Auction 2012 Was Out of This World!
The 2012 Anacapa School Auction was truly out of this world! Both the silent and live auctions raised money to support our students and we are truly grateful to everyone who contributed. The event was a huge success and lots of fun. Thanks to everyone who made this special day a hit, including the Anacapa band “The Adobes” which performed a trio of lunar hits before a stellar crowd of parents, alumni, teachers and Anacapa friends.… Read more
Two Anacapa Students are Finalists in Architecture Competition
The annual Santa Barbara County High School Architectural Design Competition at Santa Ynez High School took place the week of March 19, and on Saturday the 24th, Ancapa’s own Genevieve and Heather competed as finalists against several other area high school students. They each spent a 7-hour session creating their original idea and were selected to present their designs to a panel of judges. Heather earned an Honorable Mention … Read more
Pro Surfer Shaun Tomson to Speak at Anacapa School
World champion surfer, author and entrepreneur will share his outlook on life with high school students
March 21, 2012 — Santa Barbara, Calif.
Anacapa School’s First Thursday Open Breakfast Club continues with a presentation by champion surfer Shaun Tomson on Thursday, April 5 at 7:50 a.m. on campus.
Tomson is the best-selling author of “Surfer’s Code: 12 Simple Lessons for Riding through Life” and award-winning documentary filmmaker of “Bustin’ Down the Door.” He will talk about the influence of positive … Read more
Synthesis Unit: Food – You Are What You Eat
Overview poster | Food – You Are What You Eat (pdf schedule) | Facebook photo album
Students paired hands on knowledge with critical thinking skills in the exciting conclusion to Anacapa’s annual synthesis unit. After the conclusion of the guest lecture’s presentations, this year’s unit on food culminated in all-school field trips to locations that illustrated the many aspects of local agricultural industry.
The excursions began with a tour of Five Loaves Farm by manager Emiko Corey. Eloquently stressing the … Read more
Anacapa to Host “Out of This World” Auction
Fundraiser’s space theme commemorates student-built near space probe
March 2, 2012 — Santa Barbara, Calif.
Anacapa School will host The 28th Annual Anacapa School Auction: “Out of This World” on campus Sunday, March 11 from 12:30-5:00 p.m. The family event will feature about 300 items ranging from clothing, art and luxury items to gift certificates for food, entertainment and travel.
Items will be sold in both silent and live auction formats. Guests are invited to attend and encouraged to purchase … Read more
An Anacapa Day
As a follow-up to our recent Synthesis Unit, Food: You are What You Eat, Anacapa left after morning classes on Wednesday, February 15, 2012, to visit the renowned Roots Organic Farm in Los Olivos. For Nutrition Break that morning, the school provided everyone with a big bowl of Jacob Grant’s famously sweet carrots, which had been purchased the day before from the Roots stand at the Tuesday Farmers Market. The carrots were gobbled up in no time!… Read more
‘Jurassic Park III’ Director Joe Johnston to Speak at Anacapa
Anacapa School dad to share his passion for film at First Thursday Open Breakfast Club
February 20, 2012 — Santa Barbara, Calif.
Academy Award-winning film director and Anacapa parent Joe Johnston will be at Anacapa School at 7:50 a.m. on Thursday, March 1 as part of Anacapa’s First Thursday Open Breakfast Club speaker series.
Johnston is best known for his directing work on such effects-driven hits as “Jumanji,” “Jurassic Park III,” and “Captain America: The First Avenger” as well as … Read more
Anacapa to Host World-Renowned Italian Physicist
January 26, 2012 — Santa Barbara, Calif.
Astrophysicist Matteo Cantiello, a postdoctoral fellow with UC Santa Barbara’s Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics will be at Anacapa School at 7:50 a.m. on Thursday morning, February 2 as part of Anacapa’s First Thursday Breakfast Club speaker series. Dr. Cantiello was part of an international team of scientists that recently discovered the fastest-rotating massive star ever recorded. His First Thursday presentation … Read more
A.P. English Visits Lit Society
On January 20, nine Anacapa advanced placement English students and their teacher Peggy Lauer recently had the wonderful opportunity of attending The Santa Barbara Literary Society luncheon as guests of Northern Trust which has sponsored a group of Anacapa students at one luncheon per year for the last several years. This year the featured speaker was Paula McClain, author of The Paris Wife, a best-selling historical novel about Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley Richardson. Before the luncheon … Read more
Grassroots Performs Totally Awesome 80’s Prom at Center Stage Theater
The Anacapa School Performing Arts and Music classes joined forces once again to present “A Totally Awesome 80’s Prom” at Center Stage Theater on January 6th and 7th. With our fabulous school band, The Adobes, and some awesome singers, students performed some of the greatest hits of the 80’s including “Billie Jean,” “Jessie’s Girl,” “I Love Rock and Roll” and “Conga” just to name a few. In addition, students danced to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” and presented skits … Read more
Patrick Alcerro Chosen as an SBIFF Filmmaking Finalist
Anacapa School junior Patrick Alcerro has been recognized for the second consecutive year as a finalist in the 2012 Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s (SBIFF) 10-10-10 Student Filmmaking Competition! The 10-10-10 competition is a student filmmaking competition developed to bring together student filmmakers and industry professionals in an effort to encourage and assist a new generation of filmmakers. Students produce 10 films over a period of 10 days and are judged on both filmmaking and screenwriting criteria.
