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December 2008-U.S. News ranks PCS # 3 public high school in the nation

2008-National Blue Ribbon School

May 2008-Newsweek ranks PCS 13th in the list of top US public HS

December 2007-U.S. News ranks PCS # 2 public high school in the nation

May 21, 2007-Newsweek recognizes PCS as among America's "Public Elite" High Schools

2007-California Distinguished School

2007-College Board names PCS  top AP World History program in the US.

2006-California Charter School of the Year

                          PCS-A School that Challenges and Rewards:

Pacific Collegiate School ’s mission is to provide exemplary, standards- based college preparatory and fine arts education for public middle and high school students of Santa Cruz County and bordering areas. Our vision is to offer any student the same quality of education offered by the most academically distinguished schools in California . Our graduates will be prepared to enter and thrive at the world’s finest colleges and universities.

In addition to a core college preparatory curriculum, Pacific Collegiate School will emphasize international, cross-cultural, and technological education in order to prepare graduates for life in the 21st Century. Pacific Collegiate students will be introduced to the rich variety of world cultures and become fluent in at least one foreign language. They will become proficient in the basic information technologies essential for cultural literacy in the 21st Century.