LAGUNA LINKS - 4.5.20

LAGUNA @ HOME STARTS

MONDAY 4/6

A lot of information has been sent home over the last week. To help you stay organized, we created this resource to consolidate and highlight the most important standards guiding our work during this remote learning period.

REMOTE LEARNING PLAN & GUIDELINES

MAKE YOUR COLLEGE ESSAY YOUR OWN

BY MATT STRUCKMEYER

Director of College Counseling

While cooped up at home during this pandemic, many high school juniors will take a stab at their first college essay, perhaps prodded by mom or dad to “do something useful!” And, yes, that would actually be wonderful—finding the time to undertake a chore that many students put off until the very end.

But here’s what would not be wonderful: writing some version of the essay How the Coronavirus Changed My Life.

INTRODUCING THE LAGUNA 1-MINUTE FITNESS CHALLENGE!

Everyone is spending more time in front of their screens these days, especially since half the planet is on lockdown. When Laguna @ Home begins, be sure to give your brain a boost by taking some short exercise breaks throughout the day. Did you know that short bursts of movement can help sharpen your attention and ability to retain information?

FULL CIRCLE: TWO ALUMNI ENTREPRENEURS RECONNECT WITH UPPER SCHOOL MENTOR THROUGH MEAL DELIVERY VENTURE

By Christian Whittle, Santa Barbara News-Press

As a 77-year-old diabetic, Dana White found himself in the position many at-risk Santa Barbarans were in when the coronavirus pandemic hit. Mr. White taught English at Laguna Blanca School for 35 years, but now living alone in retirement he needed to find a way to get his meals after the county’s restaurants shut down and crowds began packing local grocery stores.

SENIOR NATALIE MCCAFFERY SHARES AGTECH LESSONS WITH THE COMMUNITY

Whether she's at the Women in Food & Agriculture Summit in Amsterdam, Netherlands presenting on the next generation’s role in shaping the agriculture industry or creating supplemental backyard educational activities for her young neighbors, one thing is certain— Natalie McCaffery '20 is passionate about ag tech.