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In the 1950's, St. Patrick's Catholic Church established the St. Patrick's High School Building Fund to build a Catholic high school in Santa Cruz County. Mora High School, named after Bishop Mora was built in the late 1950's. The school operated as a Catholic high school until the late 1970's. During that time, the school was closed due to lack of enrollment and sold to the Pájaro Valley Unified School District. In the 1980's Pájaro Valley Unified School District developed a voluntary desegregation plan. The cornerstone of the plan was the implementation of a magnet school program. The people in the area, which was being served by Radcliff Elementary School, agreed to give up their neighborhood school in favor of the new magnet school that would provide their children with busing and special projects. A contest was held to name the new magnet school. A teacher in the District, Zonwiese Stein, won the contest with her submission, Alianza, which means, alliance. Thus, the two neighborhoods formed an alliance, and Alianza Elementary School was created.
In 2004 Alianza was moved to its new home on the former site of Salsipuedes Elementary School. Today, Alianza Charter School serves students throughout the district and beyond, in kindergarten through eighth grade, with a two-way bilingual immersion program.
Visit Alianza Charter School's website at: alianza.pvusd.net |
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