EDUCATION Back Bay High students build concrete...

EDUCATION

Back Bay High students build concrete slab

Nine students at Back Bay High School in Costa Mesa spent nine

days transforming a 1,350-square-foot area into a decorative

landscape for the school’s ceramics and pottery class. The students,

who were recommended by their teachers, worked with Disneyland

contractors, helping with the rhubarb, stamping, pouring and

staining.

A student government budget committee at Orange Coast College will

start abiding by the Brown Act, California’s open meeting law after

the college newspaper, the Coast Report, accused it of operating

behind closed doors.

Sage Hill School in Newport Coast held its first commencement

ceremony Friday afternoon, honoring 35 students with high school

diplomas. Graduating senior April Kim of Irvine and junior Paolo Leon

of Costa Mesa spoke at the ceremony. Thirty of the students

graduating from the independent high school, which opened in 2000 and

has a total of 350 students, will go on to a four-year institution.

* CHRISTINE CARRILLO covers education and may be reached at (949)

574-4268.