Assembled into four teams outside of the Merovick Gym, students each gave a team cheer as they prepared to participate in the third annual Laguna Blanca Field Day. Four Teams – the Red Tide, the Blue Foo / Blue’s Clues, the (Green) Money, and the (Grey) Killer Whales – competed in head-to-head competitions for fun more »
Student abuse of Adderall and Ritalin isn’t a new problem. What have been deemed the “good-grade pills” have long been providing college campuses with the fuel to get through all-nighters. But, according to The New York Times, secret addiction to prescription stimulants has trickled down to high-school students. Ritalin, Focalin, Concerta, Vynanse, Adderall—they all, while more »
In order to understand what hacking is, it’s important to define the term in relation to coding. Like the alphabet is to creating a sentence, coding is the language of programming computer software and hacking is the ability to re-configure or re-program a system so it works in a way not originally intended by the more »
As a musician and an actor, our lives have always revolved around the arts. The stage is a workspace and a place where we are free to express ourselves as artists. For both of us, the arts are our passions, possibly even our future careers, and we have dedicated our hearts and our free time more »
When I Skyped Austin Danson to interview him for this article, he was painting. The window blinked open to reveal the somewhat fuzzy image of a wild-haired artist bent over his paper, a long Chinese Sumi brush held carefully in one hand. “Look!” he said excitedly, holding the half-painted paper up to the camera, “It’s more »
The students who participated in Poetry Out Loud this year performed “remarkably” under the time restrictions, according to judge and Santa Barbara Arts Commission Executive Director Ms. Ginny Brush. Due to finals, the students had around three days to prepare their poems for the annual recitation contest. Upper School English 10 and AP English instructor more »
About Miles Crist Miles Crist is 15 years old and comes from Los Angeles, California. Currently, he is a sophomore at Laguna Blanca School in Santa Barbara, California. His films have been recognized with top honors from the National YoungArts Foundation, the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the Los more »
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