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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...

Eight teachers from four local high schools received the gratitude of community leaders and students at the fourth annual Crystal Apple Awards hosted and sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Laguna Niguel Stake Center in Aliso Viejo. Students...

Interim Assignment Becomes Permanent School officials approved the permanent hiring of Jeff Dixon as assistant superintendent of business services, effective March 29. Dixon, hired as the district’s director of facilities in 2014, stepped into the post after Dean West left the...

Rotary Honors a Music Maker High school student Elijah Meisse was honored by Laguna Beach Rotary Club for outstanding performance in music. Elijah earned a spot on the Principal’s Honor Roll and is an outstanding student in jazz band, where he currently serves as vice president,...

Fans of fairy tales are invited to a once-upon-a-time Royal Tea Party, hosted by Cinderella and her friends Snow White, Jasmine and the Prince this Saturday, March 25, and Saturday, April 1. The characters will pour tea and serve treats while court jesters entertain in the Senior...