbor High School is proud to recognize the following graduates for their high academic achievements! The class of 2020 Valedictorians: Ella Borsodi Grace Colfer Savannah Lehman Savana Maxfield Hali Muir Thuy Nhien Ho Nguyen Jakob Walz The class of 2020 Salutatorians: Tessa Kohnhorst Cruz Alejandra Leyva Holguin Dara Sheinbaum Delaney Tiner Jordan Turner

By JIM SEIMAS | [email protected] | Santa Cruz Sentinel PUBLISHED: April 19, 2020 at 1:12 p.m. | UPDATED: April 19, 2020 at 4:53 p.m. Harbor High baseball coach Joseph Allegri was named a Central Coast Section Spring Sport Honor Coach Award winner. Allegri, in his 13th year as head coach, had his team off to a 5-1 start when the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. In the Pirates’ final game March 11, they rallied for a 6-3 win over Santa Cruz, their first victory over their crosstown rival since March 25, 2015 and it snapped the Cardinals’ 27-game league unbeaten streak.Read full Santa Cruz Sentinel article here

Nothing can dampen our Pirate Pride! Teachers and students dressed up and posted pictures to the harbor.highschool and harborhighasb Instagram accounts. Day 3: Pastel day! Mr. Wessles and Ms. Runeare featured pastels and a puzzle with their spirit wear.

Nothing can dampen our Pirate Pride! Teachers and students dressed up and posted pictures to the harbor.highschool and harborhighasb Instagram accounts. Day 2: Tropical day! Mr. Narlesky and Ms. Ordway killed it with their spirit wear.

Nothing can dampen our Pirate Pride! Teachers and students dressed up and posted pictures to the harbor.highschool and harborhighasb Instagram accounts. Day 1: Pajama day! Mr. French and Ms. Cappiello were standouts for their spirit.

The Santa Cruz County Office of Education (COE) is excited to launch a Summer Cyber Security camp in partnership with Cabrillo. Cabrillo, through the Bay Area Community Consortium, is covering ALL costs for students. There is an intro camp 6/22-6/26 from 9-3 at the COE and an advanced camp from 7/13-7/17. Learn more here: https://sccoe.link/cyber2020 -- registration is also available there!!! http://santacruzcoe.org/technology-innovation-and-commun…/…/

By DAN COYRO | [email protected] | Santa Cruz Sentinel PUBLISHED: February 20, 2020 at 4:27 p.m. | UPDATED: February 20, 2020 at 4:27 p.m. Harbor High’s Shelly Murray prepares to draw blood from student Gianna Scalzo in the school cafeteria Thursday when Harbor’s Career Technical Education medical class sponsors a blood drive with the American Red Cross. (Dan Coyro — Santa Cruz Sentinel) See Sentinel photo here.

HARBOR TEAMS SAIL INTO CCS Saturday, February 22: Harbor boys soccer travel to North Salinas High school to take on the Vikings at 11:00 am in first-round play. Our boys' basketball team will play a 2nd round game against the King City Mustangs in the Harbor gym at 7:00 pm. And two members of our wrestling team continue on after the first round today, Joe LoBue and Nico Vasquez, at Independence High School. Go Pirates!

This year’s Parent Pledge Drive has raised more than $6700 towards our target of $20,000, and there’s still time to help us meet our goal! Make your pledge by next Friday, February 28. We are grateful for donations of any amount, and 100% of every dollar raised goes to supporting the education of Harbor High students. Pledges can be returned to the office or you can donate online at the Parent Booster Club website. http://www.harborhighboosterclub.org/

Congratulations to our girls varsity volleyball team and boys soccer team for winning the SCCAL championships! We get to add two new banners to our gym wall! #harborpirates #gopirates #weloveharbothigh

Garden Work Day: Saturday February 22nd For students that want to volunteer at Harbor High, we will meet from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM at the Harbor High garden. We will work on pruning the trees, spring planting (new fruit trees!!) weeding, and mulching of pathways. Make sure to dress for the weather. Bring a water bottle, snack, and wear closed toes shoes! For more information: Come by H14 Tuesdays at lunch to join the Eco Club or Follow us on instagram: Harbor.environment

American Red Cross Blood Drive Thursday Feb 20th 8:45am to 1:45 pm MPR Did you know that every 2 seconds someone in the U.S needs blood? Our Medical Pathway classes are hosting the American Red Cross Blood Drive. Sign up now with a medical technology student or visit Ms. Stahl in Portable 3 and to get more information and permission slips. Donate the day of the drive and receive a free American Red Cross T-shirt while supplies last.

February 16, 2020 Harbor wrestling broke through this year in the SCCAL finals taking 3rd overall as a team. Harbor wrestling has no senior graduates and is a young and upcoming team to watch. Great performances by Jose Rodriguez finished first, Noah Rowe 2nd, Owen Ghigliazza 2nd, Diallo Thomas 2nd, Nico Vasquez 2nd, Leo Lo Bue 3rd, Kai Bauleke 3rd, Christian Duran Posadas 3rd, and Adrian Galindo 3rd in their respective weight classes. All of the above wrestlers qualified for the Central Coast Section (CCS) Tournament. Dates and times will be available this week. Congratulations to the wrestlers and coach Jay Reyes for a successful season.

HARBOR COUNSELING EVENTS Senior Conferences All Month Of February (parents are invited) Sophomore Classroom Visits For Scheduling In February Upcoming 4 Year Plans For 9th Grade Students Coming In March! FAFSA Application Due March 2nd, 2020 Ongoing Cabrillo College Application and Registration Cabrillo Honors Program Application Due Mid-March Conferencias Con Alumnos Del Grado 12 Todo El Mes De Febrero (Padres Están Invitados) Visitas A Los Salones Para Los Horarios Del Grado 10 En Febrero ¡Planes De 4 Años Para Estudiantes Del Grado 9 Comienza En Marzo! Solicitud De FAFSA (Ayuda Financiera) Se Vence El 2 De Marzo De 2020 Registraciones Para Cabrillo College Está En Progreso Solicitud Para El Programa De Honores De Cabrillo Se Vence En Marzo http://hh.sccs.net/counseling

The Harbor High boys varsity soccer team won the SCCAL soccer tournament today with a 2 -0 win over Soquel at the Cabrillo stadium in Aptos. With the win the team receives an automatic bid into the Central Coast Section (CCS) playoffs. The time and place of the first CCS match will be decided this week. Congratulations to the team and Harbor coach Michael Vahradian on today’s win and a great season.

Tuesday 2/11 Harbor High is an IB Candidate School* IB STUDENT FAIR During lunch | Library HHS students have the opportunity to learn more about courses being offered in our IB program. IB PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT 6:30pm-7:30pm | MPR HHS invites students and families to come and meet teachers of next year’s IB courses to learn about each exciting new class. Find out about the IB Diploma, the Theory of Knowledge course, and the Creativity, Activity, and Service program. FERIA ESTUDIANTIL PARA EL PROGRMA IB Durante lonche | La Biblioteca Los estudiantes de HHS tienen la oportunidad de aprender más sobre los cursos que se ofrecen en nuestro programa de IB. NOCHE DE INFORMACIÓN DEL PROGRAMA IB 6:30pm-7:30pm | el salón MPR ¡Harbor High invita a estudiantes y familias a nuestra Noche de Información del Programa IB! Ven a conocer a los profesores de los cursos del IB del próximo año para aprender acerca de cada nueva clase. Obtenga información sobre el Diploma completo del IB, el curso de Teoría del conocimiento y el programa Creatividad, Actividad y Servicio. https://www.ibo.org/information-for-parents/ *Only schools authorized by the International Baccalaureate can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme or the IB Career-related Certificate (IBCC). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted.

Are you ready for finals? It's time to get ready at STUDYFEST December 12 & 16 from 2:45pm - 5:00pm in the HHS MPR & Library. This is a great opportunity for students to get ahead on studying for finals. Many Harbor teachers will be available to support students and snacks will be provided! Bonus: Get 5 Star points for attending!

