Laguna Beach High School Student-athletes Sign Commitment to play Collegiately
Eleven Laguna Beach High School (LBHS) student-athletes participated in National Signing Day Nov. 9, officially committing to an NCAA Division I or Division II...
LBUSD Announces Director of Early Learning By LB Indy Staff
The Laguna Beach Unified School District Board of Education voted to approve the appointment of Mrs. Kim Johnson as Director of Early Learning at...
Laguna Sports Update: Week of Nov. 4
CROSS COUNTRY
Girls Second and Boys Finish Third at Wave League Meet
The Breaker Girls Cross Country squad ran a team time of 1:40.06 to finish...
Oscar Nominated Actor Visits LBHS Theatre Cast
The Laguna Beach High School theatre cast and crew of She Kills Monsters were in for a treat when the playwright, Qui Nguyen, came...
Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach Receive $400K for School Yard
Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris presented $400,000 of state-funded monies to the Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach Canyon Branch on Oct. 26. The donation...
Dodgeball Tournament Is A Hit For Laguna Beach Schools
More than 370 costumed players on 48 teams ducked, dodged, and dived for balls at Laguna Beach High School on Oct. 12 for SchoolPower’s...
LBUSD Announces New Director of Communications and Community Engagement
The Laguna Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) announced the hiring of Anakaren Ureño as Director of Communications and Community Engagement on Oct. 14.
Ureño will...
El Morro Families Hopeful At School Year’s Start
By Clara Beard, Special to the Independent
Excitement was in the air as El Morro Elementary School students, teachers and staff rolled up for their...
Laguna Beach USD prez won’t seek reelection, UCI professor joins ballot
The Laguna Beach Unified school board president won’t seek reelection in November, potentially creating an opening for a UC Irvine history professor.
Carol Normandin, an...
Laguna Beach USD spokesperson exits for Placentia-Yorba Linda
The public information officer for the Laguna Beach Unified School District said Tuesday that she plans to leave just over a year after taking...
Laguna Beach USD Superintendent’s new salary exceeds $331,000
The top employee of the Laguna Beach Unified School District will see his annual salary increase to $331,813 starting Friday.
A 3% pay increase and...
Innovative Laguna Beach High School English teacher retires
By Timothy Hessen, Special to the Independent
In the months before the pandemic, English teacher Dawn Hunnicutt accomplished her goal of launching a Creative Writing...
Laguna Beach jubilant at Class of 2022 graduation
Laguna Beach High School capped the 2021-22 academic year with a graduating ceremony for its seniors at Guyer Field on Thursday night.
Principal Jason Allemann...
Class of 2022 takes celebratory march through Downtown Laguna
By Timothy Hessen, Special to the Independent
Laguna Beach celebrated the Class of 2022, who endured a high school career marred by a global pandemic,...
Laguna Beach USD talks student satisfaction, sustainability goals
By Megan Miller, Special to the Independent
With the academic year coming to a close, results of a recent survey show 86% of students feel...