Lower School Closing Ceremony and Live-stream (9-10AM)

On-Campus Attendance is limited to Fourth Grade Families and Guests.

Each eighth grade family will be grouped together, while remaining six feet apart from the guests of other students. Families and friends who cannot attend in person may use this live-stream link.

Please maintain six feet between graduate family cohorts. 

Live-stream link for families and friends who are unable to attend.

Schedule for the Day 

Arrival Time: 8:30AM

US Awards Assembly: 10:00-11:30AM

US Students dismissed at 11:30AM

Thank you to Cielle '31 and Simone '32 for leading the Lower School last Friday! As last year's auction winners of "Head of Lower School for the Day," these sisters did a super job of welcoming students at car line, meeting with Dr. Surber to coordinate the day, communicating with the students, sharing jokes, writing emails to teachers, passing out lunches, and making sure the after school car line moved quickly and smoothly! Way to go, Cielle and Simone!

Congratulations to our new Student Council President and Vice President, Catie Fristoe '22 and Hanna Masri '22!

Now that the President and Vice President have been elected, two other reps for the Class of 2022 as well as four reps from the current freshman and sophomore classes will be elected.

If you would like to run as a class rep, please fill out the application below by this Sunday, June 6 at 2PM.

Good luck!

We are so proud of the Class of 2021! Check out the colleges that will be the lucky recipients of our grads in the fall by clicking the button below.

The senior yard signs were designed and distributed by Class of 2022 parents, Debbie Popovich, Wilma Barker, Julie Davenport, and Julia Rodgers.

Thank you, Parents’ Auxiliary, for making our seniors feel celebrated!

By Gwyn Lurie, Montecito Journal

They say the most important quality a student can have is “grit.” You want grit? I’ll show you grit — the class of 2021 began its freshman year with the onset of the Thomas Fire, which turned into the subsequent Montecito debris flow causing hundreds of students and their families to evacuate their homes — some for months at a time. Homes were lost. Friends were lost. But life, for most of us, went on.

And if they thought their freshman year was exciting, their junior and senior years proved a formidable match bringing an unprecedented pandemic that forced students home to learn, depriving them of so many of the social and extra-curricular rites of passage that should have been theirs. And let’s not forget a mind-spinning political environment with a national racial reckoning on top. I need to nap just thinking about the Class of 2021’s high school years.

The price of this trip will be $400. However, please note that this does not include airfare, which must be purchased by the student themselves.

We also ask that interested parties respond immediately by emailing collegecounseling@lagunablanca.org. Those writing a check should address it to Laguna Blanca School and write Texas Trip, as well as the student’s name, in the subject line.

Take advantage of the longer days and dive into a great book (or two) this summer. At Laguna, there is suggested summer reading for students in Grades EK-4 and required reading for students in Grades 5-12.

SIX BENEFITS TO SUMMER READING

CLICK HERE for a list of summer reading by grade level. Then sit back, relax, and read under the sun!

This week's Gratitude Gram is dedicated to Journalism, Community Service, and Public Speaking Instructor Trish McHale!

Trish is an integral part of our Hope Ranch campus and has touched countless lives of Laguna students. She expertly teaches Journalism and Public Speaking and has overseen the multiple award-winning student magazine, The Fourth Estate, for many accolade-filled years. She is also in charge of Senior Projects, which is a milestone program that each student is required to complete before graduation. In addition, Trish inspires our students to make a difference in the larger Santa Barbara community through service.

Trish's dedication to her students, these meaningful programs, and the community makes Laguna what it is today. Thank you for everything, Trish- we appreciate you!

Read what her colleagues have to say about her below:

"Congratulations to Trish and the staff of The Fourth Estate for putting out yet another gorgeous issue of the magazine. Their countless hours of hard work certainly paid off."

"Thank you, Trish, for guiding this group of seniors through the initial stages of their senior projects with flexibility and compassion."

"I love running into Trish on campus. Her humor and friendship always lift me up!"