Giving back to the community
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Ketta Brown
The season has certainly shown itself here at Laguna Beach High
School.
We are having our annual Holiday Boutique from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday in the Quad at the High School. Vendors from throughout the
area will be there displaying crafts and wares. The Honors Chorus
from Top of the World and El Morro will be there to perform holiday
songs in a thinly veiled attempt to lure their parents onto campus to
spend freely. These same parents should remember that their singers
will be here sooner than they expect and will benefit from the
enhanced technology that this event will provide. Truly, I hope many
of you in the community will attend. Thanks goes to Pam McKay and
Kerri Pellow for all of their work on this event. It should be a
smashing success.
Although the boutique will directly help the high school, many
other events are occurring that will enhance the social education of
our students. Jeannie Harrell is our community service liaison and
has some great programs going to help families in need. She has begun
a drive to get cash and gift certificate donations to Home Depot,
Target, Wal-Mart and Lowe’s to send to volunteer construction workers
who are helping families devastated by the hurricanes in Florida this
past fall. In addition, toys will be collected to send to military
families who are apart this Christmas. There is also a canned food
drive planned to benefit the Laguna Resource Center.
Chris Krach’s Interact Club will again adopt a local family and
provide a fantastic holiday for them. If any in the community are
interested in donating, please don’t hesitate to contact the high
school. We are so blessed here in Laguna that it becomes easy to turn
a blind eye to those who are not as fortunate. I commend Jeannie and
Chris for reminding all of us that it honestly is “better to give
than to receive”.
Finally, the dedication for the new construction at the high
school will be at 9 am on Thursday. The community is invited to
attend and see some of the improvements that have brought Laguna
Beach High School into the 21st century. Thank you to everyone for
supporting our schools in such a concrete manner.
Oh, one more thing. For those of you who haven’t heard, the
Breaker’s boys’ cross country team placed first at state on Saturday.
Congratulations!
* KETTA BROWN is the president of the Laguna Beach High School
PTA.
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