There are several ways to get information about what's happening at Harbor High! * Find out about opportunities and events by reading the 'Daily Student Bulletin' available on our website (hh.sccs.net) under 'About Harbor' * Join our Facebook Page: Harbor High School * Come to our monthly parent Booster meetings (second Wednesday of the month) * Come to our monthly ELAC meetings (monthly) * Have coffee with the Principal and friends on the first Thursday morning of the month And, give us a call with any questions--we want you to be involved!

Congratulations to the Harbor High School music students who were chosen to attend the 2019-20 Central Coast Section Honor Band. Hundreds of music students from Santa Cruz to San Luis Obispo auditioned to perform in this elite ensemble and of those, 6 Harbor students were chosen to play in the 70 person group. This a great honor for our school and we are very proud of all the students that tried out and of those that were chosen! The 2019 Harbor honor band students are: Asha Lawson-Flute Noah Rowe -Tenor Sax Nathan Lin -Trombone Casey Savadkohi Holly Boyd -Bari Sax Jack Gifford - Trumpet

The Eco Club will be partnering with Save Our Shores to contribute to our first annual Beach Clean Up Day! The clean up day is on Saturday, December 7th from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM at Scott Creek, near Davenport. We will be meeting at the concrete slab by the parking lot. The event will happen rain or shine unless the conditions are dangerous (thunder/lightning). Students, come prepared with waivers signed by their parent or guardian if you are under 18 years of age. You can find the waivers here. Aside from that, we always encourage folks to bring their own supplies if possible, such as reusable gardening gloves or buckets for the cleanup, bring a filled reusable water bottle, and layers. Additionally, closed toed shoes are highly recommended, as we sometimes find potentially hazardous items on the beach. There are no bathrooms available at the beach. Remember students, if you are interested, please come to the Eco Club meeting on Tuesdays in room H14. We will be working with Emily Pomeroy Program Manager, Save Our Shores Phone: 831•462•5660 x003

Congratulations to Brendan Bobo on signing today with Cal State Fullerton to attend school and play baseball. (see Santa Cruz Sentinel article here from 8/13/19) Brendan was surrounded by his friends and family in the Harbor gym for this special moment for him and for the Harbor community.

Harbor students have an opportunity for an in-school intervention session on Thursday, 11/14 after their A2 period. Students identify where they would like help for their classes and attend the session of their choice. The intervention menu is on the hh.sccs.net website under the students tab.

Our counselors have supports for students applying to UC and CSUs to meet the November 30th application deadline. Monday, November 11, UCSB is hosting Application Webinars on Monday. Information provided applies to ALL UC campuses. Register with the links below. UC Application Webinar 3-4 PST UC Personal Insight Question Webinar 5-6 PST Saturday, November 17, get some extra time and help with your UC and CSU applications from 9am-12pm. Space is limited--please sign up in the Counseling Office.

Harbor High's varsity boys and girls water polo teams' collective GPA both earns the top California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Central Coast Section (CCS) scholastic championship. Harbor High School students ranked first among pubic school students in both boys and girls water polo teams. Boys water polo ranked 3rd overall after Sacred Heart Prep and Archbishop Mitty and girls ranked 2nd overall after Castilleja glrls school. Congratulations to our excellent scholar-athletes! See the CIF/CCS press release here.

Harbor's culminating activity for College Awareness month was a mini-college fair. As part of our commitment to support a college-going culture, students met with college representatives from 10 colleges around the nation during lunch. University of Arizona, Arizona State University, Seton Hall University, Babson College, Clarkson University, University of Idaho, Louisiana State University, Colorado State University, and more spent time talking with Pirates about their schools!

College application workshop Saturday Oct 26 at 9am in the Career Center! Come by and get help on your UC, CSU or Common Application. Lunch will be served. Please sign up in the Counseling Office.

By JIM SEIMAS | [email protected] | Santa Cruz Sentinel PUBLISHED: October 16, 2019 at 12:01 am | UPDATED: October 16, 2019 at 3:28 pm The battle for the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League girls volleyball title is going down to the wire. Harbor High knocked off league leading Soquel 26-28, 14-25, 25-22, 26-24, 15-9 on Tuesday night in Soquel to create a three-way tie atop the standings. Aptos (11-9, 7-2), Harbor (16-7, 7-2) and Soquel (13-7, 7-2) share the league lead. Senior outside hitter Emily Patz led the Pirates with 22 kills and 10 digs. Senior setter Carly Ditz had 38 assists, 12 digs and three aces, sophomore outside hitter Olive Hess had 15 kills and 14 digs, and senior libero Emily Melvin had 18 digs and three aces. Sam Strah had 28 kills, 29 digs and two aces for the Knights. Ciara Cantlen added 14 kills and 27 digs. Sam Werdmuller made 38 assists, Kylee Eze had six kills and three blocks, and Renee Parker had three kills and four blocks. Harbor hosts Santa Cruz on Thursday for senior night. Read entire article here.

The Preliminary SAT (PSAT) will be administered to Harbor High juniors and sophomores on Wednesday, October 16th, beginning at 8:30am, free of charge with no pre-registration required. The PSAT is a practice test that prepares students for success on the SAT, a commonly required college placement test, and provides students with an early indication of what they will need to do in order to be successful in applying for and attending college. Even for students who are not already planning to attend university or those who are otherwise unsure of their post-high school plans, taking the PSAT can be a good idea as it is not unusual for the test to identify students who should be considering attending a four-year college. Additional information for students and parents about the PSAT and SAT can be found at https://www.collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt. Please speak with your guidance counselor and/or case manager for additional information on the PSAT/SAT.

Want to be transported into a quirky neighborhood in Kansas in the 50s? Do you enjoy stories of betrayal, love, and growth? Come down and see Harbor High’s production of “Picnic” by William Inge at 7pm in the Cathy Warner Theater Don't miss the shows Friday, 10/18 and/or Saturday 10/19. Doors open at 6:30--bring a friend. Tickets are $8 for students, staff, and seniors, and $10 for general admission. Be there!

Harbor High, SJSU alumna to be inducted into San Jose Sports Hall of Fame By Jim Seimas [email protected] @AiringItOut on Twitter Two-time U.S. Open champion Juli Inkster — a Santa Cruz native who burst on the national golf scene as an All-American at San Jose State University — will be inducted into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame on Nov. 14 at the SAP Center in San Jose. Inkster is one of four South Bay sports legends set to be inducted. Others include former MLS star John Doyle, an All-American soccer player at University of San Francisco who competed for the U.S. National Team; coach John Dunning, who led Stanford University women’s volleyball team to five NCAA Division I titles; and Seana Hogan, a record setting cross country cyclist. Each inductee will be recognized with a bronze plaque permanently installed on the concourse at the SAP Center at San Jose. Including the 2019 inductees, there will be 114 South Bay sports icons enshrined in the Hall of Fame. “This is going to be awesome,” Inkster said. “I never thought I’d get where I’m at with the game of golf. I’ve been to so many great places and met so many wonderful people. And to be honored is icing on the cake.” Read entire article here

If you need assistance with homework, have questions about assignments, need internet access and a computer, or a place to work, come to the After School Learning center (ASL)! The ASL is a fancy name for our library space from 2:45-4:00 Monday-Fridays. There is a schedule of teachers and assistants, along with the subject they support here, or, talk to your counselor for more information!

All parents are invited to our Principal and Friends Coffee, the first Thursday morning of each month from 8:30 am-9:30 am in the Harbor High School Career Center. The coffee is an opportunity to hear updates from the Principal, Athletic Director, Counseling department, and our School Community Coordinator. We discuss upcoming events, news around school, and ask and answer questions. Don't miss the next coffee, Thursday, November 7th!