Later this month, … Read more
Families Enjoy the Anacapa Math Fair
The 18th Annual Anacapa Math Fair on November 21 included some reasonably easy and some challenging problems, some very welcome special guests, and fantastic prizes. A great group of students, parents, teachers, siblings and friends joined in the evening’s celebration of the sometimes overlooked quality of fun and play that can be found in math.
A problem involving a Morse code puzzle seemed to be the one that many people would not give up on, but … Read more
Anacapa Seniors are ‘Best Speakers’ at Regional Debates
Anacapa Seniors Douglas Throop and Gazal Homayouni took home Best Speaker Gavel awards at the Junior State of America’s Fall State debate conference on November 13, 2011 in Los Angeles. The school sent a delegation of 14 students to the conference this year. The mission of the Junior State of America and the Junior Statesmen Foundation (JSA) is to strengthen American democracy by educating and preparing high school students for life-long involvement and responsible leadership in a democratic society. Anacapa … Read more
Anacapa School Celebrates 30 Years With 30 Service Projects
November 9, 2011 — Santa Barbara, Calif.
Students at Anacapa School are giving back to their community not just once, but 30 times! Anacapa students have committed to complete 30 community service projects to celebrate the downtown independent school’s 30th school year. So far, the junior high and high school students have, among other efforts, helped paint the Presidio, participated in the assembly of “The Moving Wall” honoring Vietnam War veterans … Read more
Get Ready for “The Totally Awesome 80’s Prom!”
Dates: January 6 and 7, 2012
7:30 pm
Center Stage Theater
Upstairs at Paseo Nuevo Mall
Tickets: available at the school, at box office and online at centerstagetheater.org.
$15- general
$5- students… Read more
Anacapa students make their choices for Santa Barbara City Council
Anacapa School has a long tradition of encouraging civic engagement in its students. Every two years, Anacapa’s seventh and eighth grade class in American government invites candidates for Santa Barbara’s City Council to make individual presentations to students about their backgrounds, why they’re running, what the important issues are, and their endorsements.
Recently, nine of this year’s ten City Council candidates spoke to the class over a five-week period, and for the first time, two former mayors (Sheila Lodge and … Read more
Anacapa Helps Assemble ‘The Moving Wall’ Vietnam Memorial
KEYT interview with Anacapa senior Douglas Throop
Facebook photo album
Since “The Moving Wall” first came to Santa Barbara in 1985, Anacapa students have visited it every time it has been to Santa Barbara to hear from local Vietnam vets and see the outstanding replica of the powerful Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. This time we had the unique opportunity to help assemble the Wall, polish it, and put up 12 flags representing the 12 nations who were allied … Read more
Anacapa School Summits Clouds Rest
High school tackles rocky summit nearly 10,000 feet above Yosemite
SEPTEMBER 27, 2011 — SANTA BARBARA, CALIF.
The school year is in full swing at Anacapa School’s downtown campus, but the students are still floating from their shared victory high above the wilderness of Yosemite National Park. Soon after daybreak on September 14, the students and faculty from the small independent school packed their daypacks and started on the strenuous 15-mile round-trip hike up 2,000 feet of elevation to the … Read more
Performing Arts Class Puts On “Spelling Bee”
The Anacapa School Performing Arts class presented “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” for their Spring 2011 production. This Tony Award-winning play explores overachieving spellers as they battle for the championship of the local spelling competition. Students had a great time designing their costumes to help them portray their quirky characters and learned to spell some very difficult words. Volunteer spellers form the audience were even called up to try their hand at spelling! It was a great production … Read more
Graduation isn’t just for the seniors – it’s a celebration for the entire school!
The day may have been overcast, but the mood was quite festive at Santa Barbara Woman’s Club on June 10th. Anacapa’s Class of 2011, along with family, friends, and schoolmates, gathered outside on the patio for an hour for some delicious appetizers and congratulatory hugs. Then everyone moved inside for the All-School award ceremony and the speeches from the eleven graduates. Suzie Sichi, the Head of Faculty, was the Mistress of Ceremonies, and Gordon Sichi, Headmaster, warmed up … Read more
Letter of congratulations to ANSEC crew from teacher Levi Maaia
Anacapa Near Space Exploration Club
AAHAB-1 Team Members
814 Santa Barbara Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Dear AAHAB-1 Team Members:
I am still floating from the major success of the balloon launch. I hope you all know how much of an achievement this project was. Each one of you contributed in a major way to its success and it was obvious to everyone in attendance for your debriefing presentation at Breakfast Club on Thursday. Congratulations! This is just the beginning … Read more
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
Near Space Exploration Club on Public Radio
Lance Orozco from the NPR affiliate station in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties came to the Anacapa School to interview Anacapa’s Near Space Exploration Club about its plans to launch the Anacapa Amateur High Altitude Balloon 1 (AAHAB-1).