OCDE Newsroom

COVID-19 update: Any vaccine mandate for students won’t happen until July 2023 at the earliest

Staff reports April 14, 2022

OCDE continues to track the latest developments related to COVID-19 while following guidance from the California Department of Public Health...

Nichole Pichardo November 22, 2021

It’s been nearly a year since the devastating Bond Fire swept through Rancho Soñado, claiming the home of OCDE’s Inside...

Inside the Outdoors, OCDE’s popular environmental education program, is partnering with the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) to...

Ian Hanigan September 17, 2021

Tony Bube, a founding member of the foundation that supports the Orange County Department of Education’s environmental education program, has...

The summer months are in full swing and while children and teens can definitely benefit from rest and relaxation, there...

For the second consecutive year, OCDE’s environmental education program — better known as Inside the Outdoors — will offer a...

While every day is Earth Day for OCDE’s Inside the Outdoors program, we set aside one day a year —...

Students at Davis Magnet School in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District are raising money for a good cause by selling...

Nichole Pichardo February 16, 2021

Months after the devastating Bond Fire claimed the home of OCDE’s Inside the Outdoors program, kindness continues to pour in...

Staff reports January 29, 2021

Below is our running COVID-19 digest for 2021, with older stories posted at the bottom of the page. For the...