Seventy students in Laguna College of Art + Design’s 2012 class participated in commencement ceremonies this week, receiving a sendoff from film producer Don Hahn, whose “Beauty and the Beast” was the first animated movie to receive a best-picture nomination. “I had the privilege of watching the students grow and develop as distinctive artists and [...]
His Insights Reveal Differences in Children’s Natures Bestselling author Michael Gurian, an advocate for applying brain research about gender differences to learning in homes, schools, the work place and public policy, speaks Wednesday, May 23, at 8:30 a.m. at Aliso Creek Inn, the final Coffee Break parent-education workshop of the school year. A $10 donation [...]
The Laguna Outreach for Community Arts Junior Curators installed their second juried exhibition, titled “botanicals”, on display Saturday, May 19, through June 7 at Laguna Nursery, 1370 S. Coast Highway. The show features selected silk banners and shadowboxes created by Laguna Beach High School students. The curatorial team created the theme and presented it to the [...]
Kids Planted Seeds for Mother’s Day Approximately 200 kids made flower pots to give their moms on Mother’s Day during TOW Elementary’s Earth Day. Once the flower pots were shaped, dirt was added, and then the kids were given their choice of flower seeds from a collection of more than a score of flower varieties. The [...]
Top of the World Elementary’s second-grade teacher Linda Barker finds that her student’s knowledge of technology advances with every school year. Barker recognized this knowledge as an opportunity and introduced the iPod touch to personalize student learning. “Students are already adept at using smart phone technology and they have a natural connection to small, hand-held [...]
By Kristi Cancellieri, Schoolpower volunteer The Deck at the Pacific Edge Hotel played host to SchoolPower’s business appreciation party on May 3, giving the education foundation the opportunity to thank supporters and directory advertisers. The guests included longtime supporters Greg and Barbara MacGillivray, Laurie Alter of Tuvalu, and Jack Jakosky of Boat Canyon Shopping [...]
San Diego’s Lisa Rutledge (pink hat) and Laguna Beach’s Lynne Brinkman (pink top) won the Women’s Main Beach Volleyball Open that took place Saturday, May 5. For Brinkman, this was her third Main Beach open victory (2009, 2011, 2012). Photo by Cameron Brinkman
Alumni football is coming to Laguna Beach. Gridiron Alumni is planning several full contact alumni football games. Players are needed to sign up and the first 40 players on each team get to play. The team that gets 30 people registered first gets home field advantage. Teams from Laguna Beach, Aliso Niguel High School, Laguna [...]
Steven Harrison hit a solo home run (# 6) in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift the Breakers (18-8) to a 5-4 victory over Victor Valley (10-12) Tuesday, May 15, at Skipper Carrillo Field in a Southern Section CIF Division 4 wild card contest. Laguna started slowly as the Jackrabbits took an early [...]
The Southern Section’s CIF swimming and diving championships got underway at Riverside Community College Thursday afternoon with a come-from-behind victory for the Laguna boys in the 200 medley relay. Four hours later in the cool evening air, they capped their best overall post-season performance with a runner up finish behind Alhambra’s Mark Keppel High 311 [...]
Laguna’s schools added two new feathers to their cap. All four schools, El Morro Elementary, Top of the World Elementary, Thurston Middle School and Laguna Beach High School, were among 1,614 public schools in the state to make the 2011 honor roll of the California Business for Education Excellence (CBEE). Laguna’s schools made the honor [...]
Editor, The Laguna Resource Center would like to thank Evonne Kane and her dedicated volunteers for last weekend’s Boutique Benefit. For the past six years, this popular fundraiser has helped us operate the Laguna Food Pantry, so our gratitude can actually be measured by the number of families we provide with free groceries. No [...]
The number of high school juniors who have qualified for consideration in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program more than quadrupled compared to a year ago. A lucky 13 LBHS students received an index score of 200 or above after taking the preliminary qualifying test last fall, compared with three students who made the grade [...]
Neil Klayman and Barry Chung, the author-illustrator team responsible for “Boris Ate a Thesaurus,” visited El Morro Elementary recently, sharing their enthusiasm about the written word with students. Their story focuses on a boy named Boris, who after eating a thesaurus starts spouting synonyms. It’s also spotlighted for the 2012 Read Across America. Students who met reading [...]
Suds Up to Aid Orphans Students at the Community Learning Center at Top of the World School will hold their fifth annual car wash and bake sale to benefit children at the Door of Faith Orphanage near Rosarito, Mexico, on Saturday, May 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The event will take place in [...]
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Ignoring a Red Zone Elicits More Than a Ticket
How can lack of a parking space land you behind bars? In Laguna Beach, it occurs when you pull into a spot marked in red reserved for the police watch commander. That’s what happened to Barbara Louise Kanode, 47, of Newport Beach, who on Wednesday, May 9, took an available spot near City Hall while [...]
