Directory of Local Resources for Families in Santa Cruz County
Since 2007 Santa Cruz Parent has provided a directory of businesses and nonprofits which serve families in Santa Cruz County. We hope you will find what you’re looking for here. If you know of a program or service not listed with us and which would benefit families, please let us know: info@santacruzparent.com.
Connor Moss is a licensed marriage and family therapist offering support for individuals and couples as they navigate parenthood, family life, and life transitions. Psychotherapy can help with general emotional wellbeing, improving relationship dynamics, and self care, which are all essential aspects of a healthy home and family life. Connor offers specialized support for individuals experiencing Depression, Addiction, PTSD, Anxiety, and more. Give your kids the gift of a well attuned, emotionally regulated parent.
Sessions offered in person in Soquel and online for residents of California.
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Pacific Sands Academy - K-12
Through independent studies and exploration of their interests, at Pacific Sands Academy our students have an opportunity to earn high school credits. Our goal is to help foster self-learners and life-long learners. Through our support network, families find inspiration, encouragement, and confidence in their Santa Cruz homeschool programs.
We open doors for teens to continue their education beyond high school without pressure to follow specific directions, creating a positive learning experience at their own pace. We do not have a required curriculum. You have absolute power to choose the curriculum that best suits your family, and for families who want it, we help you find a curriculum that best matches your needs. For our teens, we come up with ideas and educational plans that become a unique curriculum for each teen.
Pacific Sands Academy in Scotts Valley, CA provides an opportunity for teens and families to pursue an alternative education with a true sense of freedom. Our core offering is a personalized, alternative high school program for students.
https://pacificsandsacademy.com ~ (831) 515-8250 ~ 216 Mt. Herman Road Suite E, Scotts Valley
The Rancho Siempre Verde family farm invites you to our annual Fall Festival Pumpkin Patch. We’re located on Highway 1 between Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz, in Pescadero. Bring your family and friends and come for the most beautiful time of the year on the coast. Dogs are welcome too!
Pick some pumpkins, cut some flowers, grab a peck of apples, make a fall wreath, have a picnic, take a swing on our swings, and enjoy our farm activities all overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
All of the profits from the Fall Festival allow us to grow a diversity of high-quality organic vegetables for food-insecure members of the bay area community, all of which go to food pantries in our communities that need them the most. For more information, check out our food donations program.
Rancho Siempre Verde is a small family farm that has been growing good things and sharing them with others for more than 55 years. The farm is run by family and friends and their love of this place can be seen and tasted in the things we grow on this beautiful working coastal landscape.
In the fall we open our farm for the Fall Festival & Pumpkin Patch selling pumpkins, apples and sunflowers. In the winter we open for our Christmas Trees Festival. And during the spring and summer we grow grow a diversity of high-quality organic vegetables for food-insecure members of the bay area community, all of which go to food pantries in our communities that need them the most.
2024 Dates:
Saturdays and Sundays, 9am–4:30pm
September 28 & 29
October 5 & 6
October 12 & 13
October 19 & 20
*dates are rain or shine
Admission Prices & Info:
Online purchase - $110 per car
At the festival - $120 per car
Selling tickets in advance and setting a single reasonable price allows us to share the very best of the farm while keeping a more farm than amusement park experience. It also means no waiting in lines for swings, slides, tractor rides, or picnic tables.
Admission includes:
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One car up to 6 guests
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5 pumpkins (1 big, 2 medium and 2 small) of your choosing
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3.5 hours of activities (swings, slides, tractor rides, picnic tables and good vibes)
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Bounty of goods from our farm, including:
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Big bunch of flowers
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Bag of our own delicious farm grown apples
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Parking
https://www.rsvtrees.com/ ~ 650.224.9103 ~ 2250 Cabrillo Hwy (Highway 1), Pescadero, CA 94060 ~ jake@berkeley.edu
Redwood Music Camp
- Workshops for players of fiddle, guitar, harp, Irish flute, penny whistle, concertina, Irish tenor banjo, dulcimer, and mandolin, and for singers
- Introductory classes for harp, mountain dulcimer, bodhran, and bones (instruments provided)
- Lecture/demo classes on Scottish fiddle masters, Celtic rhythm and accents, and music theory demystified
- Facilitated sessions (slow and fast) at the end of each day
- Lunch included and provided onsite
- Located on the beautiful and shady Monte Vista Christian School campus in Corralitos, California
- Teen Program coordinator will be onsite for participants age 12–19
The Santa Cruz Art League is a vibrant, multi-disciplinary art center located close to downtown Santa Cruz.
With over 30,000 visitors a year, we present 12-15 exhibitions annually in a variety of media and themes. We offer art classes for any skill level 7 days a week. In Art League’s lobby we have a gift shop that features the work of local artists. Visual and performing arts programs take place in our gallery and in the Broadway Play House, our 62-seat black box theater, which also features a thriving youth theatre school led by WEST Performing Arts.
https://scal.org, 831-426-5787, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz
we are a 501c3 nonprofit supporting visual and performing artists in Santa Cruz County.
Our official academy The Studio, School of Classical Ballet offers classes for everyone: ages 4 through Adult. Dancers thrive at The Studio with our focus on strong technique, performance opportunities, and dancer goals. Nurture your child's creativity through dance to develop their love of movement, music, ballet technique, and artistry. Our structured programs build confidence, strength, stamina, grace, coordination, artistry and camaraderie.
2022-2023 registration is now open!
http://www.scbt.org/ | sandy@scbt.org | (831) 477-1606
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The Nutcracker with live orchestra @santacruzcivic , downtown Santa Cruz
In Concert program which includes 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌.
Emerging Choreographers Showcase
