Pacific Ridge School winter newsletter 2017

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The Gift of Time

FROM THE RIDGE |

TEN YEARS!

A Decade Along

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Artistic Flourish

WINTER 2017

A DECADE of Breaking Ground and Building a School

10 Global Reflections 13 Firebirds for Ten Years 14 Hockey Club Hits Ice

Pacific Ridge School Board of Trustees at the school’s first groundbreaking ceremony, February 27, 2007

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Ten years can seem like a short time or a long time, depending on one’s point of view.

At Pacific Ridge, it feels like the best of both. When I visit with alumni who are starting careers all over the country, it seems like just yesterday that, coffee cup in hand, I greeted them as they spilled out of their carpools, fresh faced and ready for Middle School. On the other hand, when I consider the breadth of our programs or walk through the beautiful campus we have built, I recall all the committed people, the faith, hard work, short-term setbacks and longterm accomplishments that turned an idea into a school. A great, great school.

As a community working together, we have made the most of ten years.

In this issue of View From the Ridge, you will read reflections by several members of our community about our past and our present: thoughts about how we live our mission statement, musings about ten years as a measure of time, observations about our global program, and more. In these pages you can also follow the progression of Pacific Ridge School through a timeline of significant moments. Enjoy!

This spring we are celebrating our first decade as a school, starting in late February when we mark the 10-year anniversary of our campus groundbreaking. I welcome our entire community to join in our celebrations, as we look back with appreciation and forward with confidence.

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PACIFIC RIDGE’S MISSION and the

GIFT of TIME Over the course of my career as a teacher and administrator in schools from West Africa to Colorado,

I have visited dozens of schools and read even more mission statements. Knowing that a school’s mission reflects its core values, I sought out Pacific Ridge’s mission statement when I was a candidate for my current position as Assistant Head of School. As a result, Pacific Ridge earned my respect and admiration long before I stepped foot on campus. The three pillars —academic excellence, ethical responsibility, and global engagement—resonated with me and led me to read every course description, staff bio, even photo caption I could find. Eager to understand what distinguished this school from others, I devoured images of athletic contests, theatrical performances, and adventures in the great outdoors.

The school’s programs stood out to me as remarkable, primarily because they reflected the tenets of the mission.

And now that I am a community member here, I can attest that my daily observations confirm what I suspected from my online research: Pacific Ridge lives its mission. While what Pacific Ridge does initially caught my attention, how our school enacts its values distinguishes us from many peer institutions. In particular, I bring attention to something many might not think about in terms of a school’s mission: time. That is, our schedule—daily, weekly and yearly.

Not surprisingly, academic classes form the weekly schedule, augmented by community time such as Announcements and Advisory; Service Learning; Clubs; and grade-level time.

Research shows that longer class periods (80 minutes) allow for deeper, more sustained treatment of the material, and our academic courses follow this model. Also, our classes meet

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…in my experience, Pacific Ridge truly lives its mission, and its intentional and studentfocused schedule is just one example of this.

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every other day, resulting in fewer transitions and less homework on a nightly basis.

We recognize that community building does not happen without carving out space and time to succeed academically, so we do.

Our commitment to serving and stewardship is evident in the weekly schedule as well. Unlike other schools, Pacific Ridge does not bring attention to the number of hours students devote to service. Though students do devote hundreds of hours to Service Learning over the course of six years, the program emphasizes quality over quantity. And, because Service Learning is built into the school day, students do not have to sacrifice other kinds of activities (athletics and performing arts, for example) in order to take part. Making Service Learning a regular part of the school experience is one way that Pacific Ridge prepares students for purposeful lives.

Like service, club participation is optional at some schools, squeezing the time available for students to gather around shared interests. By integrating clubs into our school day, we honor the significance of developing and sustaining extra-academic interests.

Our yearly calendar grants most of its time to academics, but leaves two weeks at the end of the

year for global programs. Classes end in May and then the vast majority of students and teachers venture out into the world, where they experience language immersion, service projects, cultural exploration, and more. While we are not the only school that offers international academic and service opportunities, these excursions are optional at many schools, functioning as a supplement to the curriculum or as a privilege for selected students. Our global programs happen during the school year, not during vacations, and all students can participate. We give more than lip service to global engagement; we give time — so that global engagement is connected to the rest of the Pacific Ridge student experience.

