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Ann Schott, of Laguna Presbyterian Preschool, was honored as the outstanding teacher by the Orange County Association for the Education of Young Children on Friday, June 9. Schott, a 20-year teacher at the preschool, has taught children as young as 3 and up to pre-kindergarten...

By Amy Orr, Special to the Independent Dr. Jason Allemann is expected to be named as the principal of Laguna Beach High School during the school board meeting on Tuesday, June 13. Allemann is currently the principal of Dana Hills High School, a school he also attended. He is...

By Amy Orr, Special to the Independent “The jury has reached a verdict,” Judge Alden addressed the room from his perch high above the courtroom. The crowd fell silent and all eyes focused on the man with the gavel and the grey wig. The trial of Sir Francis Drake, accused of...

For the first time, three teams of students from Thurston Middle School and Laguna Beach High School participated in the Destination Imagination Global Finals tournament, which was held May 24-27 in Knoxville, Tenn. In a statement, Supt. Jason Viloria praised students for...

Fifth-grader Christopher Herkins of El Morro won the championship at the Laguna Beach PTA Elementary Spelling Bee on Wednesday, May 31, and TOW’s Lucas Silverman, also a fifth grader, took home the second-place trophy. Contestants were selected from elimination rounds, which...

Foundation Screens Student Athletes for Heart Disease High school athletes can take advantage of a screening test to detect risk for sudden cardiac arrest Saturday, June 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Laguna Beach High School North Gym during Breakfast With the Breakers...

Rotary Recognizes Two Students Laguna Rotary Club recognizes two Laguna Beach High School scholar athletes. Four-year varsity basketball player Nicole Davidson received three Orange Coast all-league awards as well as most valuable player award. She also played varsity tennis for...

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...