Mijares: Orange County students are making a difference through kindness Al Mijares October 18, 2018In December 2016, sixth-grade teacher Mandy Kelly asked her class at Trabuco Mesa Elementary School in the Saddleback Valley Unified...
Updated 2018 state bill tracker: Education laws that will impact OC schools Fermin Leal October 10, 2018(A previous version of this post ran in September. This version has been updated with new information.) Gov. Jerry Brown...
For one OC class, an assignment on kindness turns into a kindness movement Ian Hanigan October 8, 2018It began with a simple classroom assignment: Perform one random act of kindness every day for a month, and write...
Weekly roundup: Gov. vetoes later school start time bill, 20 OC campuses named among healthiest, and more Fermin Leal September 21, 2018Groggy teens hoping to grab some extra sleep before school starts each day didn’t win the sympathy of Gov. Jerry...
20 OC campuses recognized as America’s Healthiest Schools Ian Hanigan September 17, 2018Twenty campuses in Orange County have been named among America’s Healthiest Schools after implementing strategies designed to boost nutrition and...
Santa Ana students ask astronaut about life on the International Space Station during live stream Fermin Leal September 6, 2018Students at Mendez Intermediate School in Santa Ana Unified spent part of their morning Thursday peppering an astronaut with questions...
Skyview students learn soccer skills from LA Galaxy coaches at Jewish festival Fermin Leal August 30, 2018A group of students from OCDE’s ACCESS Skyview Elementary and Middle School were recently invited by the Merage Jewish Community...
OCDE in 30: Does your school have an Academic Pentathlon team? Ian Hanigan August 28, 2018You tend to hear more about the Academic Pentathlon in the spring, when teams of middle schoolers are preparing for...
Dozens of OC schools to offer free meals for every student this school year Fermin Leal August 27, 2018All students at 67 schools in two Orange County school districts are eligible to receive a free school breakfast and...
Two new K-8 schools open in Orange County this week Fermin Leal August 23, 2018State-of-the-art learning labs, eco-friendly designs and that new-classroom smell greeted students at two brand new schools that opened this week...