Many schools say that they are student-centered.

Many say they are mission-driven. But in my experience Pacific Ridge truly lives its mission, and its intentional and student-focused schedule is just one example of this. Co-curricular opportunities are considered integral to an academically strong and purposeful education, and we make time for them in a way that benefits all of our students.

Dr. Sidra Smith Assistant Head

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Pacific Ridge–a Decade Along:

ONE HISTORIAN’S PERSPECTIVE

Musings from Upper School Co-Head and history teacher, Allegra Molineaux As a history teacher, I think about decades all the time. Historians love units of measurement that group the random, chaotic events of human history into meaningful stories. We speak of “eras,” “periods,” “ages,” “generations” and you guessed it, “decades”—collections of events that looked at together form a narrative that helps us to understand the past. Given my love of thinking about history in units of time, perhaps it’s no surprise that I would like to argue that we should not think about Pacific Ridge as being “ten years old,” but rather talk about how Pacific Ridge has just completed its “first decade.”

Decades allow us to think about units of time in holistic, rather than linear, ways.

When one considers, say, the Sixties, it’s hard not to have a rush of sounds, images, and ideas all flood the brain at the same moment— the Beatles, anti-war protests, “I have a dream…”, Woodstock, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and much more clamor for equal attention, allowing us to compare, combine, juxtapose, and intertwine disparate concepts and events.

So if we commit to thinking about the last ten years as Pacific Ridge’s “first decade,” we see not a parade of students passing through one after another like a factory, but rather a kaleidoscope of all of our 4 VIEW FROM THE RIDGE

events, traditions, teachers, staff, students, and alumni speaking to each other across time. Our first volleyball game ever can stand alongside our winning basketball championship, our early halting ninth-grade orators can grow before our eyes into alumni who are now professional newscasters, and our small first graduating class enjoys the same traditions as our now current seniors as they walk across the stage to collect their diplomas. Since our community stays connected, returning again and again for Gingerbread Breakfasts and alumni events, the weaving together of time that a “decade” perspective represents highlights who we truly are as a community.

Another powerful feature of thinking in decades and similar units of time is that it allows us to zoom in on the granular details of specific moments and then zoom out to

broader historical perspectives in a way that helps us see the ways in which we all—founders, current and former students, parents, faculty, staff—remain bound together as part of the Pacific Ridge community, despite the passage of time.

Some of our most inspiring Service Learning groups were started by our founding classes in the early years of the school and still continue today.

The students who lead these groups not only engage in meaningful, important service work, but also the projects they work on reach back years before they took them on and will continue to exist and grow long after they graduate. Traditions

work this way as well—each and every one of our students will have participated in incredible experiences such as 9 th-grade Orations, the 10thgrade trip to the Northern Sierras, and Senior Retreat, where the class that is about to graduate spends key time together before scattering to the four winds for college. Looking back at the “first decade” of Pacific Ridge reminds us of our connection to long-term projects and traditions that bring meaning to our work and a strong sense of identity about what it is to be a Firebird.

And we love our Firebirds, past and present. One of the most gratifying aspects of being a decade-old school is that many of the people who were key in the founding years and witness to Pacific Ridge “firsts” are still visible, active members of the community, rather than figures from a distant past. Alumni return to attend

graduation, to discuss their college experiences, and to lead global trips, while their parents continue to judge 9 th-grade Orations, attend lectures, and give ongoing support for our growing campus. This gives us the opportunity to honor and thank those who have helped shape our school, and show them the incredible, continuous impact of their contributions.

As we begin to celebrate our 10-year anniversary, I want to encourage our community to look back and talk not about our “first ten years,” but rather about our “first decade.”

This one small phrase will help us to see everything we have done as a collective experience, made possible by those who believe in a shared vision, that links past to present and looks to the future with hope and excitement.

And we love our Firebirds, past and present.

