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Laurel Springs Welcomes Raptor Expert for Symposium

Laurel Springs School welcomes the director of the Ojai Raptor Center to our series of virtual symposia, “Meetings with Remarkable Men & Women.”  Kimberly Stroud has twenty years of experience working with raptors in rehabilitation and educational settings. The Ojai Raptor Center is dedicated to the rehabilitation and release of injured, displaced, and orphaned birds of ...
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Laurel Springs Middle School Student Featured in New Yorker Magazine

When we first featured Laurel Springs middle school student Flynn McGarry in a blog post, we knew he was an exceptional young man with talent and drive well beyond his age  (13 years old).  So it’s not surprising to see him featured in The New Yorker magazine.  You can read Christopher Noxon’s profile of Flynn in ...
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Laurel Springs School Hosts Online Symposium with Ted Turner

As part of our series of exclusive, interactive symposia, Laurel Springs School hosted an online environmental symposium with businessman and environmentalist Ted Turner on Wednesday, April 4. Turner joined a long list of notables who spoke as part of Laurel Springs’ “Meetings with Remarkable Men & Women” series, which is exclusive to Laurel Springs families. The ...
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Laurel Springs Proudly Sponsors the 2012 Easter Bowl

The Easter Bowl Tennis Tournament is one of the most important junior tennis competitions in the country.  During a seven-day period, students ages 12 – 18 years of age compete in intense pairings on the courts. Tennis greats McEnroe, Sampras, Agassi, Austen and Davenport all won matches at the Easter Bowl. This year, the Easter ...
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National Honor Society Leads Cyberbullying Awareness Webinar

Cyberbullying is a serious issue facing millions of children and teens. The Laurel Springs chapter of the National Honor Society has collaborated with the School Counseling department to  host a presentation on this important topic. This student-led presentation will cover statistics, terminology, warning signs, prevention and reporting. Students in grades 6-12 and their parents are ...
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Chess Club: Non-competitive Cameraderie

Once a month, students from all over the world meet for the Laurel Springs chess club.  The school’s faculty sponsor said, “It’s a very social club.  The chess game is like a campfire that they gather around; they love to talk.” One member said, “I really enjoy chess club, as it gives me a chance to ...
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Ted Turner to Speak at “Meetings with Remarkable Men & Women” Symposium

All Laurel Springs families are invited to join us for our next Meetings with Remarkable Men & Women symposium, featuring guest speaker Ted Turner, “Visionary, Philanthropist and Protector of our World.”  A visionary is someone who sees the future, and ignites their talent to bring that future to life. Ted Turner’s talents have catapulted him ...
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Jeff Gibbs: “A World of Solutions”

Laurel Springs School’s series of “Meeting with Remarkable Men & Women” symposia continues with our March event, featuring Jeff Gibbs. Jeff, who has spent years advocating for human rights and environmental conservation, is the founder of Global Activators, an organization that helps young people harness their talents and networks to benefit our environment. The symposium ...
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Megan Smith: Synthesizing ideas through writing

Sophomore Megan Smith loves to write, but had not planned to have her work published when she recently wrote a poem called “The Space Between Hands.” “I wrote the piece first, and then found out about the call for submissions on the topic of ‘hands’ in Cicada magazine.” Megan submitted her poem, and when she ...
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Laurel Springs School, Pioneer in Online K-12 Education, Marks 20th Anniversary

Our school marked its 20th anniversary with a celebration in Ojai, California on Wednesday, January 11. Founded in 1991 to offer personalized distance learning programs, Laurel Springs was one of the very first schools to harness the power of the internet for interactive education when it began offering web-based programs in 1994.  Laurel Springs has now grown to ...
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