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Editor's note: This corrects the spelling of Surterre Properties. Thurston hosts Noon Sports Two weeks a month, Thurston Middle School students get to participate in Noon Sports, a program devised by Thurston physical education teacher Michael Bair. The idea is for students to learn that fitness and organized sports can be fun. There's a wide variety of choices, from ping pong and flag football to basketball and dodgeball. The school's leadership class has been preparing for the monthly event with posters and school announcements.

Editor's note: The following is a list of scholarships and the Laguna Beach High School students who won them and were recognized at the 21012 LBHS Honors Convocation. "Ace Award" Accepting the Challenge of Excellence: Melanie Arteaga 'A Dream for the Future' Scholarship: April Carlson, Celestina De Leon, Juliana Ferguson, Evan Kirkbride, Nicolas Leighton, Joshua Simkin AAUW, Laguna Beach Branch Scholarship: Teagan Barnes, Laura Kawashiri, Lauren Montgomery Allen Bell Memorial Scholarship Fund: Gordon Belyea, April Carlson American Legion Post 222 Citizenship Award: Bryce Blanton, Caroline Cannan, Frances Naude, Macklin Thornto Anna Mary Beck Business Administration Scholarship: Stephanie Alonso Avalos, Calvin Garmshausen Austin Loomis, Adam Redding-Kaufman, Harrison Williams April Crevier and Daphne Crevier Memorial Scholarships: Savanna Danford, Celestina De Leon Arthur B. Harward Memorial Scholarship: Gordon Belyea Assistance League of Laguna Beach Scholarship: Ashley Andrews, Melanie Arteaga AYSO, Region 86, Laguna Beach Scholarship: Paul Noppenberger, Torrie Ornelas Barbara Diamond Excellence in Journalism Award: Alexandra Menkes Barbara Laird ROP Memorial Scholarship: Melanie Arteaga Bill O'Brien, Class of '57, Memorial Scholarship: Natasha Strickland Bonnie S. Lang Memorial Scholarship: Taylor Kahn Boys & Girls...

Laguna Beach schools are starting the new school year with $1.4 million in the bank, the Board of Education learned Tuesday. The funds were the result of conservative budgeting last year when the economy was beginning to falter, and an unexpected boost in property taxes, from which the district gets its funds, according to Norma Shelton, assistant superintendent for business services. “As the economy fell apart, we were cautious, and then we received more from property taxes than we projected,” Shelton told the board.

Suzie Harrison Laguna Beach Unified School District was unified in its emergency response efforts to Wednesday's massive Bluebird Canyon landslide. Schools serving students in the landslide-affected area made it their business to keep the day as normal as possible, while offering support and emergency assistance to families in need. Asst. Supt. Steven Keller said a key piece in handling the disaster included constant communication. "We had ongoing communication throughout the day without panic," Keller said.