Show your Pirate Pride! Harbor sweatshirts, long-sleeved t-shirts and short-sleeved t-shirts are available for purchase. Sweatshirts are $25.00, long-sleeve ts are $12.00 and short-sleeve are $10.00. I "heart" H in English and Spanish bumper stickers are $1.00 and block H stickers are .50. Purchase your Harbor Wear and stickers at break or lunch from Leadership students or at the Finance Office today!

The newly, fully completed Harbor High School Athletic Field, named the Bob Ensweiler Stadium was dedicated on at Harbor's Saturday, September 14th football game. Bob "Coach" Enzweiler was a Harbor teacher, coach, mentor, athletic director and good friend to countless Harbor students during his tenure at Harbor from 1968-1996. His wife, Jan Enzweiler accepted a commemorative plaque in honor of the late Bob Enzweiler during a beautiful half-time ceremony in remembrance of his contributions to Harbor High School.

Support Harbor High School by participating in our annual Drive for Schools Fundraiser! Last year, participating schools raised $700,000. Get Your Tickets Today! Tickets are $5 each or 6 for $25. To purchase tickets, visit our finance clerk or contact our athletic director Hollis O’Brien, or talk to our Booster President Peter Walz. Tickets are on sale through participating schools starting Wednesday, September 11 through Sunday, October 20. The drawing will be held at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk at 1pm on Sunday, October 27, 2019. About Drive For Schools Drive For Schools, founded in 2005 by Subaru of Santa Cruz and now sponsored by the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Subaru of Santa Cruz and Toyota of Santa Cruz, has successfully raised more than $6.1 million for Santa Cruz County schools through an annual car giveaway. All elementary, middle and high schools in Santa Cruz County are invited to participate. This year, more schools than ever have chosen to participate in this amazing event. Best of all, each participating school keeps every dollar they earn AND they decide how best to spend the money. The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Subaru of Santa Cruz and Toyota of Santa Cruz invite all Santa Cruz County K-12, public and private schools to participate in our annual car giveaway! All contest details here.

Harbor High's Back to School Night was a time to meet teachers, mingle with friends, and eat dinner before or after visiting classrooms. Thank you to our wonderful ELAC (English Learner Advisory Committee) parents and Booster parents for creating a community event as part of our BTSN. ELAC and Boosters also provided a free dinner for our teachers between 4-6pm to support their work preparing for the community visits to their classrooms. #Piratepride #Foodislove.

By JIM SEIMAS | [email protected] | Santa Cruz Sentinel PUBLISHED: September 13, 2019 at 3:04 pm | UPDATED: September 13, 2019 at 3:27 pm KananiThomas, 31, has been named head coach of the Harbor High’s girls basketball team, Pirates athletics director Hollis O’Brien announced on Wednesday. Thomas served as an assistant under Keyana Stanford last season, when the Pirates went 4-20 overall, 0-10 in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League. Stanford resigned in July. “I’m excited for the players coming in and the others who are hungry and working hard to turn the program around,” Thomas said. Thomas returns three players who received all-SCCAL honorable mention honors last season: senior post Gianna Scalzo and senior guards Samantha Gonzalez and Hannah Pais. The team also boasts significantly improved sophomore guard Silvee Bedran and junior Carmen Azmitia, a transfer from Santa Cruz who has to sit out the early portion of the season. Read entire article here.

By JIM SEIMAS | [email protected] | Santa Cruz Sentinel PUBLISHED: August 31, 2019 at 9:30 pm | UPDATED: September 1, 2019 at 1:42 am A meaningless nonleague football game? Hardly. One team was going to walk off the field Saturday feeling like world beaters. That’s a feeling Harbor and its opponent, Lynbrook of San Jose, hadn’t had in a while — they entered play with combined 40 straight losses. But Harbor had streak buster named Cash Rosburg, and Lynbrook didn’t. Read entire Sentinel article here...

The first day of school was also the debut of Harbor High School's new signs at the front of the school. The wall mural sign is one of two new improvements that feature Harbor's new brand colors and font! We look forward to a great year and more campus beautification with the addition in the spring of our new aquatic facility.

"Harbor Baseball Standout Brendan Bobo Commits to Cal-State Fullerton" By JIM SEIMAS | [email protected] | Santa Cruz Sentinel PUBLISHED: August 13, 2019 at 12:14 am | UPDATED: August 13, 2019 at 2:58 pm Harbor High standout shortstop Brendan Bobo didn’t have any offers to play college baseball at the outset of summer. Two showcases later, they were rolling to him like ground balls during fielding practice. The Pirates’ 6-foot-3, 195-pound incoming senior received five offers from NCAA Division I programs and this week verbally committed to four-time College World Series champion Cal State-Fullerton. “I’m very excited,” said Bobo, who announced his decision on Instagram Monday. “I’m also a little (dazed). I dreamed of this moment and it’s actually happening.” Bobo also received offers from Cal, Oregon, Long Beach State and Cal Baptist. Fresno State, San Jose State and Sacramento State also showed interest. Read more here...

By MATTHEW WHITE | [email protected] | July 21, 2019 at 8:55 am High seniors Marcos Reyes and Hunter Matys won the Sentinel’s Boys Athlete of the Year award. Here are the other athletes who gave them a run for the honor. To see some of the county’s best athletes in action, check out our slideshow. Read full article here...

Name Dropping By SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL | July 7, 2019 at 2:45 pm The Rotary Club of Santa Cruz recently awarded $40,000 in scholarship funds to support area students. To be considered, students were required to go through an application process and were selected based on a variety of factors. Awards were provided to 22 new applicants and 16 returning recipients. This year’s first-time scholarship recipients include: Santa Cruz High School: Gabriella Bates, Aldrich Family Scholarship; Sofia Brunbaugh, Steve and Carol Spragens Scholarship; Carlin Cook, Gina and John Biondi Scholarship; Connor Dilloughery, Sam & Elena Bishop Scholarship; Jack Donohoe, Malio Stagnaro Scholarship; Gabrielle Hadinger, Angelo Canepa Scholarship; Ruby Johnston, Zenner Family Scholarship; Whittaker Miller, Joe Bellas Scholarship; Zoe Pais, Lee Courtright Scholarship; Emilie Stevens, Harland & Therese Johnson Scholarship; Daphne Tuncer, Randy and Janet Krassow Scholarship. Harbor High School: Maggie Davis, Keith and Della McKenzie Scholarship; Chloe Long, Bill and Mary Lynch Scholarship; Ivan Serna Macias, Rotary Sustainers Scholarship; Kayla Magdaleno, Mary DeLuca Maurillo Scholarship; Maribel Ocaranza, Fred Gawlick Family Scholarship; Edwin Ramos, Keith and Eleanor Shaffer Scholarship; Aliveah Robertson, Barry Bliss Family Scholarship; Melissa Sosa, George Penniman Scholarship. Pacific Collegiate School: Alicia Antillon, Albert Rice Scholarship; Nico Panzardi, Richard Beach Family Scholarship.

Name Dropping By SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL | June 22, 2019 at 1:45 pm Omega Nu of Santa Cruz awarded college scholarships to 27 students from Santa Cruz County schools during a scholarship reception at Harvey West Park Clubhouse on May 28. The scholarships benefit high school seniors who will attend public California universities or colleges and are based on both financial need and scholastic achievement. This year $83,000 was awarded to both new and renewal scholarships. The 27 scholarships were awarded to Abigail Carmona, Mia Chaney, Emely Choto-Cruz, Melina Marin, Carolina Ogden-Tinoco, Nicolas Vinuela-Yodar of Aptos High School; Phoenyx Nist-Ferrare of Cypress Charter School; Maggie Davis, Maribel Ocaranza, Maelin Ramones, Melissa Sosa of Harbor High School; Natalia DuVernois, Ruby Sartain Miller of San Lorenzo Valley School; Gabriella Bates, Carlin Cook, Ruby Johnston, Christopher Ramirez, Emilie Stevens, Sophie Wynn of Santa Cruz High School; Ryan Bariteau, Mitchell Boe, Shaemus Cullen, Henry Danner, Chase Kelsen and Jack Ponza of Scotts Valley High School; Xiomara Gaona and Lorena Nunes of Soquel High School. In addition, 21 renewal scholarships were also awarded for this upcoming academic year. Omega Nu of Santa Cruz is a volunteer group of more than 40 women that hosts annual fundraisers to benefit the community with donations to scholarships, charities and public elementary and middle schools.

