Our Mission
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| Superintendent's Message |
The District is recognized for the quality of leadership on the school board and in the schools. Our school board members are truly committed to public education. They provide the District with the focus and oversight needed to ensure that we are able to serve our students well, with an emphasis on the whole child. Our principals work closely with our teachers and staff members to set high goals and then work diligently to accomplish those goals.
In Laguna Beach Unified School District, we are incredibly fortunate to have strong community support as shown by the PTA, SchoolPower and the SchoolPower Foundation. The continued support and investment of these organizations has allowed us to provide a truly exceptional learning environment for our students, who are able to choose among a wide array of activities and learning experiences. Together, we are providing a sterling education for our students, who are the future leaders of our country and our world. I am confident their experience here in the Laguna Beach schools will launch them into a successful future.
Each year, Top of the World Elementary School students enter Linda Barker’s second grade class with an increasingly advanced technological base of knowledge.
LBUSD Superintendent Sherine Smith announced today that Laguna Beach High School has been recognized once again as an outstanding school in the State and the Nation once again by U.S. News & World Report.
The California Business for Education Excellence (CBEE) has selected all four LBUSD schools for the CBEE 2011 Honor Roll.
Laguna Beach Unified School District students helped Laguna Beach become the most water-wise city with a population of 25,000 in the country by participating with Laguna Beach County Water District in the National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation.
Laguna Beach Unified School District Placed on the College Board’s 2nd Annual AP® District Honor Roll for Significant Gains in Advanced Placement® Access and Student Performance
New California law mandates that every student entering 7th-12th grade must be immunized with the whooping cough booster before 1st day of school.
The LBUSD Board of Education is pleased to announce 3rd Annual Classified Service Awards Recognition.
Kris Hammerquist receives the California Classified School Employee of the Year Award

Laguna Beach Unified School District
Vision
We take ownership of each child’s learning in our schools, accepting no limits on potential.
Mission
Each student gains the knowledge, experience, world perspectives, and skills needed to become a lifelong learner and producer in a competitive and interconnected world.
Strategic Goals
1. Student Achievement - All students will demonstrate academic growth across content areas.
2. School Culture - Each student will strengthen connections to the school, the community, and the world by engaging in activities that build skills and responsibility.
3. Learning Environment - Safe, attractive, clean, and well-equipped learning environments will be provided for each student.
4. Staffing - The District will recruit, hire, train, and retain high performing staff.
5. Fiscal Responsibility - The District will maintain fiscal solvency and transparency to ensure support of student learning.
Core Values
1. Responsibility - We hold ourselves responsible for consistently maintaining a clear focus on our mission, which frames the behavior of our students, staff, parents, community, and Board of Education.
2. Commitment - We are committed to a focus on student learning through collaboration, reflection, and openness to change, which results in the highest levels of excellence.
3. Equity - We equitably meet the needs of all students through systems, structures, and opportunities that promote success.
4. Courtesy - We treat everyone with dignity and respect, seeking to understand each point of view without making assumptions.
5. Transparency - We are transparent in all operations of the District, demonstrating ethics through open and honest practices.
