Looking Back

2010-15

  • Initial gift of $10,000 is given to launch Pacifica
  • 15th Street Campus is secured with long-term lease

Pacifica Head of School helping with patio building

2015-16

  • Historic launch of Pacifica with 9th and 10th grades
  • Pacifica receives full 3-year accreditation from WASC

first year Board of Trustees

2016-17

  • Pacifica adds 11th grade Enrollment nearly doubles

Pacifica year one class

2017-18

  • Pacifica adds 12th grade Pacifica graduates inaugural sophomore class with historic Commencement Week activities and "Last Walk"
  • 1499 Monrovia Avenue is purchased for $6.75 million (carrying approximately $4 million in debt)

the day we bought the building

2018-19

  • Pacifica introduces the Pacifica Continuum and the Pacifica Person
  • Pacifica receives full 6-year accreditation from WASC

Head of School, David O'Neil, giving a first dedication

2019-20

  • Pacifica launches 5th school year with historic enrollment growth COVID-19 shuts down every school in the country
  • Pacifica misses zero days of school during the transition to online learning

1499 Monrovia groundbreaking ceremony

2020-21

  • School breaks ground on construction for Main Campus at 1499 Monrovia
  • The first Triton graduates from college (in only 3 years)

Building a home at 1499 Monrovia

2021-22

  • Main Campus at 1499 Monrovia is completed and students are welcomed to campus for the first time

bagpipe player at first day of school celebration

2022-23

  • Pacifica welcomes its largest freshman class ever with 91 students — nearly three times the size of our founding freshman class

students in class

Thinking Forward

2025

  • Update WASC accreditation certifications
  • Celebrate Pacifica's 10th Anniversary of thinking and living well

students in Pacifica classroom