Anacapa’s Near Space Balloon Launch is a Success
Students capture photos and environmental data from 90,000 feet above Earth’s surface
- See more photos in the Facebook album.
- Letter of congratulations to ANSEC crew from teacher Levi Maaia
- Download a pdf of the students’ PowerPoint flight summary with environmental data.
Media Coverage
- S.B. News-Press: Students explore atmosphere with balloon-equipped camera
- S.B. Independent: Anacapa School Skirts the Stratosphere
- KCLU Public Radio: Lance Orozco’s radio feature story
- S.B. EdHat: Anacapa School’s Launch a Success
- Noozhawk: Anacapa School Project Soars to
Homeboy Industries Field Trip Inspires Anacapa
Experiential education is one of the many ways Anacapa School educates bright, young minds. Our all-school field trip to Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles is a perfect example of how we expand our more traditional, classroom learning.
How the Homeboy Industries Trip Came to Be
One of our Anacapa families tipped us off that Father Greg Boyle of Homeboy Industries was going to speak at Westmont College on April 11, 2011. “Father G” is a Jesuit priest who has become … Read more
Anacapa Cabin Leaders Play a Big Role in Successful Sixth Grade Camps
Be sure to check out more photos at the end of this article!
Ask local sixth graders to name a favorite school year activity, and many will, without hesitation, mention “sixth grade camp.” Within the Santa Barbara community, the popular outdoor education programs have become an eagerly anticipated highlight of the elementary school experience, and since 1989, high school students from The Anacapa School have played an important role in giving sixth graders a positive camp experience.
This year, Anacapa
Anacapa School Math Tutors Reach out to Montecito Union Students
Anacapa School’s collaboration with Montecito Union School is now going into our 22nd year! Anacapa provides cabin leaders for MUS’s environmental science camp, which takes place every year during the first week after spring break. Anacapa cabin leaders are in charge of looking after a cabin of boys or girls. They participate in all of the hikes and activities and do whatever needs to be done to help the students have a safe and memorable camp experience. This year our … Read more
Islanders Play Besant Hill in Soccer
Here is a report written by some of the students on our soccer team:
What we saw on Thursday afternoon was a team that is the result of more than three years of hard work. It is the continuous blend between experienced players and younger teammates with a clear vision for the future, and where every player takes part in the whole team. During the past couple of days, culminating on Thursday afternoon, the Anacapa School prepared for the passionate … Read more
Elective Classes “Come Together” for Beatles Tribute
On January 7th and 8th, the Anacapa students presented “Come Together- A Tribute to the Beatles” at Center Stage Theater. Students from the Digital Voyage, Ensemble Music and Performing Arts classes joined together to create a multi-media production showing the musical voyage of the Beatles accompanied by video depicting the years 1960-1970.
Students performed over 20 Beatles songs from “She Loves You” to “Let it Be.” Audience members were brought to tears by video depicting those turbulent years, and also … Read more
The Most Creative Political Ad Man in the Country
Anacapa started the New Year off with our first “First Thursday Open Breakfast Club” of 2011 with Fred Davis, who TIME magazine calls, “The most creative political ad man in the country.” Davis stressed that ads need to invoke an emotional reaction in order to be memorable and therefore, effective. Fred Davis is the Anacapa alum dad who created our COZY ad campaign. He uses few words and describes his language as “iconic” because in the overpopulated world of advertising, … Read more
Family Math Fair
“Fun” and “math” are not always found in the same place at the same time, but that is just what happened once again at Anacapa’s 17th annual Family Math Fair when our 7th through 12th grade students, parents, and friends worked to solve 12 different math problems in an hour and a half. The problems ranged from estimating the total number of candies in three differently shaped glass vases to complicated calculus, so there were challenges and success possibilities … Read more
The Untold Story of the Jesusita Fire
Students, parents, teachers and visitors gathered in Elliot Hall to hear Attorney Sam Eaton, discuss the legal battle following the Jesusita Fire. Sam worked to defend one of the people accused of starting the May 2009 fire, which resulted in the destruction of 80 homes and damages to about 15 more. Sam discussed the available evidence, as well as evidence yet to be explored, in an effort to illustrate a well-rounded picture of the fire and present a side of … Read more
JSA Fall State 2010
We sent our largest delegation yet to the Junior Statesmen convention in Los Angeles. Twenty-seven students, plus Gordon and Levi spent the weekend at the L.A. Airport Marriott.
Anacapa’s Douglas Throop shined during his rapid-fire debate on the death penalty in one of Fall State’s best debates. Both Douglas and his opponent from Dos Pueblos H.S. were well prepared with arguments from both sides as they spared in a new “speed chess” style back and forth debate.
Anacapa senior Connor … Read more
Anacapa Cabin Leaders Reunite with Peabody
Our Anacapa Cabin Leaders were invited to a pizza lunch on November 5 to be reunited with their Peabody School 6th grade friends. See more on Facebook…… Read more