Check out news about our Christmas tree lot in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

The Scotts Valley Educational Foundation has received a $30,000 grant, a donation school board member Marshall Wolf and one of the directors of the foundation say ranks as one of the largest in years. The money was given by the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz, a nonprofit established in 1982 that gives grants to community [...]

Read about our efforts to compensate for the projected $500,000 budget gap for our local schools in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

By JESSICA WEHRMAN Scripps Howard News Service As schools across the country wrangle with crippling budget crunches, many are getting creative, often employing the same fundraising strategies private schools have used for years. Some are going to four-day school weeks, figuring they’ll save a couple of bucks on transportation and heat on that fifth day. [...]