The Fourth Estate

Junior Kelly Bickett Awarded Girls Volleyball Player of the Year

Noozhawk • May 19, 2017

Congratulations to Kelly Bickett '18 for being named Girls Volleyball Player of the Year by the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table. The athletes of the year in local high school and college sports...

Students Recognized with Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

May 2, 2013

Senior Zoe Serbin, a writer and artist, recently won two Gold Keys, three Silver Keys, and seven Honorable Mentions from the California Region of The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. “I was really...

The Fourth Estate Receives National Rankings

October 30, 2012

What started out with eight students in a one-semester academic journalism elective in 1994 has flourished into a highly competitive course. Journalism and Advanced Journalism students produce...

Fourth Estate Writers Earn Esteemed Gold Circle Awards

October 11, 2012

Gold Circles Gold Circle Awards Overview Gold Circle Awards are offered to recognize superior work by student journalists usually as individuals but sometimes as an entire staff working with either...

The Fourth Estate Makes Laguna History

May 10, 2012

Members of The Fourth Estate newspaper staff erupted in cheers as they discovered via live web cam from Columbia University that they won the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s Silver Crown Award...

Fourth Estate named a 2012 Crown Finalist by CSPA

December 22, 2011

Congratulations to the Fourth Estate on being named a 2012 Crown Finalist by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.

Student Screenwriter Scores Again in 10-10-10 Competition

December 2, 2011

She did it again! Sophomore Aija Mayrock’s is a finalist in the screenwriting portion of the 10-10-10 competition for the second year in a row. 10-10-10 is a student filmmaking competition developed...

Sailing Team Takes Home High Honors from Santa Barbara Youth Sailing Foundation

November 17, 2011

Over the summer, members of the Laguna Blanca Sailing Team, seniors Savanna Brown and Tucker Atterbury, and junior Cassidy Shevitz received high honors from the Santa Barbara Youth Sailing Foundation for...

Students Earn Photography Awards

October 20, 2011

Three juniors: Anastasia Antonova, Tess Elder, and Kyle van de Kamer received photography awards in two different competitions under the instruction of Visual Arts Department Chair Mr. Chris Johnson. “The...

The Fourth Estate earns finalist standing in the esteemed Pacemaker Competition

September 19, 2011

Laguna Blanca's Upper School newspaper, The Fourth Estate, has been selected as a 2011 NSPA Design of the Year Finalist in the NSPA 2011 Pacemaker Competition. "This is the Holy Grail of journalism...