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All three Academic League teams finished the regular season undefeated with perfect 6-0 records!
Voices From The Ridge
All three Academic League teams finished the regular season undefeated with perfect 6-0 records!
As students become accustomed to the Harkness style learning and the service learning aspects of Pacific Ridge,the seventh grade program focuses on fostering an environment of exploration by offering new ways to think, communicate, and collaboratively address real-world issues. Throughout the seventh-grade program, students are offered opportunities to challenge themselves; students delve into a range of subjects, fostering interdisciplinary connections and critical thinking.
The BSU was honored at the recent NAACP Youth Council Black History brunch.
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The Regional Student Diversity Summit (RSDS) is a one-day student-organized conference that brings together students and faculty from Southern California's independent high schools. The planning committee for RSDS includes students from four San Diego independent schools: The Bishop's School, Francis Parker School, La Jolla Country Day, and Pacific Ridge School.
Pacific Ridge School has always been interested in the kind of growth and learning that comes from failure and discomfort. Any parent, grown adult, and educator knows that young people learn more deeply and more rapidly in moments of “failure” and “discomfort” than at any other time. As a result, since our inception, we built the Pacific Ridge program to be full of opportunities for both.
However, nowhere is Pacific Ridge School’s commitment to growth and development through “failure” and “discomfort” more prominent than it is in ninth grade.
Hear from Pacific Ridge's newest Upper School deans. History teacher and member of the 9th grade team, Heather Veit will serve as the new 9th Grade Dean, and math teacher Diane Sage who has been an integral member of the 11th and 12th grade teams over the past several years will serve as the new 12th Grade Dean.
At Pacific Ridge School, students develop local and statewide civic relationships through intentional engagement with the Carlsbad community, as well as local and state leaders. This past year the students built meaningful connections through service and outreach, and look to continue that progress this school year.
Much of the education narrative around ChatGPT has focused on the potential downsides of the AI tool (think Skynet from “The Terminator”).
The New York Times recently ran a series of opinion pieces answering the question, “What is School for?”
Inspired by the topic, our AP English Language teachers asked their 11th and 12th grade students to explore this question themselves. Following are four of their thoughtful essays.
Students, Parents, Family Members, Faculty, Staff, on behalf of our Board of Trustees, welcome to Commencement, 2022 - the 12th in Pacific Ridge School history.
Balancing rigorous academic study with joy in learning, particularly when it comes to project-based learning, may seem impossible. However, in my ninth-grade English class, we manage to do just that.