The holiday season is fast approaching, and with it comes Southern California’s largest gingerbread-making competition and holiday display.
Hosted by the Discovery Cube, the annual “Science of Gingerbread” event will run from Nov. 19 through Jan. 1, welcoming visitors of all ages to embrace the holiday spirit. The festivities, offered at the children’s science museum’s Orange County and Los Angeles campuses, include designing and building the best gingerbread houses and engaging in educational winter-themed activities.
From classroom teams to professional bakers, all are welcome to submit their take on the perfect gingerbread structure. Entries will be judged according to the following categories — youth 5 and under, youth ages 6 to 13, groups, professional, winter wonderland, world of science and it’s a small world (share your best cultural holiday traditions).
Interested builders can register online for the competition and drop off their gingerbread houses at the museum from Nov. 19 to Dec. 4. At either Discovery Cube location, visitors can learn how to decorate cookies and construct virtual snowflakes with many onsite workshops available.
Each competition submission will be placed on display until Jan. 1, 2023. Category winners will be announced at the gingerbread awards ceremony on the final night of the event. For more information, visit discoverycube.org/science-of-gingerbread.
Here are the other stories we have followed this week:
- An esports technology classroom, a culinary arts center and a physical fitness course are among Vista View Middle School’s newest features unveiled following the campus’s recent $29 million modernization project.
- Tustin residents participated in the 31st annual Dino Dash this past weekend to raise money for local schools.
- Teachers at Murdy Elementary School in the Garden Grove Unified School District created “The Gratitude Project” in 2014, creating opportunities for students to interview military veterans, elders who escaped traumatic historic events and their own family members.
- Graduating seniors throughout the state are now required to submit financial aid applications — or opt out — due to the passing of Assembly Bill 469.
- In honor of America Recycles Day, Adelaide Price Elementary students learned how to better their recycling and waste diversion efforts with the help of Inside the Outdoors and OC Waste & Recycling representatives.
- Following Tuesday’s General Election, EdSource reported that State Superintendent Tony Thurmond has been re-elected to a second 4-year term. Meanwhile, the OC Registrar of Voters continued to post the latest results from local school board races.
- Orange County educational leaders, law enforcement personnel and other stakeholders gathered at a fentanyl education and prevention forum on Nov. 4 to learn about the drug’s tragic effects and discuss strategies for youth prevention.
- With the recent uptick in fatal drug overdoses among youth, OCDE Newsroom has gathered the most important information families need to know about fentanyl.
- Chronic absenteeism in the Los Angeles Unified School District has dropped from 34 percent to 29 percent amid the administration’s continued efforts to see students back at school.
- As much as $1 billion a year could be invested in California’s fund for arts education following the approval of a ballot measure during the recent General Election.
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