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10 Milestones + Moments

from Pacific Ridge School’s

TEN

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FIRST DECADE

Pacific Ridge School’s Beginnings 2002 F ounding families begin discussions

THE ORIGINAL CAMPUS CONSISTED OF FOUR, SMALL MODULAR BUILDINGS AND AN ALL-PURPOSE TENNIS COURT.

for a new school

2003 “ First Circle Donors” begin tradition of generous financial support

2004 Pacific Ridge School mission statement developed

2005 Dr. Eileen Mullady named founding

Founding families took a risk on a vision and an inspired mission statement.

Head of School

2006 D r. Mullady hires Dr. Bob Ogle to assist with

FOUNDING STUDENTS ENROLLED BEFORE THE CAMPUS WAS BUILT!

building school

TOPIC OF THE FIRST HARKNESS CONVERSATION? WATER.

2007 • Groundbreaking on 7.5-acre campus • School opens for 108 students, grades 7 & 9 • F ounding Athletic Director Darren Lawlor ORIGINAL FIREBIRDS LOGO

launches first athletic season

2008 • First global trips to China and Marin • 186 students enrolled, 8th & 10th grades added • 4.5 additional acres purchased

THE 9 TH-GRADE CHINA TRIP PUT OUR GLOBAL TRAVEL PROGRAM ON THE MAP.

2009 • First School Musical: “Once Upon A Mattress” • First trips to Washington, D.C.

TO ACHIEVE A FULL CAST, “ONCE UPON A MATTRESS,” WAS AN ALL-GRADES AFFAIR.

and Northern Sierras • First 8th-grade promotion • Upper School groundbreaking • 288 students enrolled, 11th grade added

ALL IN A DAY’S WORK: LIKE A BARN-RAISING, WALLS FOR THE NEW LEED-GOLD CERTIFIED UPPER SCHOOL BUILDING WERE RAISED AND PLACED IN A SINGLE DAY.

2010 • Athletic field installed • First 11th/12th-grade global trips • Upper School building completed

STUDENTS HELPED LAUNCH THE ATHLETIC CENTER CONSTRUCTION BY DIGGING GIANT “FIREBIRDS”LETTERS ON THE SITE OF THE FUTURE BUILDING.

• 363 students enrolled, 12th grade added

2011 • Athletic Center groundbreaking • Dr. Ogle joins Dr. Mullady as Co-Head of School • First Pacific Ridge Commencement (49 students)

DR. MULLADY AND DR. OGLE EXCHANGED PENS IN A CEREMONY MARKING THE START OF THEIR WORK TOGETHER AS CO-HEADS OF SCHOOL.

2012 • Athletic Center opening •A Cappella sings at Carnegie Hall

We built our community on a foundation of respect and acceptance.

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YEARS CONTINUED

2013

• Upper School building named Mullady Hall • Dr. Mullady retires, Dr. Ogle becomes Head of School • First middle school musical “The BoyFriend” • 502 students enrolled

MIDDLE SCHOOLERS PERFORMED THEIR OWN FIRST, FULLY-STAGED MUSICAL, “THE BOYFRIEND,” IN 2013.

2014 • Middle School and Arts & Tech Center groundbreaking • Construction takes over middle of campus • Global Vantage wins top journalism award • First STEAM courses offered

STUDENTS IN SERVICE LEARNING GROUP GLOBAL VANTAGE RECEIVE THE EDMUND J. SULLIVAN AWARD,THE HIGHEST HONOR OFFERED BY THE COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION.

Still building, still growing.

In 2014, Pacific Ridge School broke a world record for the world’s largest African dance when 504 students and faculty simultaneously danced the Pata Pata.

IN MARCH OF 2015, THE ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY TRAVELED TO THE CIF CHAMPIONSHIPS TO WITNESS THE BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM’S THRILLING, COME-FROMBEHIND VICTORY. STUDENTS POUR INTO THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ARTS & TECHNOLOGY CENTER WHEN THEY OPEN IN EARLY 2015.

2015 • Whole school cheers Boys Basketball CIF win •M iddle School and Arts & Tech Center completed • Founding alumni graduate from college •A dvanced Theater performs at Edinburgh Fringe Festival •A dditional parking completed (good-bye Loker lot!)

2016 • 577 students enrolled •C ommunity design sessions for new

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library / innovation center

• 10-year celebrations begin!

