Schools

Top of the World Elementary School families participated in a PTA-sponsored drive in December that collected 70 coats for the benefit of those in...

The California School Boards Association pays tribute this month to the 5,000 elected officials who are dedicated to providing public education to students throughout...

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Two Laguna Beach High School students, Sarah Busic and Karina Parker, have been selected to perform at Carnegie Hall for the 2011 American High...

Rain and Ice By Rebecca Meekma   We were lucky last week. No leaks or flooding chez Meekma (with husband in the water and mold remediation business,...

This past holiday season all four public schools made good on the district’s commitment to make community service part of student education. Through various endeavors, students participated in everything from food drives and toy drives, to charity fundraisers and cleaning up the environment. A friendly grade-level competition at Laguna Beach High School resulted in the collection of 1,500 pounds of food for Costa Mesa’s Someone Cares Soup Kitchen. For every pound of food donated, students received a raffle ticket for prizes donated by local businesses. The senior class won the competition by donating over 700 pounds of food.

SchoolPower won the Apple Award for Programs and Outreach at the California Consortium of Education Foundations conference held earlier this month. SchoolPower was honored for...

The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence-Orange County/Community Alliance Network is urging parents and adults to host responsible New Year’s Eve parties. According to the 2008 California Healthy Kids Survey, 74 percent of 11th graders and 59 percent of ninth-graders across Orange County report that it is easy to get alcohol, which is reported to be the most abused substance among local youth. The organization offers parents the following guidelines to keep teens safe and prevent underage drinking:

Two veterans that made a difference in the lives of others transported more than 400 Laguna Beach High School students, staff, and parents to...

Sugar and Spice By Rebecca Meekma   I don’t usually plan a theme to our weekends, but if I had to sum up last weekend, the...

Teacher Sarah Ray is the Laguna Beach High School’s nominee for the California League of High Schools Educator of the Year Award. The award is...

Plain Speaking Mark Dressler, a drama teacher extraordinaire who has supplied leadership for the drama programs at Laguna Beach schools for many years, took the...

“The winning films are the ones that have heart,” according to Wendy Milette, director of the sixth annual My Hero Short Film Festival, put...

The Shocking Sweetness of Soccer Mom By Christine Fugate   “What’s the big news here?” my husband asked me. “That our baby girl is going to the soccer...

During a recent snowboarding trip to Big Bear, Laguna High School students Alex Wheeler, Rex Strombotne and Kevin Wu learned snow wasn’t the only...