Alejandro Cruz plays a pizza pitchman during a summer theater class at Gates Elementary School in Lake Forest presented by the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Acting instructor Ruben Garfias speaks to children during a summer theater class at Gates Elementary School in Lake Forest. Garfias is a teaching artist from Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Full-body cutouts acting as visual autobiographies are shown in Laguna Hills High School teacher Greg Roberts’ personal narrative writing class for English-learners during a summer program at Gates Elementary School in Lake Forest. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Children hold geodesic spheres in the Fun with Math class during a summer program for English-learners presented by instructors from the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa and the Saddleback Valley Unified School District. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Acting teacher Ruben Garfias, right, from the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa instructs a young actor during a theater class as part of a summer program for English-learners. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Charlie Dando, a teaching artist from the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, teaches children dance moves Wednesday during a summer program at Gates Elementary School in Lake Forest. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)
Laguna Hills High School teacher Greg Roberts leads a personal narrative writing class during a summer program for English-learners presented by instructors from the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa and the Saddleback Valley Unified School District. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)