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WE DO THI S FOR YOU

TECHNOLOGY STEM
With your support this past year, we enhanced our technology Curiosity and innovation are at the heart of Laguna’s STEM
inside and outside the classroom, increasing connectivity across Program, and are instilled early on in our Grades EK-4
our community and better securing our campuses. With curriculum. Students learn beginning engineering skills through
gratitude, we are happy to report that Laguna Fund dollars LEGOs, gain conservation awareness by participating in the
supported the following updates, allowing our students and annual Earth Day Festival, and study life cycles by incubating
community to enjoy a state-of-the art learning environment. eggs in Project Emu. These skills develop with our students as
• ‘The Nest,’ our new mobile app makes it easier for our they journey through Middle and Upper School. They explore
community to stay connected and updated on what’s their passions in STEM in the lab, garden, ocean, and beyond.
happening at Laguna. The lessons and experiments they undertake are hands-on and
• An upgraded emergency communication and phone system minds-on.
ensures better communication across campuses and increased Our Upper School students take this work to the next level in
security. the Science Research Program. This new two-year, mentor-based,
• A new light board in Spaulding Theatre allows teachers research elective allows them to perform their own authentic
and students to utilize the latest technologies in technical research and gain experience in designing, experimenting, and
theatre, helping our youngest performers shine on stage. collaborating on challenging research problems. We thank you
for helping provide this unique opportunity for our faculty to
prepare Laguna’s students for tomorrow’s world.

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