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Multiple students were honored at the Spirit of the Macy Awards on May 23, hosted at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. Pacifica was one of 47 schools present at this year's gala, where a number of our students received awards recognizing their outstanding work!

Each student’s journey is distinct, yet all are united by the strong foundation they have built during their time at Pacifica. As we celebrate this exciting next chapter for the Class of 2026, we invite you to view our comprehensive list of college acceptances, where bolded entries indicate the institutions our graduates have chosen to attend.

Robert McPhie '26, was honored and presented with a check representing the amount of the full tuition NROTC scholarship he was awarded to attend Harvard University. This highly compeitive scholarship is awarded based on leadership, physical fitness, and strong academic credentials. Upon graduation from Harvard, he will be commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the US Marine Corps. We congratulate Robert on this significant achievement!

The purpose of Pacifica's Commendations & Commissioning Service is to commend students–both communally and individually–for their pursuit of thinking and living well over the past year, as well as commissioning our students to continue in their diligence and pursuit of good character into next year.

Recently, our Biotechnology and Medical Cohort got to participate in another exciting hands-on learning experience with working healthcare professionals. The session was led by physician Dr. Tamir Salib, pharmacist Sherehan Salib, and anaesthesiologist Dr. Kristin Smith—exceptional professionals and Pacifica parents! With their direction, our Cohort learned how to intubate, practice compression techniques using mannequins, and practice inserting IVs.

The Performing Arts Department is proud to announce the nominees for the OC Artist of the Year Program, sponsored by the OC Register.

Memorization is a dying art. An entire world of information is available at our fingertips. We can go online and read the books of millions of libraries, see the art of thousands of museums, and watch the videos of countless speeches. Why should we memorize anything? In contrast to this prevailing contemporary mood, declaiming is a profoundly embodied and meditative act in a disembodied and relentlessly dislocated age. There is no shortcut to wisdom, no quick workaround or online learning model that can accomplish the task of deep learning for you. As the world-famous mathematician, Terence Tao, recently said, AI tools are like taking a helicopter to the top of a mountain and missing the benefits of the journey itself. By contrast, the declaimer must sit with, ponder on, and connect with the text if it is to be declaimed with real understanding.

In returning from our 3rd annual Tolkien Retreat, we asked our travelers to share reflections from their week away together. Pacifica’s Tolkien Retreat invites our students and staff to experience an imaginative world at the beautiful grounds of Lake Leonard Reserve—as they take on the challenge of reading the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy together.

It is our distinct pleasure to announce our finalists for the 5th Annual TGC Declamations Contest! There were many qualified candidates this year, but these nine finalists rose to the top. These students will now move on to our Declamations Finals event on Friday, February 27, 2026.

Pacifica Christian High School is proud to celebrate the remarkable experience of Isadora Salekfard ('27), who recently took center stage at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts’ 51st Annual Candlelight Concert—their holiday gala that raises crucial support for arts education in our community.