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 [...]
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 [...]
Nearly 50 Top of the World Elementary students participated in the one-mile Kids Run the OC Marathon event on Saturday, May 5. The run culminated a 12-week fitness training at school to encourage physical activity and healthy eating habits. Cumulatively, students logged 26.2 miles on Saturday, the full distance of a marathon, and will receive an [...]
Graduating Laguna Beach High School seniors Gordon Davis Belyea and Mariana Acevedo were presented with honors by the Patience Wright Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution last week. Belyea is the winner of the annual American history scholarship earned by his essay on applying history towards his life plans [...]
Students showcased their countrywide knowledge with presentations on the nation’s 50 states at the El Morro State Fair recently. Students sang lively state songs and viewed student-created exhibitions. Dressed in apparel depicting their state’s interesting attributes, students described their state’s history with illustrated charts and shared food samples and souvenirs with their classmates and the [...]
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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 [...]
