by The Editors on May 12, 2010
No disrespect to the young women who complete in the Miss Carlsbad Pageant, but we’ve never been big fans of beauty pageants in general. So each time we run into members of the Miss Carlsbad court at various Carlsbadistan events we’re almost surprised to find them being so kind, polite and helpful in whatever they are doing.
Miss Carlsbad Alaina Crabtree and Miss Teen Carlsbad Skyler Blankenship were interviewed together in a story published yesterday on Carlsbad High School’s Lancer Link in which both girls discuss the pageant, what it means to be a Carlsbad Miss, and why they competed. Click the link for the rest. . .
[Link: Lancer Link]
by The Editors on April 28, 2010
Carlsbad’s Pacific Ridge School junior Anisha Mudaliar, 16, was one of 12 students nationwide to win a scholarship in the Young Epidemiology Scholars Competition in Washington, DC the weekend of April 23-26, 2010. Mudaliar won $15,000 for her research on youth onset diabetes.
“I was concerned by the increasing prevalence of diabetes and its complications in children and adolescents, especially among Asian Indians,” she said. “I was determined to further study this issue in the greater context of public health.”
Anisha was one of 60 regional finalists from 21 states who were invited to present their projects. Congrats to Anisha, and to Pacific Ridge School.
by The Editors on March 10, 2010
Lauren McMillen and J. Kieran Naughton bring Grease’s Sandy and Danny to life.
Students from Carlsbadistan’s Pacific Ridge School took audiences back to Rydell High last week with sell-out performances of the musical Grease. The students (grade 7 to 11) performed for more than 1,000 community members during the amazingly well-produced shows.
Follow the jump for more photos and all the details. . .
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by The Editors on February 23, 2010
The Carlsbad Police department is reportedly investigating a fight that broke out on the beach near the Army & Navy Academy at approximately 5:15 PM on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 between “4 or 5” locals and “9 or 10” academy cadets, according to a story in the North County Times.
Accounts of the melee vary depending on who is telling the story, but punches started landing after one teen pushed or hit another with a surfboard, Cain said. . . “We don’t know for sure who did what or who started it,” he said. . . Cain said that after the surfboard blow landed, several more teens piled on from both sides. Eventually a local lifeguard intervened and separated the two sides.
One of the locals reportedly sustained a broken nose. Looks like the cadets stick together pretty well.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on February 23, 2010
Top- Michelle Barkowski, Camille Posard, Sydney Reed. Middle-Hailey Koopsen, Kelly DiMarco, Rylee Blair, Keara Verran, Lani Yamanaka. Front Row- Sara Steffy, Whitney Wilhardt, Brittany Smith.
During this winter Olympic month Carlsbad Lancer Dancers have won a bronze medal of their own for their performance at the National Dance Team Championships at ESPN Wide World of Sports at Orlando Florida’s Disney World February 6-7, 2010.
The 11 member varsity team flew out with two substitute coaches and 28 family members to cheer them on. . . Carlsbad’s Varsity Dance Team, The Lancer Dancers, placed 3rd overall in the nation, in the Hip Hop competition with a dance choreographed by Erik Saradpon. . . “When they called our team we were so excited! We so wanted to bring a medal home for Carlsbad.”, said Lani Yamanaka, Lancer Dancer. As a Bronze Medal winner, they were interviewed in the locker room by ESPN and their performance will be aired later this month on ESPN2.
Congrats to all the girls. Nice work. We don’t usually watch Dance competitions on ESPN, but for this one we will make an exception. Click here and search for “Carlsbad” to watch all the performances.
by The Editors on December 29, 2009
On December 28, 2009 Carlsbad’s Pacific Ridge School celebrated the wall raising on their new energy-efficient high school building. With the help of some enormous cranes and a host of dignitaries, the campus moved several walls to making the above artist rendering of the school a reality for students and teachers.
[Link: Pacific Ridge School]
by The Editors on November 18, 2009
Carlsbadistan’s Pacific Ridge School received much media attention last June when their students were quarantined in China for the H1N1 flu. Earlier this month, however, 18 of the school’s students were recognized for something a less viral.
The Pacific Ridge group was awarded the “Best Small School Delegation” award at the 2009 Model United Nations (MUN) Conference at Stanford University. They also took home 12 individual awards from the international conference.
“We are extremely proud of every student that attended this year’s Stanford MUN Conference,” said Scott Silk and Liz Grossman, faculty advisors from Pacific Ridge School. “The award for ‘Best Small School Delegation’ was the result of our students being well prepared, demonstrating effective listening skills, and offering well developed resolutions to the conflicts presented.”
It nice of these students to remind the rest of the world that Carlsbadistan has more to offer than simply surfers and septuagenarians.
Follow the jump for the rest of the award winners.
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by The Editors on November 13, 2009
From left to right: Michelle Barkowski, Sara Steffy, Camille Posard, Brittany Smith, Lani Yamanaka, Sydney Reed, Whitney Wilhardt, Kelly DiMarco, and Rylee Blair gathering soup.
After having found out just how hard it was to raise funds for their trip to the US National Championships in Orlando, Florida, the Carlsbad High School Lancer Dancers decided to do something to help others who are short on funds. They organized a a school wide holiday soup drive to benefit The Angel’s Depot, a service that provides “food-for-a-week” boxes to seniors who live on less than $950 a month
“Every student at CHS has English, so we put bins in all the English Classrooms to get the entire high school involved and make it easy for teens to donate food. We might just be teens, but we are a school of 3,000 teens and together we can make a difference”, said team member, Camille Posard.
For more info on the soup drive and the team’s upcoming fundraiser The Lancer Dancer Showcase December 16-18, 2009 follow the jump.
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by The Editors on October 29, 2009
On Saturday, October 25, 2009, Carlsbadistan’s Pacific Ridge School officially broke ground on its new energy efficient campus. According to the school more than 400 community members attended the event.
While an increasing number of businesses are working toward LEED certification, the Carlsbad non-profit, independent school will be one of only a handful of schools across the country on its way to achieve gold accreditation. . . Highlights of the new energy efficient campus, designed to reduce overall energy consumption by 42%, compared to traditional school buildings, include: Onsite solar power, Recycled construction materials, Natural lighting for 90% of classroom space, Passive ventilation for 100% of the public spaces, Reduction of landscape irrigation by 50%
The $20 million project is scheduled to be completed in time for this year’s Juniors (pictured above) to graduate from the new energy efficient school building. Follow the jump for all the official details.
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by The Editors on October 20, 2009
Carlsbad High School senior Austin Ganz, 17 (pictured above), and Lucas Johnson, 15, took first and second place against four San Dieguito Academy surfers in the mens’ shortboard division at the Interscholastic Surfing Federation contest at Moonlight Beach on Sunday, October 18, 2009.
The waves at Moonlight of 1 to 3 feet, and were on the small side, but Ganz powered through to the finals to get this year off to a great start. . . . Austin would like to thank his sponsors, K-Five, O’Neill, Dakine, Barr Design and Smith Optics.
Way to crush the competition, guys. We wouldn’t expect anything less. Click the link for full results.
[Link: Interscholastic Surfing Federation]
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