Activities for graduating seniors, friends and families:...

Activities for graduating seniors, friends and families:

Junior/Senior Prom, 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday at the Diamond

Club, Anaheim. Tickets are $60 per person with an ASB Card and $65

per person without an ASB Card. Juniors and Seniors may bring one

guest from outside the school with a signed guest permission form

(available in the Activities Office). Tickets must be purchased in

advance in the Activities Office.

Honors convocation, 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Artists’ Theatre.

Seniors will wear caps and gowns. Family and friends are invited to

attend.

Baccalaureate, 4 to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 19 at the Laguna Beach

United Methodist Church. The GradNite 2005 committee is sponsoring

this event. Baccalaureate is an interfaith service that celebrates

the completion of an undergraduate academic career. Family and

friends are invited to attend the service, followed by a reception.

Candle Rose, 7 p.m. Tues., June 21 in the Artists’ Theatre. Family

and friends are invited to attend this special evening showcasing

seniors’ talents. The roses and messages that were ordered will be

given to the seniors after the performance.

Senior trip to Knott’s Berry Farm, Wed., June 22. Tickets are $30.

Students must complete a permission form. Students will check in at 9

a.m. on Short Street. Buses leave at 9:30 a.m. and depart from

Knott’s at 4:30 p.m. for the return trip. Students must complete the

checkout process with their counselors by noon on June 20 to attend

the senior trip.

* Graduation ceremony, 8 p.m., Thurs., June 23, Irvine Bowl.

Parents and guests should be seated by 7:30 p.m.; procession begins

promptly at 8 p.m. Prior to the ceremony, seniors meet at the high

school football bleachers at 6:45 p.m. for check-in and bus

transportation to the Irvine Bowl. All students are required to take

the bus, and no carry-on articles are allowed. Buses will not return.

* All-night grad party: The GradNite 2005 committee is sponsoring

this event following graduation ceremonies. Students will board the

buses for the all-night grad party at the festival grounds directly

after the ceremony. Parents may bring casual clothing for students to

change into after the ceremony, prior to boarding the bus to the

party. All students who are attending the party are required to sign

the student behavior contract.

Note: Independent security personnel will be present at the high

school and the festival grounds to search persons and belongings

prior to boarding the bus to the graduation ceremony and to the grad

party.

For more information, call Diana at the Activities Office,

497-7750, ext. 217.

Soccer coach to rock for Dad’s Day

Andy Thomas, Laguna Beach soccer club director of coaching and

former boys’ varsity soccer coach at the high school, will perform

with his band “the Ferns” at a Father’s Day rock ‘n roll show at the

Coach House in San Juan Capistrano at 8 p.m. Sunday, June 19.

The band’s original pop/rock has captured fans of all ages at

Hennessey’s and Laguna Beach Brewing Company throughout the year. The

band also opened for Sha-Na-Na last year and recently opened for

Dread Zeppelin.

The Jerry Garcia Band, formerly the Grateful Dead, will take to

the stage after the Ferns.

“It is going to be a great night and a great chance for dads and

their kids to experience a little rock ‘n roll together,” said

Thomas.

Tickets are $15. To purchase, call Thomas at (949) 293-5701.

The Coach House is located at 33157 Camino Capistrano. For more

information, call (949) 496-8930.

Junior players to perform ‘Staircase’

The Junior Park Avenue Players at Thurston Middle School will

present Bell Kaufman’s “Up the Down Staircase,” directed by Mark

Dressler, at 7:30 p.m. June 9, 10 and 11, and at 2:30 p.m. June 11 at

the school, 2100 Park Ave.

Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. Information, (949)

497-7785.