Corporate and family sponsorships are a great way to support the event and our exceptional school! Click here to find a sponsorship package that meets your philanthropic goals or purchase your individual event tickets now to secure your seat! Remember, all proceeds from the Spring Benefit directly impact our students and our shared future. 

Event sponsors will be announced in next week's issue of Laguna Links.

Open Registration begins at 9AM sharp on Tuesday, 3/15. Note: camps will fill fast, so please pre-register the users and campers beforehand at this link.

Please add yourself to the waitlist if you don’t get into your preferred camp. We will be adding spaces and sections to camps based on popularity.

Effective Monday, March 14, we will adjust Laguna’s masking policy per Santa Barbara County Public Health Department guidance and no longer require indoor masking regardless of vaccination status. We recognize that each household’s health circumstances and comfort level varies, and we will support each family’s decision regarding wearing masks in school. We also expect all members of our community to respect others’ choices. Please note: students and staff should continue bringing a face mask with them each day in the event that masking should be required.

Students will no longer require a QR code for entry into school beginning on Monday, March 14. While the use of our daily wellness check via the Ruvna app will be discontinued, we encourage each family to continue monitoring symptoms and staying home from school/getting tested when sick—even with minor cold or allergy symptoms.

The Lower School campus opened to families this week for Tecolote Tuesday assembly and lunch service.

Families and guests continue to be invited to our Hope Ranch campus for volunteer opportunities. Parent volunteers are no longer required to wear masks while serving lunch. And best of all, families will again be invited to attend upcoming celebrations such as the Cum Laude Induction Ceremony in April.

We encourage all families to utilize the free testing services through Aptitude at Earl Warren Showgrounds. Aptitude test results will now be available at 9PM on the date tested if submitted by the cut-off time (2:30PM for Santa Barbara site). The samples collected after the cut-off time will yield results by 2PM the next day.

Thank you for monitoring your child for the following COVID-like symptoms and swiftly reporting positive COVID test results to [email protected].

Need help building? Mr. Pagano is opening the Innovation Lab for after-school Derby Builds! Email him to reserve a spot.

 

Laguna Blanca works in partnership with the Los Padres Forest Association to offer a working vacation each spring. Laguna students backpack to a selected location within the National Forest to perform trail maintenance, which can be applied to their community service hours requirement. All equipment and expertise is supplied by the LFPA, who typically send one or two adults to join Laguna’s faculty chaperones on the 4-night expedition. It’s an unforgettable way to spend spring break and give back to the local forest! 

The trip is open to Grades 9-12 who are interested in camping, hiking, and trail maintenance. The $250 trip fee is due by March 14. Participating students should also turn in their Release of Liability Form to the main office by March 14.

Teacher chaperones Michelle Finck and Zach Lillie-Libert and a Los Padres Forest Association member will accompany students on this trip.

Click on the buttons below for more information!

Lower School Families: an information flyer will come home with your child’s schoolwork tomorrow. Students will be dismissed from the Hope Ranch campus, and a bus back to Montecito will be available for families who need it.

The Spring Fling Dance, themed In Full Bloom, will take place on our Athletic Fields this Saturday from 7-9PM. It promises to be a fun evening for all.

Tickets may be purchased for $20 at the Student Store at lunch on Friday, and are also available online (you may need to use a non-Laguna e-mail address). If this presents a financial hardship for any community member, please contact Mr. Dorfman.

If you are interested in serving lunch from 11:40AM-1PM during the week, please let Mrs. McDavid know what days work best. We specifically need volunteers for Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Red Team members pictured above (back row from L to R): Kanu, Colin, Michael, Blakeley, and Catherine; (front row from L to R): Blake, JP, and Enzo.

The Laguna Sailing Team's next regatta is the Gaucho Regatta at home, launching off the sandspit at the harbor on March 12 and 13 from 1-4PM. Spectators are welcome—come cheer on our boys!

Middle School students – please take a few moments to respond to this very brief survey so we can understand student interest in the teams offered in the final quarter of the year:

 

The season runs from April 4 to May 26.

Please click here to complete the survey. Even if NOT planning on participating, your reply of “not participating” is necessary for Director of Athletics Matt Steinhaus to most accurately capture potential rosters. Thank you!

Classes will resume on Monday, April 4.