Weekly roundup – OCDE Newsroom

Weekly roundup: Student-athletes unite, OC Fair’s Imaginology festival, awards, competitions and more

April 12, 2019

What started as a Special Olympics Unified Sports program at Trabuco Hills High has scaled up districtwide. As the Orange County Register reported this week, the Saddleback Valley Unified School District rec... Read More

Weekly roundup: Investigating Salem in 1692, cheering a hero’s return, competing for scholarships, and more

Ian Hanigan

March 29, 2019

A group of students from Thurston Middle School in Laguna Beach recently conducted a mock crime-scene investigation based on one of America’s most infamous criminal justice cases — the Salem witch trials. Th... Read More

Weekly roundup: Students learn environmental lessons through excursions, schools recognized for civic education, and more

Fermin Leal

March 22, 2019

Dozens of fifth-graders have learned about nature and the environment by sleeping, eating and learning at a four-day, three-night Newport Bay science camp as part of a program called Fostering interest in Natur... Read More

Weekly roundup: Fullerton partnership creates college pipeline, OCC’s new planetarium, and more

Ian Hanigan

March 15, 2019

A new partnership between Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton College and the Fullerton Joint Union High School District seeks to create a high school-to-college pipeline, boost transfer rates and speed up the time ... Read More

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Weekly roundup: HB high schoolers promote environmental awareness, Tustin student heads to national Spelling Bee, and more

Fermin Leal

March 8, 2019

About 40 Marina High students have gathered outside their Huntington Beach school every Monday morning before first period to publicize their cause to protect the planet against global warming. They wave han... Read More

Weekly roundup: The science of hockey, proposed state laws, performing arts grants, and more

Ian Hanigan

March 1, 2019

Thousands of students from more than 170 local schools descended upon the Honda Center this week for a day of hands-on STEM lessons courtesy of the Anaheim Ducks. Photo of the 2018 First Flight Field Trip, cou... Read More

Weekly roundup: Newport-Mesa Unified reinvents P.E., dual-language immersion programs expand, and more

Fermin Leal

February 22, 2019

Newport-Mesa Unified School District has changed how it approaches physical fitness, incorporating a healthy lifestyles curriculum and a diverse range of offerings. A Daily Pilot columnist outlined how the d... Read More

Weekly roundup: Students and Marines team up for a clean-up, Irvine is the most desired UC campus, and more

Ian Hanigan

February 15, 2019

Selecting a date with numeric significance, more than two dozen Irvine middle schoolers teamed up with local Marines this week to clean up trash along the San Diego Creek near a senior center. All Irvine sch... Read More

Weekly roundup: Music lab debuts in Anaheim, students build device for space launch, and more

Fermin Leal

February 8, 2019

About 150 students at the Juliette Low School of the Arts in Anaheim are learning music in the elementary school’s newly opened Lang Lang Keys of Inspiration Piano Lab. The Orange County Register featured th... Read More

Weekly roundup: California’s new schools chief, detection dogs in Fullerton, and more

Ian Hanigan

February 1, 2019

California’s new superintendent of public instruction was abandoned by his father and lost his mother to cancer at age 6. But Tony Thurmond, 50, says he found success in school through support from his extended... Read More

Weekly roundup: Student-athletes unite, OC Fair’s Imaginology festival, awards, competitions and more

Weekly roundup: Investigating Salem in 1692, cheering a hero’s return, competing for scholarships, and more

Weekly roundup: Students learn environmental lessons through excursions, schools recognized for civic education, and more

Weekly roundup: Fullerton partnership creates college pipeline, OCC’s new planetarium, and more

Weekly roundup: HB high schoolers promote environmental awareness, Tustin student heads to national Spelling Bee, and more

Weekly roundup: The science of hockey, proposed state laws, performing arts grants, and more

Weekly roundup: Newport-Mesa Unified reinvents P.E., dual-language immersion programs expand, and more

Weekly roundup: Students and Marines team up for a clean-up, Irvine is the most desired UC campus, and more

Weekly roundup: Music lab debuts in Anaheim, students build device for space launch, and more

Weekly roundup: California’s new schools chief, detection dogs in Fullerton, and more

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