THE SERVICE LEARNING & CLUBS PROGRAMS HOSTED THEIR 10TH FALL FEST IN OCTOBER OF 2016

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ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL, the Philanthropy Office would like to thank all those who had faith in Pacific Ridge School and contributed their time, effort and dollars to help build the wonderful school we enjoy today.

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GLOBAL REFLECTIONS

In our 10th Year: An interview with Global Programs Director Justin Symington

Q. H as the Global Travel Program changed much over the years?

A. I n some ways yes, in some ways no. We’ve grown tremendously, from sending two small classes of students to the Marin Headlands and China in our first year, to sending over 600 students and faculty all across the world as we do now. There are huge differences in logistics and communication when a program gets larger and I think our trips have gotten even better over time. But, I would say that the goals and philosophy of the program are essentially the same as when we started.

Q. W hat is distinct about the philosophy?

A. W ell, one thing people don’t always realize is how carefully crafted the progression of trips is.

Our goal is to graduate confident world travelers and citizens, but that takes time to develop. The 7th and 8th grade trips (to Big Bear and Washington, DC) emphasize leadership and teamwork skills while asking students to think about themselves as local and 10 VIEW FROM THE RIDGE

good sense of what they want to explore when they go.

Q. H ow do students reflect back on their travel experiences?

VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL, 2013

national citizens. In 9 th grade, the China experience places students in radically different surroundings than North County San Diego, challenging them to immerse themselves culturally in both urban and rural settings. The 10 thgrade trip to the Northern Sierras exposes students to a physically demanding environment and shows them how much they can master when they work as a team. Those four years are really important for our 11th and 12 th graders to have under their belts when they select their upper class trips. At that point they are ready to engage with communities anywhere in the world—urban, rural, developed, developing. And they have a

A. T hey are proud of themselves for getting comfortable with discomfort, whether that means navigating unknown roads, a new language, or a peer group with whom they are traveling. They see how the trips build confidence and competence, and they recognize

CHINA, 2011

We are the only school that I know of that commits to global engagement in this way and to this degree.

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Global Programs Director Justin Symington, Upper School Co-Head Allegra Molineaux and 9th-Grade Dean Sarah Peeden work day and night during the travel period to stay in touch with all travel groups and communicate with families back in San Diego.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY – BALTIMORE, 2010

SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS, 2013

Q. H ow do 11th and 12 th graders choose their trips?

how being “on the ground” changes they way they learn and act. For example, helping to start a school in India is a great idea but very abstract, and students quickly learn the logistics and challenges involved when they travel there.

Q. I s there a trip that students particularly like?

A. By the time students are juniors and seniors they have so many options that the favored trip is really the one best suited to a student’s academic and personal interests. But I will say that the sleeper hit has been the 10 th-grade Northern Sierras backpacking trip. Students travel in small groups, and working together to live as a unit in the wilderness creates a special bond. Plus, I’m a real fan of the outdoors, and think anyone who has spent time camping knows how fantastic it can be to unplug, get out of your element and explore nature.

EL SALVADOR, 2014

CAMBODIA, 2016

A. T he students and their families truly see these trips as an investment in the student.

As such, they are seeking trips that are literally a “once-in-alifetime” opportunity. This means something different for each person, but the students get most excited for those trips that offer a chance for them to explore a topic they are passionate about with an expedition they could not arrange on their own. For instance, the South Africa trip is a perennial favorite because it launches directly out of a year-long Post-colonial Africa elective course and is led by Chris Webber, who teaches the class and who hails from South Africa. Students choose from a wide variety of themedriven trips that represent just about every continent.

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ARTISTIC

FLOURISH

Firebirds Grow in Visual Arts Program

Pacific Ridge’s Middle School arts program asks students to spend each trimester immersing themselves in a different visual or performing arts class. For some students, that initial experience leads to a singular, in-depth focus on one art form that lasts throughout their Pacific Ridge experience.

AVA CLAXTON ’18 // Drawing Junior Ava Claxton’s drawing skills have blossomed since she began exploring the medium as part of her 8th-grade arts rotation in Mr. Oakes’ Studio Art class. She decided to focus her Pacific Ridge arts education on drawing, studying with Mr. Oakes for nearly four years. Ava appreciates both the opportunity for such a singular focus, and also the tools at her disposal, which “allow you to work in mediums you wouldn’t normally consider, like watercolor or Canson paper.” Her work speaks for itself - the details of her realistic drawings are barely distinguishable from a photograph.

