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2026-2027 Summer Reading

At Pacifica, annual summer reading serves to encourage students to maintain and enjoy an active reading life. We value the written word and hope to foster a shared experience of joy found in literature. Hence, we encourage your family to read the assigned text(s) together to approach this assignment not as homework but as a source for family dinner conversations.

Students need to read the book(s) assigned to their grade and class. They need to be prepared to discuss, write about, and analyze these texts during the first week of school.

To view assignments and purchase texts, click the Summer Reading link, find your student's classes, and then use the ISBN provided and your preferred book provider to purchase. Please purchase the physical-copy text in the edition listed. We do not recommend e-books.

2026-2027 Summer Reading

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Advanced Placement (AP) Course Information

Pacifica offers 14 different AP courses across multiple subjects. All of these courses are measured on a 5.0 grading scale. Courses currently offered include:

AP 2D Art & Design
AP 3D Art
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Chemistry
AP Computer Science
AP Drawing
AP English Language & Composition
AP English Literature & Composition
AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism
AP Spanish Language & Culture
AP Spanish Literature & Composition
AP Statistics

AP Early Start (Class Schedules)

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Dual Credit Courses

All students who want to receive dual college credit for applicable honors courses must register with the appropriate University — and pay any required fees — in order to receive dual credit. For registration instructions, click the button below. *A passing grade in the applicable Pacifica Course is required to receive dual credit from CCU and UT Austin.

CCU DUAL CREDIT DIRECTIONS

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TGC Honors & Scholars

There are many academic challenges that are put before the graduating class of Pacifica. These challenges are met with creativity, talent and determination. For those seniors wishing to graduate with honors, one more challenge is available to them: The Great Conversation (TGC) Honors Program.

TGC Honors means three unique pathways to enhanced learning:

The Liberal Arts path encourages students toward a solid general education with periodic deep dives into the individual subjects.
The STEAM path offers specialization in Science and Maths balanced by languages and the arts.
The Humanities path provides a captivating study of English and History, languages and arts.

Each of these pathways offers a special senior-study project called TGC Scholars, a one-on-one guided project with a faculty advisor. This project will reflect each student’s personal academic journey and interests, and acts as a capstone presentation for their time here.

TGC Honors has been designed not only around rigor, but also with a student’s whole well-being in mind. We are committed to giving students a big world of opportunities along with the wisdom to choose well. To that end, the Honors pathways have been expertly honed so as to avoid any particular year from being overloaded with advanced courses. Here at Pacifica, we believe that Honors should mean the whole-person thrives.

Download TGC Honors Curriculum Guide

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Student Work Permits

Students under the age of 18 who are employed must obtain a valid work permit through the school.

To request a work permit:

Complete the California Work Permit Application (Statement of Intent to Employ a Minor and Request for a Work Permit – CDE Form B1-1).
The student and parent/guardian must complete and sign their portions of the application.
The employer must complete and sign the employer section of the application.
Do not complete the section labeled “For authorized work permit issuer use ONLY.” This section is completed by Pacifica when the permit is issued.
Submit the completed application to Pacifica for review.

Submitting a Paper Copy

All required signatures must be present.
Deliver the form to Kathy Brandenberger at the Front Desk.
If Kathy is absent, you may leave the form with the person managing the Front Desk in a sealed envelope labeled: Attn: Kathy Brandenberger - Work Permit.

Submitting an Electronic Copy

All required signatures must be present.
The application must be submitted ONLY through the secure file transfer link and NOT by email, as the form contains the student’s Social Security number.
When submitting the file, the message portion of the secure transfer must follow the format: [Student Name] [Graduation Year] Work Permit Application.
Example: John Smith 28 Work Permit Application.

Following this naming convention helps us identify and process work permit requests more efficiently. If you leave the Message portion blank it may take us longer to process your request.

Once the application has been reviewed and approved, Pacifica will issue the work permit.

Please note that work permits cannot be issued until the employer has completed and signed the required portion of the application.

All questions regarding work permits may be directed to the Business Office. Please be sure to copy Kathy Brandenberger on all work permit correspondence.

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Student Parking Permits

STUDENT PARKING PERMIT INFORMATION

Students who desire to drive to school must have a parking permit issued by Pacifica Christian High School. The Parking Permit Application process is described below.

Per our agreement with the City of Newport Beach and surrounding homeowners, parking is NOT permitted on 15th Street or Monrovia Avenue. Students and/or their parents may not solicit permission from Pacifica neighbors to park in their neighborhood. Pacifica is obliged to enforce this agreement by imposing strict disciplinary consequences for those students who do not abide by this agreement. These consequences may include loss of parking permit, Saturday detention, or suspension from school.

By submitting a permit application, the applicant affirms that they read, and agree, to the policies and guidelines listed below. Additionally, all student expectations contained within the school’s Student Handbook are also applicable in Pacifica’s parking lots.

At all times, we ask Pacifica students and families to be mindful of our neighbors. This can be accomplished by keeping noise to a minimum, respecting property lines, and adhering to all traffic laws.

Student parking is a privilege and will be revoked if a student does not adhere to the Student Parking Policies and Guidelines at all times. The student is solely responsible for knowing and abiding by these guidelines.

PARKING PERMIT APPLICATION DATES

In May of each year, Pacifica publishes its Parking Permit Application for the next school year. The initial application window runs from May to June (specific dates will be announced each year).

If the number of applications exceeds the number of available parking spaces, permits are awarded through a lottery system. If parking spaces are still available after the initial applications are processed, the application will be re-opened for Seniors and Juniors and permits will then be awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Student parking permits are reserved for Senior and Junior students only. Sophomore and Freshman students are not allowed to drive to Pacifica and must be dropped off and picked up to avoid parking congestion on Pacifica's neighboring streets.

Applicants will receive an e-mail notification regarding the status of their application to their Pacifica email addresses in early August. If the student is issued a parking permit, they will be required to turn in a photocopy of the student's Driver's License and a $150 parking permit fee will be added to the student's Blackbaud Tuition Management account (formerly Smart Tuition). Only when these two items are completed will the student be issued a Student Parking Permit.

SPECIAL NOTE: Parking permits are only awarded to students who have their licenses. Incoming Seniors and Juniors who are scheduled to take their drivers test before the school year starts may apply in the initial application window with the following provisions:

Should the applicant be awarded a parking permit, they must be licensed before the first day of instruction for the new school year.
If the applicant does not have their license, their permit will be lost and may be awarded to another licensed applicant.

PARKING PERMIT APPLICATION LINK FOR 2026-2027