Congratulations to Harbor's class of 2019 Valedictorians and Salutatorian! Featured from left and clockwise: Valedictorians Maggie Davis, Ahnise Morvay, Claire Weissbein, Aliveah Robertson, Anna Andreason, and Salutatorian Ronaldo Ramirez.

From the Santa Cruz Sentinel, May 27, 2019 Students Lalo Pardo, right, and Oscar Proulx continue work on lending libraries in Pete Boscacci's Harbor High School construction classes. The program partners with the Live Like Coco to build five of the libraries for installation in the community to promote literacy...read more here.

Harbor High School is excited to be able to host the first graduation on our new athletic field for the class of 2019! We know that our parking lot is not sufficient for all guests so we have organized a shuttle service from the DeLaveaga Elementary school parking lot to Harbor High. We have estimated seating for guests of this first graduation at Harbor and we want to accommodate everyone. The school is bringing in additional portable bleachers and chairs for guests and we have asked that parents/guardians contact Italia Diaz ([email protected]) if you plan to bring more than 4 guests so we may ensure seating for everyone who would like to watch our graduates receive their diplomas. Congratulations, in advance, to all our Harbor graduates and their families!

May 02, 2019 By Jennifer McNulty More than 200 students from regional high schools attended a first-ever UC-sponsored celebration for college-bound students at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium on Wednesday (May 1, 2019). The event was part of College Signing Day, a national celebration spearheaded by former First Lady Michelle Obama, whose address from UCLA was live-streamed to more than 3,000 venues across the country. Reach Higher, Obama's college access and success initiative, focuses on inspiring high school seniors and community college transfer students—especially first-generation and low-income students—to achieve their educational and career goals. read more here...

The Central Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation announced the recipients of the 2018-2019 Spring Season Scholastic Championship Team Awards. These awards, instituted by the CCS Board of Managers in 1985, recognize the top five Varsity teams, from each Central Coast Section sport, with the highest collective Grade Point Average of all teams competing in that sport during that season of competition. The student-athletes involved have achieved distinction in the classroom, and at the same time, have committed themselves to participation in interscholastic athletics. Their academic performance is yet another indication that such athletic participation enhances classroom activities. Menlo School, Lynbrook High, Harbor High, Archbishop Mitty, and St. Francis SCP were the top 5 varsity teams--congratulations scholar-athletes!

On March 30 & 31, the Harbor High Pirates Sailing Club placed 2nd while racing out of Redwood City at the Peninsula Youth Sailing Foundation (PYSF). Due to Spring Break, most of the team was traveling, so the team asked a Santa Cruz HS sailor to help round out their 4-person team, thanks to Kyle Schaefer for crewing for Chloe Long. The 2 teams competed in fourteen races over Saturday and Sunday with neither team placing below fourth. The competition came from Monterey's Stevenson High School with a one point difference going into the last two races. With one senior and the rest of the team sophomores racing against mostly seniors, the team is well set for next year. The final regatta is this coming this weekend, 4/13-14 in San Diego, where team Pirates (Chloe Long, Senior, JT Long, Kees Horn, and Geza Bateman, all Sophomores) will represent Harbor High and compete against the best teams on the West Coast. Wish them luck!

On Friday, April 12, folks around the country will take a vow of silence to raise awareness about the issues faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students. We, as leaders, have a responsibility to speak out, and step up for LGBTQ Americans and make sure that they are seen, respected, and appreciated for who they are. He mentions a Harbor student in his speech!

By SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL | PUBLISHED: March 17, 2019 at 12:11 am | UPDATED: March 17, 2019 at 12:15 am Sophomore Jackson Gifford was 4 for 4 with two doubles, a triple, and three RBIs, and the Harbor High baseball team continued its best start in a decade by beating visiting Prospect 12-9 in nonleague action Saturday. Pirates junior Jakob Walz was 4 for 4 with a double, two RBIs and three runs. Junior Brendan Bobo threw 2 1/3 innings of relief and earned the win. He gave up two hits and recorded two strikeouts. The Pirates (7-1) — off to their best start since opening 2009 with a 8-1 — had 18 hits. Bobo was 2 for 3 with a walk, triple, and two runs scored, junior Alex Tucker was 2 for 4 with an RBI and run scored, junior Anthony Cortese was 3 for 4 with a run and RBI, and junior Garrett Lackey was 2 for 2 with two walks and two runs. Harbor hosts San Lorenzo Valley on Tuesday at 4 p.m. Full Santa Cruz Sentinel article

Please join us Tuesday, 3/12 from 6:30 to 8:00 at Harbor High School in the MPR. Tara Leonard, a health educator with Santa Cruz county, will present information and parent resources to address the use of e-cigarettes and vaping devices among our youth. We hope you can intend this informative event. Invitamos a los padres de familia a venir a una presentación informativa sobre los cigarrillos electrónicos y los aparatos de vapeo que los jóvenes están usando hoy en día. La presentación es HHS E-Cigarrette Parent Ed Night Flyer.pdfmartes 12 de marzo, de 6:30 a 8:00 en Harbor High School en el MPR. La Sra. Tara Leonard, educadora de salud del condado de Santa Cruz, presentará información y dará recursos para ayudar a los padres a prevenir el uso de los cigarrillos electrónicos y los aparatos de vapeo entre nuestros jóvenes. Esperamos que vengan a aprovechar de esta presentación informativa.

Congratulations to our own Career Technical Education Partnership teacher, Donna Marie Stahl for being selected as the 2019 Your Future Is Our Business Teacher of the Year. Donna Marie is our awesome Health Careers and Medical Technology teacher at Harbor High School.

We are very excited to announce that our class of 2019 graduation ceremony will take place at Harbor June 7 at 5:00pm on our new athletic field! We look forward to celebrating the accomplishments of our seniors with friends and families at the ceremony. We are bringing in additional seating for guests, however, seating is still limited compared to Cabrillo College, our previous graduation venue. In order for as many families to celebrate this milestone with our seniors as possible, we ask that each graduate invite not more than four guests. If your graduate would like to invite more than four guests, please call or email administrative assistant Italia Diaz at 429-3810 ext. 1010 or [email protected] so we can note additional seating needs.

Thank you all for the wonderful support you provide our Music Program! We had a very successful dinner fundraiser that included prize give aways, music performances by our middle and high school bands, and even some dancing. With your support we raised about $4200.00 for Harbor Music! It was a great event that we will continue next year.

Thursday, 1/31 is Harbor's annual 8th Grade Open House event! Come meet our awesome teachers, see our campus and classrooms, and hear our band. Dinner can be purchased starting at 4:30 with seating in the MPR at 5:45 and Principal's remarks at 6:00. Prospective 9th grade parents and students are welcome! You will have an opportunity to ask questions, meet with our Athletic Director, and hear about our counseling program. For more information or to schedule a shadow visit for your student contact the Harbor High counseling department directly at 831-429-3816.

Friday, 1/25/19, five AVID students, Fernanda Torres Calderon, Maria Fernanda Garcia Cara, Cristina Vargas, Wendy Guadalupe Sanchez Cordova, and Daniela Diaz participated in a formal speech contest hosted by Rotary Club Santa Cruz. The speeches were memorized and about 5 minutes long on the topic “what inspires you?” The speech also had to incorporate Rotary’s 4-way test 1. Is it the truth? 2. Is it fair to all concerned? 3.Will it build goodwill and better friendships? 4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned? Our students shared with about 90 Rotarians and guests their personal inspirations that made it hard for the listener not to find his/her own inspiration in these brave students. Once again, students’ actions and accomplishments represent our school with honors and awards for second and third place.

