Winning water-wise posters on display Laguna Beach...

Winning water-wise posters on display

Laguna Beach County Water District held its annual poster contest

for the water awareness month of May. More than 140 submissions were

received from first- through fifth-grade Laguna students. This year’s

theme was “Be Water Smart! Laguna Beach Digs Water-Wise Gardens.”

The top six contestants were: Anna Heitmann, Tomora O’Hara, Dina

Romeo and Peighton McRobie from El Morro Elementary School, and

Makenzie Fischer and Julian Rymar from Top of the World Elementary

School.

The students each received a $15 art supply gift certificate and a

T-shirt with their winning design. The artwork will be on display at

district headquarters, 306 Third St., through Saturday.

Volunteer tutors needed at El Morro

The American Association of University Women is looking for

volunteers to work with children at El Morro Elementary School.

Anyone who enjoys reading with children or helping with homework is

welcome.

The Help a Child program takes place during school hours.

Volunteers work in the classroom with the teacher, often in small

groups. The Learning Club takes place after school on Tuesday and

Thursday afternoons and usually centers on a single student who needs

help. For information, contact Peggie Thomas (949) 499-1817 or Pat

Jamieson at (949) 497-2792.

Students receive First Communion

Second-grade students at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic School

received First Communion on Saturday. The school congratulates: E.

Baldridge, C. Baldridge, A. Coglitore, H. Congdon, Z. Davoren, N.

DelToro, J. Fast, R. Freeman, C. French, S. French, S. Golanka, H.

Haythorne, A. Hentzen, T. Herrera, K. King, M. Payne, C. Perone, J.

Pontius, M. Regan, M. Rogers, L. Thomas, G. Villa, J. Watkins, and J.

Zaharian.

The school is located at 3090 S. Coast Highway. For more

information, call (949) 494-7339.

SchoolPower working on directory

SchoolPower is putting together its fall student directory and

selling advertising for the publication, which contains the names of

all students in the Laguna Beach Unified School District.

Proceeds from the publication help SchoolPower, a nonprofit

organization, raise about $250,000 annually for the district.

In conjunction with the Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce, the

organization is also offering businesses the opportunity to be part

of the Laguna Locals Card program, which allows residents to get a

10% discount at participating shops.

The deadline for advertising in the directory is June 1. For more

information, call (949) 494-6811 or e-mail to info@lbschool

power.com.

Register for free adult ESL program

Laguna Beach Unified School District is offering free adult

education programs in English as a second language. The class meets

5:30-8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday in room 90, behind the public

swimming pool at Manzanita Street and Park Avenue. Participants can

register with the instructor. For information, call (949) 497-7700,

ext. 210.

Foreign exchange students need hosts

The Laguna Beach American Field Service High School foreign

student-exchange program has one more week to find host families for

next year’s visiting students.

Each year the group hosts three or four AFS students at the high

school and send several local students to host countries for

summer-long, semester-long or year-long programs.

Volunteer host families provide a bed, food, and transportation to

school. Orange County AFS has a support network to assist families

interested in hosting. Single adults as well as families can

volunteer. Visiting students often share a bedroom with a child from

the host family.

Next year’s 16 and 17-year-old students will come from Thailand,

Chili, Germany and Norway. The students’ bios are available. To speak

with current host families and meet this year’s exchange students,

call Barbara Hawthorne and Randy Ray, at (949) 376-5913, or go to

www.afs.org/usa for more information.