Jackson McKay Pries is the winner of the DAR American History Scholarship for Laguna Beach High School. The organization also honored a score of other students at an awards program this past Thursday at at Laguna Presbyterian Church’s Tankersley Hall. Counselors and teachers selected Jackson for the award because of his passion for American history [...]
St. Catherine of Siena Parish School plans a pageant show this Friday, May 17, a tribute to the town’s famous Pageant of the Masters production. The school transforms itself into a gallery of live art, where students pose in full-sized art works. This year’s exhibit includes Grant Wood’s “American Gothic,” Leonardo DaVinci’s “Last Supper,” and [...]
Local Student Graduates from Azusa Pacific Laguna Beach resident Madeline Arterburn graduated from Azusa Pacific University. She earned a bachelor of science degree in applied exercise science. Schools Honor Their Staff The school district’s longtime classified employees were honored this past Tuesday, May 14, at a school board meeting. Students Make a Splash [...]
Laguna Beach High School’s Park Avenue Players were among the 1,000 performers from 13 schools across Orange and Los Angeles counties competing for the John Raitt Awards for Youth (JRAY), an annual high school awards program sponsored by the Fullerton Civic Light Opera. Young Laguna thespians collected six nominations for stand-out performances in this year’s [...]
Teens Aim for Sticker Shock With prom just around the corner, several teens from the Boys & Girls Club’s Keystone leadership club teamed up with the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence-Orange County (NCADD-OC) to participate in Sticker Shock. The teens visited Broadway Liquor and Stop’n’Go in Laguna Beach, where store owners allowed them [...]
LBHS varsity cheer came away with top honors at La Habra’s NRG competition on May 4, winning a five-foot tall grand champion trophy in the all stars and high school division, as well as placing first place in the varsity novice division and winning a spirit stick for “awesome attitude.” This was their second competitive [...]
The Festival of Arts Foundation awarded $30,000 in grants to Laguna Beach High School to enhance visual and performing arts education, the district announced this week. The high school’s art program received a $15,000 award and supporters of its instrumental music program received $5,000. The campus’s dance and performing arts departments received awards of $2,500 [...]
LCAD Student Raises Funds For Good Jessica Necor, 20, a graphic design student at Laguna College of art and Design, recently launched an ambitious campaign to raise $10,000 in 45 days to purchase supplies for poor families, school children, and Typhoon Bopha victims in the Philippines. In July, she will go on a mission trip [...]
By Laura Yale, Special to the Independent This spring break, 37 Laguna Beach High School students and eight adult leaders traveled to the small island of Molokai, Hawaii, for Laguna Presbyterian Church’s annual Molokai Mission Trip. The islanders are some of the poorest people in the nation. Rev. Dr. Steve Sweet, senior associate pastor [...]
Creative works produced by the Boys & Girls Club Even Start Preschool are on display at the Laguna Beach Library throughout May as part of the county wide Imagination Celebration. Sponsored by Laguna Outreach for Community Art (LOCA), over 20 of the club’s preschool students are led through weekly art activities procured by LOCA teachers [...]
Behind-the-scenes budget analyst Raymond Lee has been selected as the Laguna’s school district’s classified employee of the year. “Ray is a quiet hero in LBUSD,” said Supt. Sherine Smith, who expressed her appreciation for Lee’s contributions. “He works hard, is a team player, and has a great sense of humor. Ray is an integral part [...]
Students thirsting to help others have organized the Healing Hands Fundraiser, May 2-5, at Laguna Beach’s Transformation at Gallery 1951, 1951 S. Coast Highway. Students from Laguna Beach, San Clemente, and Laguna Hills high schools will be raising money to bring water to an indigenous village in North India by holding a silent auction [...]
Pancake Breakfast Celebrates TLC and BGC The eighth annual Pancake Breakfast, marking the years The Learning Center has been a part of the Boys and Girls Club of Laguna Beach, is Saturday, April 27 at Bluebird Park, 798 Bluebird Canyon Dr. from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Tickets are $5. The breakfast is sponsored in part [...]
By Justin Swanson | LB Indy Last year’s American League Rookie of the Year and pride of the Angels baseball team, the sensational outfielder Mike Trout visited Laguna Beach schools last week as part of a fundraising effort for the district-wide Parent-Teacher Association. The PTA is promoting Laguna Night, a May 3 ballgame between [...]
Thurston Middle School and Laguna Beach High School are two of the 218 public middle and high schools that were named California Distinguished Schools for 2013, school officials reported. The schools earned the honor for their strong commitment and innovative approaches to improving student academic achievement, a statement says. “We are pleased and proud to [...]
Police Use Taser to Subdue Assault Suspect
An assault involving three men escalated into a struggle with Laguna Beach police, who ultimately deployed a taser twice to subdue the younger combative suspect in the 300 block of Cozumel around 1:15 a.m. Friday, May 10, police said. Police ultimately arrested Laguna Beach resident Sergio Gabriel Borgognone, 51, for allegedly resisting arrest and his [...]
