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Do you want or need free school lunches during hybrid learning? They are available every day whether your child attends school in person or maintains distance learning.

Fill out this Google survey to notify food services:

SCCS Online Meal Pickup

Alternative Family Education
Info Evenings
Come join us on Zoom to meet the staff and hear about AFE!

AFE Zoom Info Evenings

6:30-7:30 pm

Tuesday 3/23/2021 or Thursday 4/22/2021

Please email peterdeutsch@sccs.net to get the Zoom invites.

Alternative Family is an independent home study school program for kindergarten through twelfth grade students and families who prefer an individualized approach to education, combined with the support of school district resources.

The program gives parents the responsibility to teach their own children with professional guidance from a credentialed teacher consultant. AFE is designed by and for homeschool/independent study families, with teacher consultants who are knowledgeable and supportive of home-based learning.

AFE also offers optional teacher- and parent-led enrichment classes on campus for all age groups in academic subjects, art, theater, and sports.

BSSC Health and Safety Family webinar

Interested in enrolling at AFE or Ark 6-12? Click on the link below and fill out our questionnaire.

Alternative Program Enrollment Questionnaire

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SCCS Board Meeting Calendar
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Family Support Networks Tuesday Nights

Posted on 09/14/2020

In collaboration with Santa Cruz City Schools, Positive Discipline Community Resources offers weekly Family Support Networks meetings Every Tuesday from 7-8 PM (in English & Spanish) via Zoom.

Please join us Tuesday evenings! Families can drop anytime or attend weekly. Topics are selected in advance by participants. Please take a moment to fill out this survey on topics to select to get the support you need!

Come with an open mind, root yourself in self-compassion and be ready to discuss a challenge you are facing or just listen in for support.

Survey Link (English)
Survey Link (Spanish)

Join Zoom Meeting 7-8pm English https://sccs-net.zoom.us/j/87267674828?pwd=UnBzZlBMOG04YXJoRDNOWFU2ZHpBZz09 Meeting ID: 872 6767 4828 Passcode: SCCS
Join Zoom Meeting 7-8pm Spanish https://sccs-net.zoom.us/j/85863983738?pwd=Vy8wY0FRdDFUMGRwSmRJWDMvb1gvQT09
Meeting ID: 858 6398 3738 Passcode: SCCS

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Community Foundation Santa Cruz County Scholarships

Updated on 12/20/2016

Apply now! We have 9 scholarships with a total of 16 available awards this year. Scholarships amounts range from $750 to $2,400, with several renewable for up to 3 years.

Bookshop Santa Cruz

BSSC has become an affiliate site for Bookshop Santa Cruz. Anything purchased through our affiliate link will be credited toward the purchase of new books for our library.

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About BSSC

The Branciforte Small Schools Campus (BSSC) has been located on the old Branciforte Elementary School site (built in 1914) since the fall of 2004, and houses four schools in the Santa Cruz City School District — Alternative Family Education (AFE) Homeschool, Ark Independent Studies, Costanoa High School (created from the merger of Loma Prieta High School and the Ark daily program), and Monarch Community Elementary School. Branciforte Head Start is also located on our campus.

BSSC is a Coalition of Essential Schools campus. The Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) is at the forefront of creating and sustaining personalized, equitable, and intellectually challenging schools. Essential schools are places of powerful learning where all students have the chance to reach their fullest potential. Graduates understand and exhibit the habits that foster a lifetime of success.

Ark Independent Studies and Costanoa are accredited by WASC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges) Accrediting Commission for Schools.

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