Merlone Geier held their official ground-breaking ceremony on Thursday, April 6. Eleven LHS students participated in the festivities by leading the Pledge of Allegiance and putting their handprints in a 6-foot cement rectangle along with LA City Councilmember, Paul Krekorian. The handprints will become an art piece within the NoHo West complex. Be sure to check out the photos in today’s Daily News and on the newspaper’s website. Click the link below for details.

It is with great excitement we announce that Joseph Guidetti will be the next principal of our amazing Laurel Hall School. Below is a link to a letter of introduction from Mr. Guidetti. Jay comes to us with a wealth of experience and dedication to quality education in a variety of settings and positions. The Principal Search Committee was impressed with his enthusiasm, excitement and infectious attitude. We couldn’t be more excited! Mr. Guidetti will officially begin his position as our new principal on July 1, 2017, although you might see him on campus before that as he gets himself acclimated to our Laurel Hall community. Opportunities to “Meet and Greet” our new principal are now being finalized. Watch the Weekly Buzz for further details. In addition, we are thrilled that Barbara Hitchcock will remain an integral part of our Laurel Hall staff as Assistant Principal. There are no words to describe our gratitude to Mrs. Hitchcock for the amazing job she has done as our interim principal under very trying circumstances. We believe Mrs. Hitchcock along with Mr. Guidetti, and Pastor Hancer will make an amazing team moving forward into the next seventy years of quality education at Laurel Hall School! Due to timing and circumstance, this search took longer than any of us could have envisioned. We are profoundly grateful to our Principal’s Search Committee for their dedication. It was important for us to hire the “right” person to fill this position. We believe we have found the right fit for our community and are thankful for your patience during this process.