About the Cover - Growing Up in Santa Cruz https://growingupsc.com Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:28:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://growingupsc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-Favicon-01-32x32.png About the Cover - Growing Up in Santa Cruz https://growingupsc.com 32 32 Piggy Tails & Ewe! https://growingupsc.com/piggy-tails-ewe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=piggy-tails-ewe&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=piggy-tails-ewe https://growingupsc.com/piggy-tails-ewe/#respond Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:28:54 +0000 https://growingupsc.com/?p=74828 The Santa Cruz County Fair is your one-stop-shop for family fun! When you and your kiddos enter through the gates of the fairgrounds, you’ll be transported to a world of magic, music, comedy, dancing, rides, animals, flowers, art and edible treats. And we’re going to let you in on a little secret—the Fair is also educational! In our Ag-Hort Department, you’ll get a gander at giant pumpkins and learn all about where our food comes from. In the Bug Barn, you can hold a living insect and study a working beehive. Wander through our Livestock Barn to see pigs, goats, sheep and steer… and talk with the 4-H and FFA teens who raised the animals – they’re a smart bunch who love to share their knowledge of livestock. The Ag-History Project is a trip back in time. Kids can drive a tractor, learn how to milk a cow and try their hand at using old-fashioned farm equipment. The Santa Cruz County Fair is truly a marvelous mix of fun and learning for fairgoers of all ages! The Fair offers new entertainment every year! New this year, Pro-Wrestling Revolution, It’s Showtime Circus, FMX Ramp-Age (additional ticket required) and the Slime Lab! Live concerts include The White Album Ensemble, RED – A Taylor Swift Tribute, The Outlaw Mariachi and Los Dinnos! And back by popular demand, our Santa Cruz Lights Drone Show! The Fair offers FREE admission for kids 12 and under on Thursday, September 11th.  And pile five or more people into your car and parking is free! For tickets and daily schedules, please visit our website santacruzcountyfair.com.

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]]> https://growingupsc.com/piggy-tails-ewe/feed/ 0 Discovery Preschool and Family Center Celebrates 10 Years https://growingupsc.com/discovery-preschool-and-family-center-celebrates-10-years/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=discovery-preschool-and-family-center-celebrates-10-years&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=discovery-preschool-and-family-center-celebrates-10-years Fri, 07 Feb 2025 06:57:06 +0000 https://growingupsc.com/?p=60967 Discovery Preschool and Family Center celebrates 10 years of operation serving over one thousand families throughout the last decade. Founder, Sara Balla, started Discovery as a home-based preschool program when her children were preschool aged. “All of the teachers working with me either brought their own children or they were pregnant. I felt like I had my village, every day supporting one another’s babies, making snacks together, and trusting one another to love and nurture our own precious children. I always wanted Discovery to be a place where teachers were honored for their hard work and respected for their huge role in the development of a child”. Today Discovery is a hub for the most creative and nurturing Early Childhood educators in the County, “Our children and young families deserve and need our community support; the health of these young families is imperative to any thriving community and we’re honored to provide that necessary love here at Discovery”. Photo by Carlie Statsky.

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]]> Scrooge is Coming to Town https://growingupsc.com/scrooge-is-coming-to-town/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scrooge-is-coming-to-town&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scrooge-is-coming-to-town Thu, 07 Nov 2024 08:06:34 +0000 https://growingupsc.com/?p=53641 Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), a nationally recognized professional repertory theatre company staging imaginative productions for more than a decade, debuts a new holiday tradition for the whole family with its production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Audiences can expect a theatrical and music-filled adaptation of this classic play. The production will run from November 23 through December 24, 2024, at the Veterans Memorial Hall at 846 Front St in Downtown Santa Cruz. “It is my sincere hope that we are creating a new holiday tradition for our community with A Christmas Carol — one you can share with your children and grandchildren,” said SCS Artistic Director, Charles Pasternak. The show will be directed by Pasternak and star Santa Cruz favorites Mike Ryan as Scrooge and Julie James as, among many roles, the Ghost of Christmas Present. Luke Shepherd will serve as the production’s music director and sound designer for a show filled with music and carols throughout. Ticket prices range from $20 to $60. The show is 90 minutes with no intermission. Tickets are available at www.santacruzshakespeare.org or through the seasonal Box Office, 831.460.6399, open Tuesday through Friday from noon. to 4pm

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]]> Dive Into Health with The Children’s Museum of Discovery https://growingupsc.com/dive-into-health-with-the-childrens-museum-of-discovery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dive-into-health-with-the-childrens-museum-of-discovery&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dive-into-health-with-the-childrens-museum-of-discovery https://growingupsc.com/dive-into-health-with-the-childrens-museum-of-discovery/#comments Mon, 02 Sep 2024 06:16:00 +0000 https://growingupsc.com/?p=49717 The Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery is turning 10 this year and kicking off a season of celebrations with Potter the Otter™. . .a Healthy Adventure Traveling Exhibit! Based on the popular First 5 Santa Clara County Children’s books, this interactive exhibit lets kids join Potter on a quest to learn healthy habits. Paddle giant swans, tend your farm, and stock a healthy plate at the market. Potter the Otter sparks imagination and inspires healthy living with engaging activities and play. Free for Museum Members, and WIC/ EBT card holders, the exhibit is located in a whole new space in the Capitola Mall near the food court and runs from August 24th to November 11th, open Fridays and Saturdays from 10AM to 2PM. Free field trips are available throughout the week for PreK-2nd grade.Explore the museum’s exciting fall Birthday Celebration calendar including Mad Hatter Tea Parties (members only!), back-to-school book swap, teddy bear clinics, and a kids’ makers fair! Make lasting memories and inspire healthy habits – become a museum member today!Visit www.sccmod.org for details on Potter the Otter and upcoming museum events

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]]> https://growingupsc.com/dive-into-health-with-the-childrens-museum-of-discovery/feed/ 1 About the Cover https://growingupsc.com/about-the-cover-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=about-the-cover-2&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=about-the-cover-2 https://growingupsc.com/about-the-cover-2/#respond Thu, 02 Feb 2023 19:30:00 +0000 https://growingupsc.com/?p=25161 Everyone has been affected in one way or another by this winter’s devastating storms. This includes the youngest of Santa Cruz County’s community members. Our Natural Bridges Children’s Center preschoolers have been coming to school every day talking about their own family experiences and through play have been processing the beautiful ways in which they have seen community helpers, neighbors and complete strangers working together to rebuild their town. This photo captures our kind and thoughtful Lily clearing a road so that she and all of her tricycle riding friends and classmates could get home.  This embodies everything that we stand for and believe in at NBCC: Inspiring Learning ~ Creating Community ~ Building Bridges About the photographer: Our awesome photographer and fabulous Pre-Kindergarten teacher Courtnay Schmidt while documenting children’s play, captured this special moment of Lily truly modeling NBCC’S mission statement; inspiring children’s play (inspiring learning) while gathering her friends (creating community) and rebuilding their NBCC town (building bridges). About the Cover

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