CHARLIE CLARKE ’17 // Photography Senior Charlie Clarke, who has been in the photography program since she was in eighth grade, seconds the idea that working with the same teacher over the years has enhanced her artistic growth. Under the guidance of photography teacher Alison Behr, she has moved from landscapes to portraiture, and now even does lifestyle and product shoots. “If you are committed, you’ll really grow as a photographer in the program,” says Charlie. One proof of this: Charlie has many satisfied clients and now charges for some of her photo shoots.

DEREK ENGE ’17 // Graphic Design Senior Derek Enge discovered graphic design during seventh grade, and it was love at first sight. Now a senior in Advanced Graphic Design/AP 2-D Studio Art, he has moved from technical to conceptual work as he finds his personal voice. His deep familiarity with the design process has also seeped into his other work: “The artistic process of going from concept to design to actually producing it can be applied to so many different things. I’ve already started using a similar process writing essays where I’ve got a general idea, put a bunch of things down on paper, see how they look and then go from there.”

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ALUMNISNAPSHOT FIREBIRDS FOR TEN YEARS AND COUNTING

JACQUIE AND ASH How has each of your children’s experiences helped you see a different aspect of Pacific Ridge School?

Not surprisingly, each of our children is different and their PRS experiences have allowed us to be enriched with a broad array of opportunities available for all Firebirds: lacrosse, cross country, soccer, volleyball, basketball, flag football, musicals, plays, vocal ensemble, water polo, Science Olympiad, Model UN, SEGL [The School for Ethics and Global Leadership], Rwanda, Israel, South Africa, Costa Rica, Belize, China - the list goes on. Each opportunity is filled with learning and enhanced perspective.

NICOLE COLLEGE: Chapman University, B.A. in Psychology and Organizational Leadership CURRENTLY: Working several jobs, including as a substitute teacher at Pacific Ridge!

THE IBRAHIM / HART FAMILY Parents Jacquie and Ash, children Nicole (’11), Tony (’13), and Sofia (’20) joined Pacific Ridge School when it opened in 2007. Over the past ten years, they have watched Pacific Ridge mature from a fledgling institution to an established school with six graduated classes and a full campus.

In addition to sending all three of their children to Pacific Ridge, the Harts have hosted international students at Pacific Ridge for the past five years.

What are three words you would use to describe the benefits of your Pacific Ridge experience?

Integration! Integration! Integration! Through the brilliant notion that everything is connected, I was able to find underlying themes within my classes that deepened my understanding of the world around me.

Integration and my ability to think critically empowered me to ask thought-provoking questions of my professors, classmates, and anyone I met, opening my eyes to a whole new world of connected thought.

TONY COLLEGE: George Washington University for three years CURRENTLY: At Harvard University completing his degree in International Relations

What are some qualities that Pacific Ridge helped you define and develop?

Without a shadow of a doubt, PRS helped me define and develop the qualities necessary to be a global citizen. From facilitating difficult conversations between Israeli and Palestinian youth while in the Middle East, to discussing post-colonial Africa over dinner in Cape Town with one of Mandela’s former jailers, Pacific Ridge introduced me to the world in a way that no textbook could have accomplished.

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Pacific Ridge Hockey Club

HITS THE ICE

Coach and Counselor Juan Trevino Puts HOCKEY and WELL-BEING into Play One might not think of Southern California

as a hub for ice hockey, but don’t tell that to the NHL. Club programs are burgeoning, a hockey culture is developing and the professional league is supporting the expansion of the sport into high school programs.

Historically, local ice hockey has lived solely in the realm of club sports and can require dizzying commitments of time and money from players and their families.

The idea of playing the sport they love as part of a high school athletic program is appealing to many athletes in the community.

Being an athlete

When Juan Trevino was approached by coaches, players and parents about establishing a high school team, Trevino was intrigued. A former ACHA Division 1 hockey player and a fixture in the San Diego hockey community for ten years, Coach Trevino saw the opportunity to build a unique program that combined the competitiveness of club hockey with an emphasis on student-athlete players. All they needed was a school.

does not have to

Enter Pacific Ridge.

