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Boys & Girls Club ‘Art of Giving’ Gala

Laguna Beach Boys & Girls Club will hosts its 5th Annual Art of

Giving Gala fundraiser, “Surfin’ Safari,” May 6 at the Ritz Carlton,

Laguna Niguel. The event will offer Laguna Beach-esque fun and

creative celebrating, including cocktails, silent auction, dinner,

live auction and a drawing to win a new BMW 2005 325i. The evening

will end with dancing to the live surf tunes of West Coast Surfers.

Event Co-Chairs Susie Kubesh and Anne Morris have put many hours

into planning this year’s fundraiser. More than $100,000 worth of items will be auctioned, including trips, Tom Swimm’s painting

“Canale Di San Marco,” fine jewelry and more.

Accentuating the “Surfin’ Safari” theme, renowned local board

maker and board member John Pribram handcrafted a 9-foot Ecuadorian

balsa wood surfboard. This rare, high-performance surfboard will be

auctioned to raise money for the club’s after school and summer

enrichment programs that serve more than 800 local youth.

For information, call Kim Maxwell at (949) 494-2535, Ext. 101.

SC Water District

offers scholarship

For the fifth year in a row, South Coast Water District will award

up to three $500 scholarships to qualifying high school seniors who

live or go to school in the service area and are entering college

this fall. Applications are due May 2. To qualify for the district’s

annual “Water Scholarship,” graduating seniors must demonstrate

interest and involvement in public service, community service and/or

the environment through school and extracurricular activities. To

apply, call the district office at (949) 499-4555, Ext. 153, or go to

https://www.scwd.org.

See St. Catherine’s

science curriculum

St. Catherine’s Junior High Science Program prepares students for

high school. Sixth-grade students will experience a week-long stay in

the San Bernardino Mountains at Outdoor Science Camp to gain a better

understanding of ecology, geology and their role in protecting the

environment.

Seventh-grade students study life science in a year-long learning

experience focusing on the basic unit of life, the cell, and cellular

organizations. Students are instructed in the proper way to use lab

equipment and the importance of lab safety. Genetics, evolution,

earth’s history and living things are also studied. In the upcoming

weeks, students will be dissecting cow eyes, earthworms and frogs.

Eighth-grade students study and explore the phenomena of physical

science. Disciplines in this course include: the world of matter,

structure of the atom, forces, light, sound and electricity. Students

will be working with electricity and magnets to construct a motor.

For information or to schedule a tour, call (949) 494-7339.

Gifted students

go to Princeton

The Summer Institute for the Gifted will be offering a three-week

residential program, July 17 to Aug. 6, at Princeton University for

gifted students in the Laguna Beach area.

The three-week, co-educational summer programs are offered to

academically talented students in grades 4-11. The deadline for

applications is May 1.

For information about this and all Summer Institute for the Gifted

programs, contact Amanda Ritz at (866) 303-4744, Ext. 5159 or by

e-mail at aritz@aifs.com; or visit the website at https://www.gifted

study.com

Register for free

adult ESL program

Laguna Beach Unified School District is offering adult education

programs. “English as a Second Language” meets 5:30-8:30 p.m. Monday

to Thursdays in room 90, behind the public swimming pool at Manzanita

St. and Park Ave. The class is free. Participants can register with

the instructor. For information, call (949) 497-7700, Ext. 210.