Laguna Beach Unified School District has joined the Conscious Organic School Food Purchasing Co-op (Conscious Co-op) as one of its 17 founding districts. Launched by Conscious Kitchen, the cooperative brings school districts together to expand access to organic food by leveraging their collective purchasing power.

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. – Thurston Middle School has received a $5,000 grant from the Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation to support the continued development of the Thurston Learning Garden, an outdoor learning space designed to connect students with environmental literacy, nutrition, wellness, and hands-on learning.

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — Laguna Beach Unified School District has released a white paper examining findings from Laguna Beach High School’s Social Media Silence Challenge, a voluntary five-day pilot designed to explore students’ experiences with social media use, attention, and well-being.

The Social Media Silence Challenge began with a simple question: What would students notice if they stepped away from social media for one week?

The Laguna Beach High School counseling team developed this voluntary digital wellness initiative in response to ongoing conversations with students about distraction, stress, screen time, sleep, and the pressure to “always be connected.” Rather than adding to the stream of adults talking at students about whether social media is “good” or “bad,” the team sought to give students space to step back, examine their own habits, and feel empowered to make confident, thoughtful decisions about how social media fits into their lives.

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — Laguna Beach Unified School District has named Director of Facilities and Sustainability Ryan Zajda the recipient of the 2026 Spirit of Laguna Award.