Grad Receives Coast Guard Commission
Laguna Beach High School alum Breanna Hite (’09) received her commission as an ensign in the U.S. Coast Guard on May 22 after graduating...
Schoolpower Grants Teachers’ Wishes
Schoolpower’s Endowment Board delivered checks totaling $170,174 to Laguna Beach’s school board last week, including $70,174 for teacher grants next fall, and $50,000 each...
With a Little Help, the Band Plays On
All students who participated in Laguna Beach High School’s instrumental music program benefited from the Festival of Arts Foundation’s $5,000 grant.
This year’s donation provided...
LCF Holds Kid Camps
Laguna Canyon Foundation presents a summer youth camp for kids age 6-13, and tot camp (with parents) age three to five.
The older group will engage...
Schools Name ‘Teacher of the Year’
Top of the World Elementary School teacher Triana Ramazan was named teacher of the year, the school district announced this week.
Ramazan was recognized for...
Class Notes 5/31/13
Pulling the Curtain on a Saturday Academy
The Claire Trevor School of the Arts at UC Irvine is having a Saturday Academy in Drama on...
Student Musicians Put It All Together
Singers and jazz musicians from Thurston Middle School and Laguna Beach High School are putting their talents together in the first-ever combined spring concert...
Mogel Critiques Over-Parenting
By Kate Rogers, Special to the Independent
Over 140 people filled the Aliso Creek Inn as Dr. Wendy Mogel delivered her unique blend of humor...
DAR Recognizes Graduates
Jackson McKay Pries is the winner of the DAR American history scholarship for Laguna Beach High School.
The organization also honored a score of other...
Class Notes 5/24/13
Middle School’s Café to Open May 30
Thurston Middle School’s Wave Rider Café is scheduled to open Thursday, May 30, allowing parents and students to...
College Sends Off ’13 Class
Eighty-five students in Laguna College of Art + Design’s class of 2013 participated in this week’s commencement ceremony.
This year’s keynote speaker was Dr. Mitch...
Gala Aims High; No Child Left Offline
Schoolpower's sold out annual dinner dance raised $305,000 for Laguna Beach schools.
One of the night’s more ambitious goals was this year's Fund-A-Need, where Schoolpower...
Conjuring New Heat in ‘The Crucible’
By Tad Heitmann, Special to the Independent
Laguna Beach High School's Park Avenue Players have forged their own intense interpretation of Arthur Miller's classic American...
DAR Recognizes Graduates
Jackson McKay Pries is the winner of the DAR American History Scholarship for Laguna Beach High School.
The organization also honored a score of other...
School Salutes the Town’s Art Heritage
St. Catherine of Siena Parish School plans a pageant show this Friday, May 17, a tribute to the town’s famous Pageant of the Masters...