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Like its Crops, TOW’s Garden Keeps Growing   A school garden project at Top of the World Elementary School has been awarded a $10,000 grant from Seeds of Change for its work in the community, the organization announced last week. Nearly 600 applications were considered by the...

Seventy-two barefoot golfers hit the links and were tasked with teeing off wrong-handed, wearing oven mitts and other various handicaps for the 3 Clubs Barefoot Canyon Classic earlier this month. The event hosted by The Ranch raised over $48,000 for SchoolPower, which fundraises...

Segerstrom Offers Student Dance Four dance classes for students ages 3-18, of all abilities, are being offered June 26-July 7 and July 24-Aug.18 by the Segerstrom Center for Dance and Innovation. The new six-week program requires students to enroll for two weeks; they need not be...

Mozart inspired performances rocked the rafters in the gymnasium of St. Catherine’s of Siena Parish School as students participated in the culmination of classical music study through the Pacific Symphony Class Act program this week. Students from kindergarten to eighth grade...

Bryan E. Penprase, PhD, will serve as Soka University’s new dean of faculty beginning next academic year in addition to joining Soka’s full-time faculty as a professor of science, says a university statement. Penprase joins the Aliso Viejo campus from a post a science professor...

The Laguna Beach High School band performed at the historic USS Missouri in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, over spring break. Led by director Jeremy Chung, the band played patriotic songs to honor those who have served in the U.S. military as well as those memorialized at the site....

Free Workshop Promotes School Readiness  Sandee Bandettini, an early learning specialist, will lead a free parent workshop offering tips and strategies for kindergarten readiness from 10:30-11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 3, at the Laguna Beach Public Library, 363 Glenneyre St. The...

The educational experience at Anneliese Schools strives to challenge children’s intellect as well as their humanity, conscience, and creativity. Alpacas, donkeys, and miniature horses play a vital component in the mix, Janet O’Faolain, the school’s animal program...

Fourth Graders Experience Live Theater   TheatreReach: Bringing Books to Life!, Orange County’s longest running, literature and curriculum-based, professional theatre touring program, will visit fourth grade classrooms in 41 Orange County schools this spring. In March and...

  Laguna’s goalie, junior Thea Walsh, and team MVP, senior Aria Fischer, will join the 13-player roster of the USA Women’s National Team for the FINA Intercontinental Tournament May 2-7 at UC Davis, USA water polo announced last week. LBHS head coach Ethan Damato will serve as an...

Following hours of training and assessments, four students, including fifth-grader Calvin Howard of Laguna Beach, have been selected as finalists to represent St. Mary’s School at the European Council of International Schools (ECIS) Maths Quest Competition in Geneva. The...

A request for a reassignment as a teacher by Laguna Beach High School Principal Chris Herzfeld was approved by the school board Tuesday, district officials confirmed this week. District spokeswoman Leisa Winston said Herzfeld voluntarily stepped down from the post after less than...

Student teams from Thurston Middle School and Laguna Beach High School brought home titles from the statewide California Destination Imagination tournament held April 1 in Sacramento. This is the first time any teams from Laguna Beach have qualified for the global competition set...

A group of 10 Laguna Beach teens, which have granted $8,500 in scholarships since 2014, will present two more $1,250 awards to a boy and girl graduating from Laguna Beach High School in June. The 10 boys met this week to evaluate 13 grant applications from athletes. “Each of the...