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Catching Up with the Cast

Catching Up with the Cast

Kendall White May 16, 2017

This year’s spring musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” a dramatic and complicated play by any standard, debuted in Spaulding Auditorium on April 27. We caught up with a few...

Animation is Growing Up

Animation is Growing Up

Jack Stein May 16, 2017

Nearly three decades ago, “The Simpsons” aired its first episode and changed TV forever. Before the airing of the now-classic program, the cartoon airwaves were dominated by children’s shows like...

Lagunas Advisory Quiz Bowl!

Laguna’s Advisory Quiz Bowl!

Sydney Edgecomb May 12, 2017

The spiral shape seen in sunflowers follows what famous sequence? What year did the first American woman graduate from college? Which faculty member taught in the Peace Corps in Ghana? Laguna...

Somethings Brewing

Something’s Brewing

Sonya Kotler and Amanda Skinner April 17, 2017

There are many ways to brew a wonderful cup of coffee, but most of them are overshadowed by, the bit overrated, if you ask me, espresso. After way too much time and money spent running to coffee shops,...

What Did You Say: Cut Off?

What Did You Say: Cut Off?

Sierra Willard March 2, 2017

Snapchat, Netflix, and Youtube are common forms of media and communication around the Laguna campus and many other schools, but some of our forms of communication and media have been cut off. Of course,...

What Did You Say: Valentines Day

What Did You Say: Valentine’s Day

Sierra Willard February 11, 2017

Valentine’s Day is only a few days away, and if you are like me, you might want to pull the covers over your head and fall back asleep. A holiday known for chocolates, flowers and dates, brings a lot...

What Did You Say: The Bachelor

What Did You Say: The Bachelor

Sierra Willard February 5, 2017

Entering the sixth week of “The Bachelor: Season 21”, there are mixed emotions about the show. A show about finding a spouse has turned into a Monday night marathon for most followers or an eye-roller...

Jack Stein and Sydney Edgecomb at the Ventura County Writers Competition

Laguna Students take Top Honors in Writing Contest

Sydney Edgecomb January 30, 2017

On Tuesday, January 10, Upper School students Sydney Edgecomb '18 and Jack Stein '19 were honored at a ceremony where they were awarded first and second place respectively in the 17th Annual Short...

The Performance of Picnic

The Performance of “Picnic”

January 28, 2017

Last weekend, Laguna Blanca School’s Theatre Arts Department proudly presented three performances of the Pulitzer Prize winning play Picnic, by William Inge. Theatre Director Dana Caldwell expresses...

All Too Familiar: Nostalgia in the Music Industry

All Too Familiar: Nostalgia in the Music Industry

Ava Morouse and Jack Stein January 13, 2017

Tune in to Musical Plagarism Technology-wise, the world is continually sounding much-too-similar to songs released looking at what lies ahead. But within the entertainment stratosphere,...

Exhibiting Lagunas Art

Exhibiting Laguna’s Art

December 30, 2016

On Exhibit in the Head of School's Office Margaux Murphy '19 is exhibiting her photographs in the inaugural show in the new Head of School Gallery space. Margaux, a Laguna sophomore, was the 2015 recipient...

Alice and Wonderland Takes the Stage

Alice and Wonderland Takes the Stage

November 18, 2016

Lower and Middle School music students are learning about rhythmic reading, singing in a round, dancing, the difference between a composer and a songwriter, and how to have fun working on a team. A number...

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