LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. – Cama Stevens, an elementary visual and performing arts teacher on special assignment in Laguna Beach Unified School District, has been honored with the 2026 Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) Award by the Orange County Music and Arts Administrators (OCMAA). 

LBUSD this week announced its 2025 Employees of the Year, recognizing Randi Beckley, a world language French teacher at Thurston Middle School with 19 years of service, as Teacher of the Year, and Thasa Zuziak, a special education instructional aide at Laguna Beach High School with 12 years of service, as Classified Employee of the Year.

Laguna Beach High School (LBHS) celebrated the grand opening of its new edible garden on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, a student-driven project born from ideas presented in last year’s Sustain SoCal Challenge. 

History has been made this fall athletic season for the Laguna Beach High School Boys’ Water Polo team by capturing the Pacific Coast Conference Championship. The team has remained undefeated thus far and advances to the season’s playoff rounds. The Breakers have qualified for the Open Division of the upcoming California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section-Ford Championship playoffs, which begin this week. It is the team’s first time qualifying for the Open Division since 2021 and only the 9th time in the school’s history.

The Laguna Beach Unified School District Board of Education is forming an AD HOC Arts Committee to explore how the arts can further enrich learning, wellness and community connection in schools. The committee is open to students, parents, educators, artists and community members who wish to apply and participate.