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The Laguna Beach Unified School District is honored to have earned two awards from the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) in the category of Publications and Digital Media Excellence. The entries that were awarded this honor include the LBUSD Mental Health Awareness Video, created by Andy Crisp, and Renew, Recharge, Reimagine: LBUSD's Annual Community Report 2020-2021, created by the Communications Department.

Laguna Beach Unified School District is committed to unlocking all our students' potential. LBUSD has remained steadfast to our collective commitment to excellence this past year and has continued our dedication to improving outcomes for all students.

The FOA Foundation recently awarded Laguna Beach High School and Thurston Middle School with grants totaling $10,000 toward ceramics, art, and theatre. In 1989, the Festival of Arts, with a $1.5 million donation, established the FOA Foundation, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, in order to guarantee annual financial support, preserve, and promote the fine arts and all other artistic endeavors in Laguna Beach.

The Laguna Beach Unified School District is proud to announce the Class of 2022 Commencement Ceremony and our site-level promotions that will take place on June 9, 2022.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced earlier this week the winners of the newly created 2022 California Pivotal Practice (CAPP) Award Program. This award program has taken the place of the California Distinguished Schools (DS) Program this year. It honors and recognizes schools and districts that went above and beyond to implement innovative practices during the 2020–21 school year when California required schools to offer distance learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Forensics isn’t your typical class in middle school, but thanks to mother-daughter duo, Michelle and Noelle Martinez, what started out as an after-school club nine years ago at Thurston Middle School (TMS) has also become an extremely popular and sought after 7th grade elective rotation for the last five years.

New student enrollment for the 2022-23 School Year opens on Friday, March 25, including the expansion of our TK program in Fall 2022. Additional information is located on our LBUSD enrollment webpage important dates and registration guidance can be found on our flyer.

Our students have 24/7 access to free online tutoring with highly trained, educational professionals through an online service called Paper. Paper works directly with schools, giving teachers full access to see what their students have been needing help with. 

We are starting a series of ‘Masters of Middle School' drop-in workshops for students during the Thursday tutorial. These workshops will cover areas of executive functioning such as motivation, procrastination, organization, time management, and study skills. If you have a student who would be interested or could benefit, please encourage them to attend! Please see this flyer for dates, topics, and link to sign-up.