After School

Student life after the school day is varied and fun. Students disperse to sports teams, community service sites, physical education classes,  theatre/music/dance rehearsals, or maybe downtown to the Farmer's Market.

Community Service is a big part of afternoon activities at Santa Catalina School. Each year several organizations around the county are chosen as student community service sites. Students visit these sites two afternoons per week, in groups of two to six people, depending on the job assigned. See Community Service for more information.

Santa Catalina participates in CCS (Central Coast Section) interscholastic events in the following sports: basketball, golf, cross country, field hockey, lacrosse, softball, equestrian team, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, volleyball, water polo, and track and field. Catalina regularly displays championship (Mission Trails Athletic League) play in volleyball, basketball, soccer, water polo, and swimming/diving.

Theatre productions get underway quickly at school, with fall and spring musicals, and the mid-winter play. Productions over the past few years have included Annie, The Sound of Music, Anne of Green Gables, The Music Man, and The Miracle Worker. Production year 2008-2009 will see the musicals The Wizard of Oz, Hello Dolly, and William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors come to the stage. Student performers and tech crews produce these events in Santa Catalina's state-of-the-art, 500-seat, Sister Carlotta Performing Arts Center.

There are also fun activities taking place off school grounds.  Area beaches and parks provide recreation trails close to school for running, biking, or just taking a walk.  Local communities hold Farmer's Markets within walking distance from school, and the Monterey downtown area, as well as the local mall, is a short  distance away.