Harbor is proud to announce that Steve McFarland, CEO of the Better Business Bureau Silicon Valley visited Harbor High to announce the winners of the BBB Video Contest. Harbor High swept 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prices, as well as a grand prize for the school. Winning teams earned a plaque, a commemorative BBB token and cash (1st place team members won $100 each, 2nd place $50 each, and 3rd place $25 for each team member. Harbor also earned the grand prize sum of $2,000 for the school. 1st Place Winners Mackenzie Hearon Zora Kreisher Nolan Glavis Zach Trebbien 2nd Place Winners Odalys Castillo Karen De La Cruz Lepe Tania Piña Rubalcava Edric Ruiz 3rd Place Winners Jayda Aldrich AJ Garcia Miranda Hernandez-Valdez Hector Torres

Harbor High School is a candidate school* for the Diploma Programme. Our school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. IB World Schools share a common philosophy- a commitment to high-quality, challenging, international education- that we believe is important for our students. * Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme (DP), or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status does not guarantee that authorization will be granted.

On Thursday, 12/13, Shoreline and Branciforte Middle School students played a soccer game on the Harbor Athletic field. The 49 students proudly wore their new Harbor t-shirts and they were able to experience some of what is it to be a part of Harbor High.

12/5/18--Harbor held its first fall sports awards banquet in the gym. There were about 330 people who attended this community dinner at Harbor and it was a wonderful celebration of Harbor coaches, player participation and achievement, and our school as a place where students are at the center. League awards were presented to students in a large format and then each sport delivered participation certificates and had their own smaller celebration in different locations on campus. Thanks to Hollis O’Brien, Matt Schutz, James Gaynor, and our off-campus coaches, assistant coaches, and parents who made the event a success!

11/16/2018-- Harbor had B40 band students visiting to play with the Pirate musicians! Mr. Bianchini organized this field trip for our feeder middle school students to visit Harbor and experience a high school class using himself as the common denominator for the kids (he teaches band at both schools). The middle school band is going to be the pep band at our home basketball game on 11/27 at 7:00pm against PCS, so this was a great way to get the students prepared to be on campus that night. Both bands played a few songs that they new in common and then the Pirates broke into small groups with the middle school students and tutored them through an unfamiliar song. Our students were amazing with the middle school students! They guided them through the parts, were encouraging, and kind.

Harbor hosted our annual varsity tournament on Saturday, September 22nd, which we won for the first time since 2008. The varsity girls went 5-1 on the day and emerged a top the field of 16 teams. Maggie Davis was named tournament MVP while Sierra Laird and Carly Ditz were named All Tournament.

Show your Pirate Pride! Harbor Wear long-sleeved and short-sleeved t-shirts are now for sale. Long-sleeve ts are $12.00 and short -sleeve are $10.00. I "heart" H in English and Spanish bumper stickers are $1.00 and block H stickers are .50. Purchase your Harbor Wear and stickers at lunch from Leadership students or at the Finance Office today!

Alumni and community are invited to an open house for Harbor High's 50th “Then and Now” Anniversary on Friday, September 14, 2018. Reunite with old friends. Check out today's campus. Take part in interviews about your experience at Harbor High School. The celebration will include historical displays, exhibits, visits to classrooms, and live entertainment. The school opens at 4:30pm. The welcoming ceremony starts at 5pm with recognition of our original teachers and staff. Join us in celebrating 5o years of Harbor High!

Excerpt From the Capitola Soquel Times, By Noel Smith Harbor High School’s 2018 graduates have maintained the values and missions of their school and The Capitola Soquel Times newspaper wanted to recognize some of these achievers. These are the Mission and Vision goals for which they have been striving during their time at Harbor High: Mission: Educating all students to become critical thinkers and globally-minded community members. Vision: Where adults and students are respectful and own their learning. Harbor High graduates are college and career ready and equipped with the skills needed to become the best version of themselves. Read full article here...

Harbor Spanish Teacher Anne Cappiello was featured on the Santa Cruz County Office of Education's website as an exemplar of how Harbor's Spanish for Spanish Speakers program serves students. Read more here...

Thursday, 2/1 is Harbor's annual 8th Grade Open House event! Come meet our awesome teachers, see our campus and classrooms, and hear our band. Seating starts in the MPR at 5:45 with Principal's remarks at 6:00. Prospective 9th grade parents and students are welcome! You will have an opportunity to ask questions, meet with our Athletic Director, and hear about our counseling program. Harbor has a college-going focus and our teachers show their college colors every week! For more information or to schedule a shadow visit for your student contact the Harbor High counseling department directly at 831-429-3816.

Harbor is offering a new Brazilian Modern Dance class! The class twice per week - is free for all students - and is open to anyone of any skill level who is interested in dancing. The teacher, Stephanie Emmanuel, is a recently graduate from St Mary's with her Masters in Choreography. She has extensive training in many styles of dance and will tailor the class to the interests of the group. Harbor High is extending our extracurricular offerings to meet the needs of a wider range of student interests, including students who might not be into sports but want to participate in some way beyond our offerings in a traditional classroom. Many of our students appreciate and enjoy dance as evidenced by the pride our school feels about the Escapade Dance Company and their attendance at Escapade performances. This class is a great way to get FREE basic to advanced dance training. We want anyone who might want to test the waters to jump in and give it a try:) The class runs for ~10 weeks, Mon and Wed from 4:30-6. Students should feel free to join the group at any point - hopefully over the first two weeks would be ideal. And the class should be loads of fun. There's a sign up sheet on the back wall of the Little Theater and Cathy Warner can answer any questions students may have.

We had over 20 students join us for our the Grow Quad's first garden work day! Even a few Saturday Day school attendees joined in on getting the garden ready for the upcoming winter months! Some of the projects that we accomplished were: *adding mulch and clearing areas for our growing fruit trees *planting radish, kohlrabi, cabbage, and carrots in the raised beds *harvesting our tomatoes and pumpkins *adding cardboard and mulching the pathways *weeding the native plant patches *cover cropping some of the cleared areas to add nitrogen to condition the soil for spring planting Want to clear out some of your old garden equipment and tools? We've got you covered! If you have any used garden tools, old garden gloves, garden equipment and/or decorations that you want to clear out-just contact me and we can take it off your hands! Stay tuned for our next community work day! Cheers, GSE and Grow Quad garden club

Thanks to all the students and staff who participated in our annual club rush and sports rush on October 13. It was a fantastic event that included a BBQ provided by the Harbor Booster parents! The sports tables, ping pong table, and dunk tank were some new additions to the event this year and they made it even better. The cheer team performed and gained new team members and some new clubs were started. #Harborrocks!

October is College Month! Seniors who want assistance with their college applications, FAFSA or personal statement can work with counselors at lunch every Wednesday and Thursday this month. Come to the Career Center through October to get your applications completed by their deadlines.

Santa Cruz City Schools fall district newsletter is available. Read news about what's happening around our district here. English Newsletter Spanish Newsletter

By Julie Jag, Santa Cruz Sentinel SOQUEL >> Both the Harbor and Soquel high school girls volleyball teams celebrated Dig Pink night Tuesday at Soquel High, donning pink and white jerseys instead of their school colors.

Congratulations to our class of 2017 Harbor graduates! Some of the accomplishments of these seniors were that over half were eligible to enroll in 4 year colleges, 46 earned the Seal of Biliteracy, and 8 students who entered the United States from El Salvador, Mexico, and Guatemala as freshmen or sophomores earned their diplomas. We will miss the class of 2017 and we are so proud to have worked with you. Best of luck to all!

