Relive the excitement of last week's Family Festival—the pep rally, fun run, food trucks, live music, dunk tank, and endless bubbles! A huge thank you to the Family Festival Co-Chairs Colette Crafton and Evan Berger and VP of Spirit Debbie Popovich, as well as all the amazing volunteers, faculty, and staff for their time, energy, and commitment. And congrats to Kevin Guay who won the annual watermelon eating contest!

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING LAGUNA FUND DONORS WHO ARE FEATURED ON THE BACK OF THIS YEAR'S COMMEMORATIVE T-SHIRT

GREAT HORNED OWL

SKYELINE CONSTRUCTION

CALIFORNIA SPOTTED OWL

BERAR FAMILY, GOTTESDIENER FAMILY, NAYAK FAMILY, PETERSEN FAMILY, RICKS BLAGDEN FOUNDATION, TURNER FAMILY, WYATT FAMILY

LONG-EARED OWL

LAGUNA BLANCA FACULTY & STAFF, BABCOCK FAMILY, GERSHMAN FAMILY, JACKSON FAMILY, KATZENSTEIN FAMILY, MISSION LINEN, NASSERI FAMILY, PELLETIER FAMILY, PLOWMAN FAMILY, PRINCE FAMILY, STEEL FAMILY, TANDE FAMILY, WHITE & GRUBE ORTHODONTICS, JAIMIE & CHRIS WIGHT, WOLF FAMILY, ZEGAR FAMILY FOUNDATION

BARN OWL

ASHER FAMILY, BECKER FAMILY, BRADLEY/RANGSIKITPHO FAMILY, CARPENTER FAMILY, CINO FAMILY, COOPER FAMILY, MATHIAS COORDES & MELIA YUST, JENNIFER & PHILIPPE d’OFFAY, DeSANTIS FAMILY, ELINGS FAMILY, EUSTICE FAMILY, FEINSTEIN FAMILY, FISHER FAMILY, FOSCUE FOUNDATION, GODSALL FAMILY, HALSBAND FAMILY, HASSMAN FAMILY, KBZ ARCHITECTS, TOM & ROBIN KENNY, KUPPERMAN FAMILY, LEITNER FAMILY, LOCAL, LONCKI FAMILY, MASHANOVITCH FAMILY, BRIDGETTE McBRIDE ’36, MCFEELY FAMILY, CATHERINE ’32 & JACK ’34 MILNE, MIRKIN FAMILY, NARVA FAMILY, NELSON FAMILY, KATHRYN & JIMMY NEWMAN, OHANIAN FAMILY, ORTIZ FAMILY, POPOVICH FAMILY, ANNA & MICHAEL PROBSTEL, RISLEY FAMILY, ELLEN ROBINSON, DANIKA RYAN ’35, SANTA BARBARA ADVENTURE CO., SHARMA FAMILY, STERLING FAMILY, VOROBIOV FAMILY, WEAVER FAMILY, WU FAMILY

Last Thursday, first graders created “Ojo De Dios” crafts with help from Olive (a fourth grader), families, and first grade room moms. The idea for this indigenous craft came from former first grade student Olive. The project integrated Spanish and involved Upper School students last year, evolving into a family event this year. Thank you to all who participated!

The students learned about Indigenous peoples of the Santa Barbara area and the Huichol tribe in Mexico. These woven crafts are traditionally made as gifts for children, symbolizing health, longevity, and protection. The father weaves the central eye at a child's birth, adding a color each year until the child turns five. This holiday tradition is popular in the Southwest and among other Native American tribes.

Last week, we kicked off our first Mentor Lunch with Middle and Upper School students. Our Middle Schoolers enjoyed a sunny, picnic-style lunch with their mentors from Grades 10-12. This program builds connections across divisions, with mentors who are active in athletics, theater, community service, student council, club leadership, TEDx and more! We're so grateful for these mentors and excited for our Middle Schoolers to have such incredible role models to look up to!

This week, the AP Environmental Science class embarked on a service learning trip to Santa Cruz Island. While there, students learned about the island’s unique ecology and also helped water baby oak trees in a process of island restoration with The Nature Conservancy.

The Laguna community is invited to attend our Grades 7-12 Laurel Canyon Fall Concert on November 7! Performances will be inspired by LA’s Laurel Canyon neighborhood music scene during the 1960s and 1970s. Students from Vocal Ensemble, Honors Stage Band, and Pop and Rock Ensemble will be our performers. We hope to see you there!

Grab take-out or have dinner at Lucky Penny tonight, 10/24 between 4-9PM and they will donate 10% of the proceeds to the LB Family Association (be sure to mention Laguna Blanca!) Anyone can participate—parents, students, and friends!

A huge thank you to all the amazing parents who volunteered to make the Family Festival so special for all the students. We could not have done it without YOU and we love seeing our community come together! Keep an eye out for future fun volunteer opportunities. Your support goes a long way.

Laguna Blanca girls golf’s Luz Schubert captured the individual Tri-Valley League title last week.

With the win, Luz was named the Tri-Valley League Player of the Year.

Luz represented the Owls well by shooting a 73 over 18 holes, which was an even-par performance in the tournament. Her showing allowed her to run away from the rest of the field, as the second-place golfer was seven strokes behind her.

Luz will now advance to the CIF-SS Individual Regionals next Wednesday at Los Robles Golf Course in Thousand Oaks.

Go, Luz, go!

Our annual Homecoming football game was filled with big Owl pride as student fans and parents from both campuses cheered on the Owls! At half-time Swoop, the new LBS cheer squad, Lower School students and friends ran across the field to show their spirit! Our small but mighty team fought hard and had fun!

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