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GUEST SPEAKERS
ROB HEREFORD, HEAD OF SCHOOL
HANI ZEINI, BOARD CHAIR
EMERITUS SOCIET Y MEMBERS
JIM JACKSON ’78, TOM PICKETT,
GEOF WYATT ’79, ALISON WRIGLEY RUSACK
SPECIAL TED x STUDENT PRESENT A TION

THIS YEAR OUR STUDENTS TRANSFORMED MEROVICK GYMNASIUM FOR
THE FIRST-EVER TEDx LAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL. TED IS A NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO SPREADING IDEAS GLOBALLY, USUALLY IN THE
FORM OF SHORT, POWERFUL TALKS COVERING A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT FEAT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE
DEVELOPED AND PRODUCED THEIR FIRST-EVER TEDx EVENT — WITH 500
ATTENDEES AND 13 SPEAKERS — WITHOUT NATURAL DISASTERS GETTING
IN THE WAY. BUT THROW IN WILDFIRE, MUDSLIDES, EVACUATIONS, AND
SCHOOL CANCELLATIONS, AND THE COMMUNIT Y EVENT THAT CULMINATED
ON JANUARY 31, 2018 WAS A TESTAMENT TO THE POWER, RESILIENCE, AND
BRILLIANCE OF OUR STUDENTS.
THEMED “EVOLVE,” THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF THE SPEAKERS RANGED
IMPRESSIVELY — FROM PSYCHOLOGISTS TO MARINE BIOLOGISTS TO
CONTORTIONISTS TO A TWO-TIME OLYMPIAN — IN AN ENGAGING STREAM OF
INFORMATION AND INSPIRATION.

OUR TEDx STUDENT TEAM WILL SHARE HIGHLIGHTS FROM “EVOLVE” AND
REVEAL PLANS FOR TEDx 2019.