The team vision really reflects the bigger picture of the school’s mission…

overtake one’s commitment to being a student and a citizen.

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Working in collaboration with Pacific Ridge Athletic Director Hans Richter and the Carlsbad Unified School District and led primarily by club coach Todd Cadieux, Trevino took up the idea of a “blended” team, one that would bring together

STUDENTS ARE EQUALLY PLEASED TO HAVE COACH TREVINO ON BOARD.

students throughout San Diego’s North County. With the school’s enthusiastic support, the team debuted last season as Carlsbad United, and evolved this year into Pacific Ridge Hockey Club with Pacific Ridge as the flagship school.

At present, the club includes thirty JV and Varsity players from four different schools: Pacific Ridge, San Marcos High School, Sage Creek High School, and Oceanside High School, with Pacific Ridge contributing eight players.

Trevino could not be more pleased with the developing program.

“Pacific Ridge is pushing the envelope for independent school hockey by pushing the skill level beyond what was thought possible,” he says. “And no other clubs manage this schedule,”

which typically sends players home from practice at Carlsbad’s Icetown Rink by 5:30 p.m. so that they can complete homework and be with their families. “The team vision really reflects the bigger picture of the school’s mission,” says Trevino, “Being an athlete does not have to overtake one’s commitment to being a student and a citizen.”

Asked about the future of hockey at Pacific Ridge, Trevino talks about hoping to have a “pure” team,

COACH TREVINO, A FORMER ACHA DIVISION 1 HOCKEY PLAYER, IS A FIXTURE IN THE SAN DIEGO HOCKEY COMMUNITY.

hockey-speak for an entirely Pacific Ridge-filled roster, in the next four years. He would also like to hire an elite-level coach who can take athletes to the next level. “I want them to have every opportunity for highly competitive play,” he says.

Coaching Outside the Rink Even students who don’t play hockey are likely to recognize Mr. Trevino, who began at Pacific Ridge this year as a Student Support Specialists tasked with fostering students’ social and emotional well-being.

“I am both a resource and a problem solver,”

says Trevino, who has spent years as a clinical social worker in educational settings. He also teaches a 10th-grade health course.

Asked to draw parallels between his role as a coach and as a counselor, Trevino calls them “one and the same. In both cases, one sets goals and asks what the sequence is to get there.”

One technique he uses is to positively reframe experiences, emphasizing that winning or losing is not the most important outcome: “If the only measurement is whether we win or lose, we will inevitably come up short. I emphasize other elements,

like integrity and hard work, which tend to lead to wins in the long run.” The team, he adds, is a “family system that sometimes needs repair to remain sound.”

Though he is only a few short months into his tenure at Pacific Ridge, Trevino is flourishing in his role. He credits his quick assimilation to the collaborative approach among students, faculty, and staff, to small class sizes, and to attentive grade-level teams. “Each student here has several adults who really know and care about him or her.

No student is anonymous.”

Students are equally pleased to have Coach Trevino on board.

Aden Dinning ‘18 describes Trevino as “supportive, passionate, dedicated, knowledgeable, and encouraging” in his role as hockey coach.

When not coaching or counseling at Pacific Ridge, Mr. Trevino coaches his older daughter’s fast-pitch softball team or amateur boxes. He and his wife, Jen, live in Cardiff with their two daughters, ages 7 and 4.

His favorite movie, Miracle, probably comes as no surprise.

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GLOBAL TRAVEL

2017

7 TH GRADE Outdoor Leadership in Big Bear 8 TH GRADE Understanding U.S. Government in Washington, D.C. 9 TH GRADE Cultural Exploration in The People’s Republic of China 10TH GRADE Teamwork & Leadership in the Northern Sierras 11TH AND 12 TH GRADE Entrepreneurship in Austin, Texas| Reefs & Rainforests: Australia | Rainforest Ecology in Costa Rica | Cultural & Political Transitions in Cuba | Wilderness Medicine in the Eastern Sierras | Greece’s Refugee Crisis: Greece | NGOs and Rural Communities in India | Morocco: Gateway to Africa | The “Other Chinas”: Taiwan & Hong Kong | Rebuilding Lives & Communities: Thailand

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