Resources for Student Engagement

Remember, your safety is always the priority. Make sure that any way that you volunteer also keeps you safe.

Volunteer Opportunities in Santa Cruz County / Oportunidades de voluntariado en el condado de Santa Cruz

• List of Places to Volunteer in Santa Cruz

• Santa Cruz Volunteer Center

YouthSERVE

• YouthSERVE has some service projects that are remote or online to ensure safety for all volunteers.

• You can help Virtual Tech Help for Senior Citizens, Make Cards or Landscapes for senior citizens, tutor elementary schoolers, sew masks and more.

Other ways to help

• 10 Ways Youth Can Help During the COVID-19 Crisis

• Find more information at How You Can Help Your Community

Santa Cruz Mutual Aid

• California / Santa Cruz: COVID Santa Cruz County Aid and Volunteer Form

For more information on how to help, go to How You Can Help Your Community

K-8th grade students check out the Summer Distance Learning Website for weekly science, technology, art, engineering, math, virtual field trips, read alouds, escape rooms, and other activities! Participate for a chance to win prizes.

Fitness4Life Activities

• Nature

• Art

• Sports and Games

• Recipes

Environmental Activities / Actividades ambientales

• Watsonville Wetlands Watch

• Monterey Bay Aquarium Guide Activities, MBA Live Cams

• Life Lab

• National Environmental Education Foundation(NEEF) at Home

• SC Parks

Visual and Performing Arts / Artes Visuales y Escénicas

• Visual and Performing Arts Website

• Arts Learning Lab @ Home (Online Art workshops for families by Pro Artists)

  • English

  • Spanish

• Arts Education

• Youth Now: YouTube Guitar Classes

Take Free Courses that Interest You

• Coursea (You can audit classes for free)

• Hogwarts Courses

• Digital Nest Programs

• #TeensCanMakeaDifference free course

Other

4H Program

• 4-H is a youth program from ages 5 to 19 years old. We have an amazing online program for youth to engage from home. Click here for resources.

• Farm to You Virtual Field Trip

• CollegeVine: 50 Awesome Extracurriculars to do at home

Library

• Watsonville Virtual Library

• Santa Cruz Library

• Read alouds from the PVUSD Summer Distance Website

Famous People Reading Books/ Authors

• https://www.storylineonline.net/

  • The Screen Actors Guild Foundation has a really cool free Storyline online program. They offer an online streaming video program in which famous actors read children’s books aloud.

Podcasts

• 10 Podcasts for Teens

• 20 Podcasts for Teens

• WakeUp Politics

Audible free

• Free Audiobooks for Kids

Central Coast Coalition for Undocumented Student Success

• COVID-19 Resources

• California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance: COVID-19 Resources for Undocumented Californians

Transition Age Youth

• Serves current and former foster, probation placement and homeless youth ages 15-24. Click here for more information

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Santa Cruz County

• Click here for information