BRIEFLY IN EDUCATION

Back to school donations sought

The Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce and Laguna Beach Resource Center, with No Square Theater, are sponsoring a Back to School party for children of low-income families in Laguna Beach who need help providing their children with school essentials.

The party will take place at 5 p.m. Thursday at 225 Forest Ave. (formerly Crystal Image gallery).

School supplies (spiral notebooks, pens and pencils, colored pencils, etc.), clothing, backpacks and other items are needed. Items may be dropped off beginning at 8 a.m. Thursday at the Chamber of Commerce, 357 Glenneyre St., or at 225 Forest Ave.

For more information, call the chamber at (949) 494-1018.

Assistance League helps Pendleton kids

The Laguna Beach Assistance League joined recently with other area chapters to provide clothing and back-to-school supplies to Camp Pendleton school children. Base Commander Col. James Seaton attended the event and expressed his appreciation for the support to the families of Laguna Beach Marines stationed at the base.

This program, Chapters for Children, is but one component of National Assistance League’s Operation School Bell, now celebrating its 50th anniversary. Since its inception, it has clothed more than 2 million children.

Continuing the program locally, the Laguna Beach chapter members will soon begin filling backpacks with jackets and school supplies for distribution to area Head Start and Even Start schools. Numerous other activities benefiting school children will follow through-out the year.

For information on membership, call Joan Schnitter, (949) 951-9001.

Stone carving classes set to start

Stone carving classes, taught by master stone carvers Marvin Johnson and Joseph Sovella, will be at Laguna College of Art & Design, 2222 Laguna Canyon Road. The 10-week workshop takes place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays, Sept. 20 through Nov. 22.

No prior experience necessary. This class is open to all skill levels.

Students will work outdoors sculpting stone into forms of almost any size or shape. Sovella has taught at Laguna College since 1986 and Johnson since 1992.

Cost for the workshop is $350 and includes basic tools and a practice stone. Additional resources to purchase specialty stone are available. To register or for more information, contact: [email protected]