Escuelas de la ciudad de Santa Cruz

Katie Rowe Kierys, Santa Cruz High School

Funding will go towards the ENVOLVE Inclusion Training for students Grade 9-12. Students will be able to participate in the life-changing program, build trust, community and encourage students to give more to others.

 

Meg Finn, Gault Elementary (Title 1)*

Funding will go towards TK-Kinder environmental literacy project in conjunction with Earth Day that will address a significant need for structured sustainability education. This project will empower students to take pride in their role as caretakers of the Earth and will strengthen Gault’s commitment to fostering informed, responsible, and environmentally conscious learners.

 

Josh Toback, Delaveaga Elementary, Harbor High School (Title 1)*, Soquel High School

Funds will be used by Mental Health Specialist in counseling facilitation, making the most of counseling sessions, and incorporating tools that support students with ASD and ADHD challenges.

 

Jennifer Mauermen, Costanoa (Title 1)*

Funds will go towards library "Browsing Bins" for young readers at Costanoa Continuation High School. This will create a brand new and permanent section of the library, equipped with appropriate and culturally relatable titles, that gives Costanoa students more agency in the library and encourage more reading and increases literacy.

 

Jessica Hoffschneider, Soquel High School

Funding will go towards Special Education resources helping high school students with disabilities learn to read more fluently. Evidence Based Literacy Instruction (EBLI) takes a speech-to-print approach, lightening the cognitive load on students. 

 

Shanna Kiesz, Delaveaga Elementary

Funds will go towards mental health wellness and anxiety reduction tools for Kindergarten students.

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Marco Lucadano- Soquel High School

Funding will go towards an immersive art project deeply tied with Teen Dating Violence Awareness. Students will have ability to create scenes and symbolic representations of boundaries—such as lines, barriers, or contrasts between supportive and harmful interactions. Students can create moments that visually suggest empowerment, communication, autonomy, and consent. Having access to varied visual elements helps them experiment with metaphors and imagery that set the tone for visual concepts that youth can easily comprehend and more importantly, encourage them to make smart and healthy decisions in their relationships and protect one another.

 

Moshe Vilozny, Gault Elementary (Title 1)*

Gault has been the only elementary without Xylophones and other key instruments. This funding will go towards parity to ensure that Gault and the students have access to the same instruments as the other elementary schools have.

 

Mandy Rubin, Gault Elementary (Title 1)*

Funding will go towards STEAM materials that also encourage mental health wellness, and social emotion learning (SEL) for transitional kindergarten.

 

Ryan Oberlin, Branciforte Middle School (Title 1)*

Funding will go towards consumables (reeds, repairs, cleaning tools). Branciforte Middle School Music program has expanded exponentially, however as a Title 1 school, many families are unable to help support the program financially to match the need. Covering these costs will help alleviate the strain of resources on this strong and developing music program.  

 

Max Bryer Bass, Costanoa/ARK (Title 1)*

Funds will help support the creation of a dedicated Wellness space for Mental Health support services at Costanoa. Many Costanoa/ARK students have experienced trauma, and associated mental health challenges that have seriously disrupted their lives as well as their education. Many students do not receive mental health services independent of school, and school may be the only place they have access to consistent, free and quality counseling. This space will encourage students to receive help in a safe and welcoming space. 

 

Gary Resendes, Harbor High School (Title 1)*

Funding will go towards mental health resources at Harbor High School, specifically for "Wellness Weeks," which promote education and awareness, and prevention of youth suicide.

 

Jessica Brooks, Branciforte Middle School (Title 1)*

Funding will go toward more LGBTQ and Racially inclusive Project LIT titles, as well as addressing "book deserts," in the homes of Branciforte students and their families, making sure that quality, relevant  literature is available in all students homes.

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*A Title 1 school has 40% or more students who are low-income and qualify for free or reduced lunch.