Voices From The Ridge
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PRS Communications
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- Academics
PRS Communications
This year, Dr. Todd Burckin brought a new elective for juniors and seniors interested in further exploring the connection between science and technology.
- High School
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- Athletics
PRS Athletics
The Pacific Ridge Girls Volleyball team had one of their strongest seasons, ranking 3rd in the Coastal Conference, soaring to the finals of CIF regional, and causing an upset in the first game of the CIF state championship, feats they credit to the commitment of their team.
- Athletics
- Volleyball
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PRS Service Learning
Each year, Fall Fest fills the campus with booths of passionate students advocating for their projects and echoing the purpose that Pacific Ridge strives to instill within the student body. This year, over 35 student-led clubs, affinity/alliance groups, and service learning groups presented their work and future opportunities for the community to be involved.
- Service Learning
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- Academics
Abbie Qiu
This past weekend, our Model UN team flew to Toronto, Canada to participate in our first international conference!
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- Academics
Spencer Burrows
- Academics
- High School
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Students, Parents, Family Members, Faculty, Staff, on behalf of our Board of Trustees, welcome to Commencement, 2023 - the 13th in Pacific Ridge School history - and the day Pacific Ridge will hand over its 1,000th high school diploma. It’s true!
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Much of the education narrative around ChatGPT has focused on the potential downsides of the AI tool (think Skynet from “The Terminator”).
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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.
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Students, Parents, Family Members, Faculty, Staff, on behalf of our Board of Trustees, welcome to Commencement, 2022 - the 12th in Pacific Ridge School history.
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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.