Morgan Stanley Wins AAA Little League Crown
The pitching and fielding efforts of Connor Brashier helped the AAA Little League team Morgan Stanley win the league tournament at Riddle Field on Saturday, May 30, 5-3 against the first place team Courtesy Auto Body. Front, from left, Billy Howie, Dylan Davis, Luc Meier; back row, Alden Stoneman, Jack Dickinson, Grant Dunlavey, Connor Brashier, Christian Torbensen, Jack Loechner, Bailey Thomas; Coaches Steve Dixon, Scott Meier, Tory Thomas (not pictured Jacob Pietig and Bryce Campanelli) Full Story
Kids Hit a Home Run with Angels Fundraiser
Kids in all four schools of the Laguna Beach Unified School District earned a combined total of $4,000 selling 600 Los Angeles Angels baseball team tickets earlier this year. $6 of each ticket sold went towards the school. The event started off in January with kick-off assemblies at each school. Angel announcer Rex Hudler and Angel team player, Gary Matthews Jr. Full Story
School Budget Gets Passing Grades
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Amid an uncertain economy and school district budget cuts throughout the state, Laguna Beach Unified School District remains fiscally positioned well, administrators reported to the school board last Tuesday. Full Story
Local Track Competitors Bring Home Top Medals
By Kathy McKeown Special to the Independent
Few but mighty! The Laguna Beach track team, represented by 12 athletes ages 6 to 15, competed in the Southern California Municipal Athletic Federation (SCMAF) Track and Field Championships held at Warren High School in Downey on Sun- Full Story
Community Band Recognizes Student Music Standouts
Exceptional, talented, driven, and dedicated are but a few of the adjectives that describe the five local high school seniors awarded music scholarships by the Laguna Community Concert Band last week. Full Story
Laguna Girls Take Dives and Thrive
Teammates Liv Mitchell and Mackenzie Peasley from Laguna Beach proved their diving mettle at the 10th annual Lee Brennan Memorial Invitational, hosted by Crown Valley Divers in Laguna Niguel June 5-7. Mackenzie placed first in the novice five-meter event, first in the Junior Olympic three-meter, and fourth in the J.O. one-meter. Full Story
Touch Up on Touchdown Skills with Summer Football
Summer Football Skills Camps Incoming third through eighth graders can sign up now for two non-contact football skills camps being offered in June and July. Laguna Beach High School's head football coach Jonathan Todd and his staff will teach blocking and tackling forms, as well as offensive, defensive and special teams position skills. Full Story
Surf, Sand, Sun and . . . School?
For students whose academic performances were less than stellar this year, or who need to get in gear for upcoming tests, summer instruction is available at Cambridge Tutoring and Test Prep in downtown Laguna through the end of August. Full Story
Registration Begins for El Morro School
Anyone who plans to enroll their child for the upcoming 2009-10 school year at El Morro Elementary School, must register at the school between 9 a.m. and 1 p m. on June 19, or between 8 a m. and 2 p m. June 22 through 26. Note that in order to register, your child must be five years old before Dec. Full Story
Student Gets Jump on International Diplomacy
Laguna Beach mayor Kelly Boyd poses with Laguna College of Art and Design graduate Hannah Josepher, left, and her mother Carol Josepher, both Laguna Beach residents, at the college's graduation ceremony last month. Full Story
St. Catherine's Receives Scholarship Grant
St. Catherine of Siena in Laguna Beach will receive $15,000 from the Orange Catholic Foundation, among 25 Catholic elementary schools in Orange County that will receive aid a total of $1.1 million in grants allocated to help the schools boost their enrollment. Full Story
Thurston Kids Experience a Blast from the Past
Thanks to a grant by School Power, seventh grade students attended Thurston Middle School's first Renaissance Day, a fun and educational event chaired by language arts teacher Amy Cochren, on Friday, June 12. Full Story
Thurston Kids Experience a Blast from the Past
Thanks to a grant by School Power, seventh grade students attended Thurston Middle School's first Renaissance Day, a fun and educational event chaired by language arts teacher Amy Cochren, on Friday, June 12. Full Story
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