On May 24th 2017, Radius Gallery hosted their second Open Show Santa Cruz. Open Show organizes live social events worldwide where the public can experience compelling visual stories and interact directly with photographers, filmmakers and multimedia producers. Santa Cruz Sentinel’s Shmuel Thaler, who was named Artist of the Year, MCed event. Only five photographers were chosen by a team of show curators. Harbor High School Junior and ROP Photography student, Emma Schrank was one of the five selected artists to present her series, “The Teenage Aperture of Emotions." Emma's series and her presentation were exceptional. Her work is a perfect example of how what we do in the classroom prepares our students for the outside world. The ROP Digital Photography students at Harbor High mirror this presentation style in our critiques at the end of every unit, so Emma was well practiced in the art of presenting her work. It was an absolutely inspiring exhibit. She was the only teenager presenting, but she held the room like a pro. Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/fiapMlqs6zY.

Congratulations to our class of 2017 Valedictorians: Liam Dulaney, Kaleo Fernandez, Zoe Curcio, and Warren Chew. They will be honored at Harbor's Senior Awards night on Thursday, March 25 at 6:00 and at Harbor's graduation ceremony on Friday, June 9 at 2:00 at Cabrillo College.

Harbor established a MESA club this year with the help of the Boosters and Principal Runeare. While our club was small we had four members compete at MESA Day in March and two members qualified for Regionals, where schools from all over the central coast of California sent local winners to compete for top marks in a variety of science and math competitions. Congratulations to all MESA club members for their participation this year and a special congrats to Anna Andreasen and Cameron McGrew for their 1st place finishes at Regionals! We’re looking forward to growing the club and competing again in 2018. -Mike Lynch, MESA Club Advisor

The Water Conservation Collation of Santa Cruz County recently announced the winners of the Save Water Video Contest. The Harbor High ROP Video Production class produced TWO first place videos! The winning films won $500 and will be broadcast on TV and at local movie theaters. Their goal is to convince people to save and protect water. "Water Flows” features original music created and produced in our student built sound booth. The song and video was produced by Jackson Moore, Charlie Diosdado, and Noel Noguez. https://youtu.be/M3dkwIQe3GA “1940s PSA on Water Conservation” was the other first place winner in the Save Water Category. This retro video was written, sound mixed and produced by Garrett Fernandes-McDade and Max Holocher. https://youtu.be/oY94Eetbdlg All contest videos had to fit into strict broadcast guidelines. Students from all over the county participated and we at Harbor have a nice collection of extremely strong videos in both Spanish and English that were created for this contest. Congratulations to our students!

April 10, 2017 Harbor's ROP Biotechnology class attended the Biomedical Computation Conference at Stanford (BCATS). This field trip allowed students to experience a real scientific conference where world-class researchers, industry specialists, and graduate students all shared about advances in their fields. While gaining insights about what their possible future careers hold, the students also got to enjoy several tours of Stanford laboratories led by PhD students. BCATS proved to be a wealth of knowledge for the Biotech class, from learning the differences between an engaging or dreary talk to simply experiencing the campus of an elite research institution.

Check out this latest ROP Video Productions video of the class of 2017. Learn their plans for after graduation. This video is another example of the hard work of our students and teachers do at Harbor to create a culture that is world-ready.

Harbor High's Theatre Arts program is currently in production for our Spring Musical, Grease! Here are some things that make our Theatre program at Harbor very different than other schools. First, we are completely student run! Our shows are student designed, student directed, student choreographed with students performing and doing all aspects of Technical theatre. The show is run by student leaders who have been trained and love doing what we do. This means a lot of hard work and dedication from all our students involved, with the assistance of our two adult supervisors, Cathy Warner and Lyndsey Gould when needed. Second, because we are student run, we have to do all our fundraising by ourselves to make sure we can put on the incredible productions we perform. Our show opens on April 22nd, and we run for three weekends (April 22nd, 28th, 29th and May 5th and 6th @7:30 PM and April 23rd @2 PM). For further information about the show, please contact the Harbor High Theatre Production and Marketing office ([email protected]). Thank you for supporting local theater! Harbor High Theatre Arts

​Grad Night Tickets for the class of 2017 are on sale ​NOW! Celebrate Graduation with a private party for Harbor High and Santa Cruz High seniors at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk! Enjoy select Rides, Arcade, DJ Dance Party, Food & Drinks, Midnight Movie and more. Pick up a contract to attend in the finance office. Ticket prices: Minimum $60 Now until April 15th Minimum$75 April 16th until May 31st Minimum $100 June 1st until June 8th $130 at the door

By Dan Coryo, Santa Cruz Sentinel Santa Cruz Warriors Director of Public and Community Relations Gina Antoniello speaks to AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) students at Harbor High about college and career paths Monday. Kaiser Permanente’s Dr. Cal Gordon and Irene Chavez also spoke about their career to the AVID students.

Thanks to our partner, Bookshop Santa Cruz, for sponsoring Nancy Jo Sales visit to Harbor High on February 6. About 250 students and several staff heard the conclusions of her research from her new book "American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers".

Rotary Club of Santa Cruz president Sid Slatter presented a $1500.00 check to Harbor's drama department on Friday, February 3. Thanks to the generosity of our local Rotarians, Harbor High is able to defray some of the costs of putting on our Spring production of Grease. Grease will run from April 22-May 6 at the Harbor High Little Theater.

By Jim Seimas, Santa Cruz Sentinel 2/2/17 On National Letter of Intent Day, some college-bound athletes choose to sign commitments from the privacy of their home. Others sign at their high school, so friends and family could witness the momentous occasion. Kaleo Fernandez, a Harbor High senior, and several of his U18 San Jose Earthquakes Academy teammates signed Wednesday at 18,000-seat Avaya Stadium, home to Major League Soccer’s Earthquakes and several huge international contests. Fernandez, a 6-foot, 155-pound center midfielder, committed to NCAA Division I University of California in Berkeley...Read More Here

Harbor High Cheer Night with the SC Warriors

By Jim Seimas, Santa Cruz Sentinel POSTED: 12/30/16 When Harbor High senior Mace Anderson took up wrestling midway through his sophomore season, he showed plenty of promise but he had plenty to work on. In a relatively short span, Anderson has progressed immensely. The defending Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champion at 145 pounds, Anderson placed third at the Central Coast Section championships last season and qualified for the CIF state championships. This year, Anderson — considered the posterchild for wrestling in the SCCAL — is expected to not only return to the state tournament, but also finish in the top eight. Read more here...

The Harbor High Boys Soccer Team game schedule is out. The Boys Varsity Soccer team is always a contender for the league championship. Save the dates. Come and cheer and support your team. For game times and locations click HERE. El horario de juegos del equipo de fútbol masculino de Harbor High ya está fuera. El equipo major de fútbol es siempre un competidor para el campeonato de la liga. Guarda las fechas.Vengan y apoyen a su equipo. Para los tiempos de juego y ubicaciones haga clic AQUÍ.

Harbor celebrated Halloween today as a festive start to homecoming spirit week. Student and staff costumes were fun and funky!

By Julie Jag, Santa Cruz Sentinel SANTA CRUZ >> Five-time Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings stepped up to the serving line of the newly installed beach volleyball court at Harbor High and asked, “Who wants it?” Just one of the four Pirates girls volleyball players on the opposite side of the net bravely raised her hand to receive Walsh Jennings’s serve. Many more students turned out in favor of the court. ...Read more here

Club Rush 2016 was a huge success. Harbor clubs and sports had their information and sign-up rosters for students to get involved in a variety of activities from Sushi Club to Tennis. The Leadership class organized a bounce house and slide and Boosters provided students with a BBQ lunch. The event represents what Harbor is about: opportunities to get involved in the school and provide a space to explore your interests.

Seniors--get money to help pay for college. Please turn your scholarship profile in to your government or economics teacher as soon as possible. You will be paired up with scholarships that fit your goals and interests. The class with the most profiles returned will earn an ice cream party!

Join the Booster club and the Global Student Embassy for our first Harbor Beautification Day of the school year. Parents and students are encouraged to participate! Students can earn community service hours to include on their college and scholarship applications AND make our school look great.

