Un Mar de Colores · Santee, CA
Climate & Clean Water Advocacy — Free for Santee
Family engagement opportunities — parents from Santee join field days and overnight orientation sessions.
Un Mar de Colores ofrece watershed education gratuitas para jóvenes de Santee de All ages años, con transporte gratuito de 17 millas desde Santee a nuestras playas de enseñanza. Sirviendo a una comunidad del 38% BIPOC (58,895 residentes), nuestra instrucción se lleva a cabo en OB Pier (17 miles) y Coronado Central (16 miles), con entrenadores bilingües certificados y todo el equipo proporcionado. La inscripción prioritaria es para estudiantes de Hill Creek Elementary, Cajon Park Elementary.
Horario — programa en Santee
Summer cohorts + year-round school field trips · Completamente gratis
Quizás sientes esto
- —Citizen science sounds exclusive — you didn't know Santee students could contribute to real hydrology databases.
- —Transportation to mountain field sites from inland Santee is another unpaid logistics puzzle for teachers.
- —Climate change lessons feel hopeless — your teen wants advocacy tools, not another slide deck about polar bears.
Lo que cambia cuando los jóvenes entran al agua
- Indigenous Kumeyaay perspectives on water integrated into hydrology fundamentals — culturally grounded science.
- Year-round day-trip field trips serve Santee School District / Grossmont Union High classrooms across Santee Title I partner schools.
- Tijuana River cross-border case study — honest teaching about pollution, policy, and environmental justice.
Por qué operamos este programa en Santee
Santee is an East County city home to Santee School District (approximately 6,000 students). Our Santee cohort travels 17 miles to OB Pier for water programming, making Santee one of our more transportation-intensive partnerships. Hill Creek and Cajon Park Elementary are our Title I partnership schools.
- Población
- 58,895
- Residentes BIPOC
- 38%
- Hogares hispanohablantes
- 17%
- Distancia a la playa
- 17 mi
Watershed Education en Santee — Lo que debes saber
Watershed Explorers overnight program in San Diego gives Santee youth multi-day immersion from Cuyamaca to coast — commercial environmental overnight camps often charge $400–$600 per student. Un Mar charges $0.
Parents searching watershed education near Santee, CA find paid eco-camps first. Un Mar is different: BIPOC-led nonprofit programming with Tijuana River cross-border case study, Kumeyaay water perspectives, and Title I school partnerships — not generic nature camp marketing.
Por qué Santee importa para nuestra misión
Safe, lifeguard-coordinated instruction is non-negotiable for Santee youth. Every water session runs inside flagged zones with certified coaches — parents shouldn't have to choose between access and safety.
Santee sits inside San Diego County's coastal equity gap — 38% of residents identify as BIPOC, yet beach access has historically been gated by cost, transportation, and culture. Un Mar de Colores closes that gap with free programming and school-based recruitment.
Socios comunitarios locales en Santee
En asociación con el Santee School District / Grossmont Union High y organizaciones comunitarias locales, reclutamos jóvenes de 2+ escuelas Título I.
Distrito escolar y escuelas Título I
- Santee School District / Grossmont Union High
- •Hill Creek Elementary
- •Cajon Park Elementary
Socios comunitarios
- ◆Santee School District
- ◆Santee Library
- ◆Town Center Community Park
Currículo del programa
The Watershed Explorers program is Un Mar de Colores's flagship environmental education offering. Summer overnight cohorts trace the journey from Cuyamaca Rancho State Park's mountain streams to the San Diego coast, with special focus on the Tijuana River watershed — California's most cross-border and pollution-impacted river system. Curriculum integrates hydrology fundamentals, Indigenous Kumeyaay perspectives on water, and California coastal policy. Year-round day trips serve school field-trip groups across our 15+ Title I partner schools, and all programming is free with transportation included.
- →Hydrology fundamentals
- →Cuyamaca to coast watershed tracing
- →Tijuana River cross-border watershed case study
- →Indigenous Kumeyaay relationship with water
- →Climate change and coastal resilience
- →Policy and advocacy for clean water
Qué se incluye — Gratis para cada joven de Santee
- ✓Overnight summer program option (Watershed Explorers)
- ✓Day-trip school field trips throughout the year
- ✓Bilingual curriculum materials
- ✓Transportation from partner schools
- ✓Certified naturalist educators
- ✓Family engagement opportunities
Por qué Un Mar de Colores
We do not charge families. Ever. That policy is structural — grants, donors, and shop revenue fund access so Santee youth are never waitlisted for inability to pay.
Lo que dice nuestra comunidad
“"He used to approach new activities with extreme anxiety — to the point where sometimes we couldn't even get out of the car. Now he goes much deeper into the water."”
Preguntas frecuentes — Watershed Education en Santee
What is Watershed Explorers in Santee?+
Watershed Explorers is Un Mar de Colores's flagship watershed education program — summer overnight cohorts tracing water from Cuyamaca Rancho State Park mountain streams to the San Diego coast. Santee youth experience multi-day immersion in hydrology, Kumeyaay water perspectives, Tijuana River case study, and clean water advocacy.
How do we enroll in Watershed Explorers from Santee?+
Contact Un Mar de Colores for summer overnight cohort enrollment or ask your Santee School District / Grossmont Union High teacher to book a year-round field trip. Priority for Title I schools and partner referrals in Santee.
How is watershed education different from aquarium field trips?+
Aquarium trips show marine life in tanks. Watershed education traces the full pipeline — students stand in mountain streams, visit estuaries, and connect runoff from Santee to conditions at OB Pier (17 miles) and Coronado Central (16 miles). Field science with advocacy depth.
¿Los programas de Watershed Education en Santee son realmente gratuitos?+
Sí. Todos los programas de Un Mar de Colores en Santee son 100% gratuitos. Proporcionamos trajes de neopreno 3/2mm, tablas de surf, transporte desde escuelas asociadas como Hill Creek Elementary, Cajon Park Elementary, e instrucción bilingüe certificada. El financiamiento proviene de la San Diego Foundation, subvenciones comunitarias y donantes individuales.
¿Dónde se realizan exactamente las lecciones en Santee?+
Los jóvenes de Santee viajan en nuestro transporte a OB Pier (17 miles), aproximadamente a 17 millas. Los componentes de aula ocurren en escuelas y bibliotecas asociadas dentro de Santee.
¿Qué edades son elegibles en Santee?+
Servimos a jóvenes de All ages años. Nuestra Beca One Ocean cubre las edades 6-12, Ocean Stewards After-School sirve a 13-17, y las Becas Atléticas de Surf están disponibles para jóvenes competitivos a través de nuestras asociaciones con Santee School District / Grossmont Union High.
¿Cómo inscribo a mi hijo/a?+
Contáctenos a través de nuestra página de contacto. La inscripción prioritaria se otorga a estudiantes de Hill Creek Elementary, Cajon Park Elementary y otras escuelas de Título I en Santee School District / Grossmont Union High. Los grupos de verano suelen llenarse con 3-4 semanas de anticipación.
¿Listo para entrar al agua?
Sign your Santee youth up today — every program is 100% free, with wetsuits, boards, and transportation included.
Todos los programas de Un Mar de Colores son gratuitos para jóvenes de Santee. Contáctanos para inscribirte, hacer voluntariado, o apoyar el movimiento.
Un Mar de Colores es una organización sin fines de lucro 501(c)(3) liderada por personas BIPOC, basada en Oceanside, California. Ofrecemos programación gratuita de surf, océano y educación ambiental para jóvenes en San Diego y Tijuana — conectando culturas, costas y comunidades desde 2018.
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