Harbor is offering FREE peer tutoring in the library's After School Learning Center (ASL) Tuesdays through Thursdays from 2:45-4:00. Get help studying for a test, have a place to finish your homework, and ask questions about classes or assignments. We have peer tutors in biology, chemistry, physics, geometry, algebra 2, math 1, English, history, Spanish, and calculus. Contact Mr. Lynch with questions about the ASL: [email protected]

The Harbor High Link Crew welcomed the class of 2020 on 8/22 with open arms. Students from the class of 2019, 2018, and 2017 opened the gym at 8:00 am with clapping music and applauding teachers forming a gauntlet for the freshman. We are excited to have our new students at Harbor. The Link Crew, teachers and staff are all here to support your academic and social experiences at Harbor!

Harbor staff is looking forward to the 2016-2017 school year. An important summer mailer will arrive home between 8/12-15. The information inside details back to school activities for Freshman, the schedule pick up (Passport Day) day, Emergency and Health forms, and more. Be sure to bring the required materials and any overdue text or library books on August 17th at your grade level's designated time. If you do not receive the summer mailer by 8/16, please contact the Harbor High counseling office. We can't wait to see you! Passport Day information in English Passport Dan information in Spanish

Harbor presents its class of 2016 Valedictorians. Harbor Valedictorians are students who have the distinct achievement of being ranked #1 in their class based their unweighted GPA of 4.0. This hard-working group of students were recognized at senior awards night and will feature prominently at the graduation ceremony on June 10th. Congratulations on your accomplishments! Pictured from left to right, top row: Marius Behrens, Aren Pageler, Colette Borsodi, Brianna Lohman, Eroz Fabian. Bottom row, left to right: Sydney Blouin and Aliah McCord.

Cal Teach student August Mandal along with Harbor science teacher Matt Schutz and his Harbor High science team students shatter Tulips and Fava Beans using liquid nitrogen. That is a phenomenon! At minus 320 degrees Fahrenheit, liquid nitrogen is so cold that it turned the flower into a solid that shatters when it hits the counter.

Harbor senior Rebecca Lee signs her letter of intent to play volleyball at Division 3 Lewis and Clark next fall. Miss Lee has been honored with first team all SCCAL and female athlete of the year for the Pirates this year. Congratulations to Rebecca and her family!

By Ryan Masters, Santa Cruz Sentinel SANTA CRUZ >> When the Spanish colonizers imposed Catholicism on the indigenous communities of Oaxaca in the 16th century, forcing them to covert to Christianity, the native people resisted by blending elements of their rituals into this new religion. This blend of cultures is celebrated as Guelaguetza, which is a Zapotec Indian word that means “gift of sharing.” It’s an annual festival celebrated in the seven regions of the Mexican state of Oaxaca, but increasingly in communities in the United States as well. In its 11th year, Santa Cruz’s Vive Oaxaca Guelaguetza brings together the region’s Oaxacan community on the Harbor High School football field to honor the gods for providing ample rain and a bountiful harvest with music, dance, food and an open air market.

Host families are urgently being sought for next school year and semester 2016-17. The students, from Germany, Italy, Sardinia, Mexico, and France are eager to become part of an American family and experience high school life. Make a life-long friendship between families. It happens! Interests of our international students include languages, competitive swimming, classical & hip-hop dance, art, theatre, movies, tennis, cooking!, kick boxing, photography and guitar. SUMMER GROUPS NEED HOMES TOO. Students have a busy day-time schedule of English class, afternoon activities & all-day excursion. Host Family teenagers can join us! Two & three weeks: Italians - July 7-22 and July 22 - August 6 French - July 30 - August 23 International Student Services Santa Cruz is a locally based program linking our area with overseas friends for the last 32 years. Please call NOW for more information about the students and program: Sandi Spanfelner [email protected] 831-335-3088 or 831-419-9633

The Harbor Boosters helped us recognize just over 25% of our student population with an academic, attendance, or reclassification to English award on Thursday, April 28. Students who received an academic award earned a grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher for the fall and spring semesters of 2015. We look forward to continuing these celebrations of our students' hard work. Coming up is our annual Senior Awards Night on May 26 to recognize seniors who have earned scholarships, are in the top 10% GPA of their class and have been recognized by their teachers as outstanding students.

As many of you know, Ecuador was recently hit with a 7.8 Earthquake. The destruction and disruption of countless lives is a palpable warning of how important it is to be prepared for natural disasters at home, and in the classroom. While Ecuador might seem far away, a small community which is very close to our hearts, was devastated. This community has housed over 75 Harbor students over the past six years, kept them safe and sound and made sure that they were respected as travelers and as family. At Harbor, we have welcomed over 25 exchange students from this community, and will hopefully continue to welcome more in the years to come. Our travels to the Bahia community is what fueled the passion and inspiration for our students to start our own garden at Harbor, the Grow Quad Food Forest. GSE has set up a donation site, the link is below. Please take a moment to consider donating a small amount ($5.00 to 10.00) if you can (with the exchange rate that's really like $35.00). Every little bit helps.​ http://www.empowered.org/ecuador-earthquake-relief

ROP Photography instructor Larkin Wilson is a huge fan of Humans of New York (HONY) created by Brandon Stanton. HONY is a collection of quotes and short stories along with photographs of the people of NYC. The result is the subject of a vibrant and popular blog and now book series. After following the blog for many years Ms. Wilson was inspired to use this model to celebrate the vibrant student body and Harbor community. Ms. Wilson approached Soraya Lugo a senior and advanced photography student at Harbor and asked her to be the lead in creating the pilot HUMANS OF HARBOR HIGH (HOHH). When asked about this Lugo says, "I’ve known of Humans of New York for a while, it’s always been very intriguing to me. I love how genuine the interviewees responses are, always very honest, always very authentic. When Ms.Wilson first brought up the idea of doing sort of a mock up of HONY, but for Harbor, I was nervous to see how it might turn out. I’ve been working on it for a few weeks now, and the response has been incredible. Students are more than willing to share who they are with me, they’re really opening themselves up, and I think this will really unify the school. It goes to show we’re not so different from each other, yet still we’re still one of a kind." To follow the Humans of Harbor High blog visit: http://humansofharbor.tumblr.com

New found love, teenage angst, rebellion and starfish! Wait, what? In Harbor High’s production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, a timeless story and classic characters will come anew! Following spunky mermaid Ariel as she finds herself and her true love in the land above the water all the while dealing with an eccentric family – a sea god as a father, sea witch for an aunt, crab as supervisor, fish for a best friend and a pack of vivacious sisters- Disney’s The Little Mermaid is a show for all ages! Tickets are $12 general admission, and $10 students, seniors and Harbor staff. There will be six showings, April 23rd, 29th, 30th, and May 6th and 7th at 7:30 pm and a matinee on Sunday, April 24th at 2 pm. All showings will be held in Harbor High’s Little Theatre at 300 La Fonda Ave, Santa Cruz, CA, 95062. For further information, please contact 429-3810 x1210 or [email protected]. This one's a gem- not to be missed!

By Jessica A. York, Santa Cruz Sentinel SANTA CRUZ >> Amy Hedrick-Farr and her kitchen staff have been sneaking locally grown vegetables such as organic apples from Watsonville and dry-farmed tomatoes from Pescadero into Santa Cruz City Schools students’ lunches for the past seven months. Full article at http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/article/NE/20160316/NEWS/160319736

Harbor High School Parent Booster Club is hosting a screening of The Mask You Live In on Wednesday March 30 at 7 pm at the Harbor High School Little Theatre.The Mask You Live in premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. This film explores boys' struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America's narrow definition of masculinity. In the film, experts in neuroscience, psychology, sociology, sports, education, and media weigh in, presenting empirical evidence of what some are calling the "boy crisis" and offering tactics to combat it. The Mask You Live In ultimately illustrates how we, as a society, can raise a healthier generation of boys and young men. We encourage parents and their high school aged child to attend. It can begin vital discussions on how we teach gender for both boys and girls. We will be providing Spanish translation. This film is free and we encourage you to reserve a spot at Eventbrite.com or follow the link http://maskyoulivein-harbor-march30.eventbrite.com

The Harbor High Parent Boosters have a strong tradition of providing $500 Scholarships to graduating Seniors who plan on attending a 2 or 4 year college or trade school. For more info read below and download the application. Please share this with graduating seniors. The application is not tedious yet you do need at least one letter of recommendation. Students will be able to print out the application form that is attached or go online. The online form is not available yet but I will let you know as soon as it is. Please let me know if you have any questions about this. I am emailing you since Students may be nominated by teachers, counselors, and coaches and/or by filling out an HHPBC scholarship application. Sincerely - Kathy Ferraro Scholarship Committee Chair Due Date: May 12, 2016 Value: $500 GPA: Minimum 2.5 GPA How to apply: ● Students may be nominated by teachers, counselors, and coaches or may apply by filling out an HHPBC scholarship application Intent: ● To assist students who have shown an effort to improve in school and have made a contribution to the Harbor or local community. Criteria: ● Graduating Harbor High senior. ● Student in good standing. ● Must show evidence of involvement in school or community activities. ● Planning to attend accredited 2 4year college or trade school. ● Must submit at least one letter of recommendation. Scholarship funds are to pay for school expenses only (books, fees, tuition, etc.) and will be deposited in a school account in your name. Return your completed application to the Counseling Office.

Harbor High School's ROP Biotechnology was featured in the Santa Cruz Sentinel on February 17, 2016. Check out the article here!

The Harbor High Boys Varsity Soccer Team are the 2015-2016 Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League (SCCAL) Champions. The team was undefeated with a record of 10 wins, 2 ties, and 0 loses. It is the second time in four years that the Harbor High Boys Varsity Soccer Team has won the SCCAL league.

This article was posted as a Featured Case Study by Mitch Weathers of OrganizedBinder https://organizedbinder.com/2016/02/15/harbor-high-school-wins-gold-ribbon-award/: Two years ago Harbor High School implemented Organized Binder:Teacher. The effort, lead by principal Dick Davis, has been the model of a faculty committing to a reform initiative. All of the teachers who have participated in Organized Binder have committed to trainings, follow-up sessions, and implementing the system with fidelity and the results show their efforts. This past year Harbor High School was awarded the Gold Ribbon Award and received an additional award for being a Title I Academic Achieving School. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said, "These schools are academically successful, vibrant, and innovative centers of learning and teaching." You can see other Harbor High School highlights here. BACKGROUND When principal Davis got the news that Harbor was being given these prestigious awards he contacted us to share the good news. He sent us a letter explaining that Harbor's application was focused on the school's work with Organized Binder. Excerpts from his letter are below: FEEDBACK "Big Picture: Building student-ness through using structures - Organized Binder", a letter to Organized Binder from Dick Davis, principal of Harbor HIgh School. "The Gold Ribbon visit forced us to examine our work with the Organized Binder. We built our application for this statewide recognition based on our implementation of Organized Binder. As we worked on our application "To build Student-ness" sounded good on paper; As we found out this week it is real. We are building student-ness using this system of organization. Organized Binder is guiding students to learning organization skills and helping teachers structure their lessons. For the visit we gathered ten students to meet with the folks from the County Office, this is what they had to say: “The most impressive part was that when we asked “what part of the binder has helped you the most” we got five different answers. This made us think that Organized Binder is working on many different levels and helping kids who have different needs. Some kids felt the Weekly Lifeline (Page B) was the most helpful because it kept them centered on the key area of the class. Students liked that they got a chance to think about the lesson in the Learning Log. They also said it helped them study for the test. Some students said that the Agenda (Page C) helped them stay on top of the assignments while others talked about the Academic Toolkit (Page F) as being the section that helped them the most because they could refer to it to do homework and to study for tests.” Our Gold Ribbon visitors noted that the students had a common language to talk about their classes - "they all knew what a C Page was and they all could talk about the Academic Toolkit and they knew that class starts with a Kick-off prompt and that it ends with a Learning Log that reflects on what they learned during the period." They also reported that the students were incredibly proud of their binders. It was their work. They could "see" that they were learning something by the volume alone. In writing up their gleanings from talking with the teachers, they noted that the teachers felt that Organized Binder had an impact on their teaching: Teachers agreed using the binder pushed them to have a purpose for each lesson, to prepare a prompt for the starter that related to the previous day or previewed the lesson. They also talked about how the Learning Log (Page B) pushed them to think about a closing question or activity each day. It was clear to them that the Weekly Lifeline (Page B) was a powerful formative assessment and that it was obvious from their class visits that teachers used both the opener and the closure as ways to check for understanding. “In one class it was clear that the teacher had to re-evaluate based on the way that several students responded to the opening Kick-off prompt.” We discussed the impact Organized Binder has on the instructional norms that we have set for ourselves at Harbor High School: • Setting the Purpose • Checking for Understanding • Student Engagement All three of these instructional norms are embedded in the structure that is set up by using Organized Binder. Along these lines, one parent whose son is Special Education and struggles with organization, said that her son not only knows when the tests are in his classes that use Organized Binder, but that for the first time he seems to know what to study in those classes! We have done a lot and its impact has been bigger than I had realized. Students were more focused and were feeling more supported in those classes that were using this system. After our Gold Ribbon visitors left, I had a moment to clean up the office and was glancing at the binder that we put together for their visit. Looking at the timeline of implementation, I saw again that this was only our second year with this tool... Dick Davis"

This past weekend over 35 people joined Harbor's Grow Quad garden work day for it's 3rd annual exchange student visit. Students from Global Student Embassy's partnership programs in Ecuador and Nicaragua visited with Harbor's GSE and Grow Quad clubs to prepare our food forrest, getting it ready for Spring. Students from Soquel and Santa Cruz high were in attendance as well, bridging the gap between the three high schools in our district! Students worked on art projects for the garden, building a retaining wall to help stop water based erosion, weeding, and planting cover crop seed. Our AP Spanish students were also able to work on their Seal of Biliteracy by volunteering and practicing their Spanish with our Ecuadorian and Nicaraguan students. To check out the article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel about the event, click here! For more information about Harbor's Grow Quad garden, please visit www.growquad.org.

The Student Store is now open every Friday at lunch in front of the finance office. Stop by and grab pirate apparel to show your school spirit! Beanies are $15, socks are $12, harbor lanyards are $10, pirate pride bags are $5, and pirate eye patches are $1. Arrrrrrr!

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Saturday, January 30th marks the 6th annual Latino Role Model Conference. This exciting event brings together Latino professionals from a variety of careers to show students and their parents that they can achieve their dreams and to promote a "college going culture." Students and parents are invited to meet with great Latinos who will share with you the key to success. This event has grown so much in popularity that it will be at the Crocker Theater at Cabrillo College. Lunch is included in the conference!

An exciting college event will be hosted by Harbor High on January 25th. The college fair is organized by the Regional Admission Counselors of California, promoting out-of-state educational opportunities for Californians. The informational event includes: Options that exist beyond California for college Benefits of out of state schools Examples of scholarship opportunities Financial aid and costs Student life and diversity How to find your "match" school This event is not just for Harbor students. All parents and students who are in interested should attend on Monday, January 25th from 6:30-8:30 in the Harbor MPR at 300 La Fonda Ave, Santa Cruz.

Donna Marie Stahl was nominated by the Santa Cruz County ROP program as their Educator of the Year nominee for 2015. Donna Marie teaches Medical Technology and Health Careers at Harbor High School and has been with ROP for 6 ½ years. Last night she represented ROP at the Educator of the Year Dinner at Seascape Golf Course in Aptos. Donna Marie, congratulations and thank you for your excellent service.

Congratulations to Rene for her nomination of Region Five Educator of the Year. Her leadership, vision and energy has been a force school wide; her work in the classroom is masterful. Twenty minutes in Rene’s class revitalizes the observer—her connection to students builds student confidence as they approach the work Rene crafts for them. Done with joy and patience, skill and creativity, her class exemplifies what it means to be student centered and academically focused.