Inside the Outdoors secures funding for waste education program impacting more than 900,000 students Ian Hanigan March 6, 2018Inside the Outdoors, OCDE’s popular environmental education program, has netted a sizable grant to present standards-based lessons on the science of...
C-H-A-M-P: Eighth-grader wins second straight OC Spelling Bee, advances to national competition Ian Hanigan March 3, 2018Round by round, they dueled over words like “intaglio,” “vivace,” “bobbejaan” and “zeitgeber.” When Genevie Nguyen of Irvine Intermediate School...
Weekly roundup: Girls Engineering Day in Anaheim, Chinese New Year, new social-emotional learning guidelines and more Ian Hanigan March 2, 2018More than 120 middle and high school girls built bridges out of plastic straws, designed roadways, learned about watersheds and...
Seven OC schools honored for promoting civics learning Fermin Leal March 1, 2018Seven Orange County schools have been recognized by the California Courts system for their efforts to engage students in civic...
OC students honing teamwork, problem-solving, communication skills in new e-sports league Fermin Leal February 28, 2018Each of the five team members had their assignment. Two flanked the enemy from opposite sides. One served as a...
Find out which OC school districts made the College Board’s eighth annual AP District Honor Roll Ian Hanigan February 27, 2018Five local school districts have been named to the College Board’s eighth annual AP District Honor Roll. Capistrano, Garden Grove,...
#kindness1billion: Good deeds add up for kindergarteners at Fullerton’s Fisler School Ian Hanigan February 26, 2018A kindergarten teacher from Fisler School in Fullerton found a clever way to tie kindness to California’s math standards. At...
Weekly roundup: Students learn to follow the food chain, research program honors fallen WWII heroes, and more Fermin Leal February 23, 2018Orange high school students are learning through hands-on experience about food production through the new Youth Food Literacy Program. The Orange...
Foundation carries on doctor’s dream to assist young athletes in Santa Ana Ian Hanigan February 21, 2018Dr. Kevin Armstrong built a life around his passion for community service and his love of sports. A graduate of Princeton...
Nearly 75 years after his death, WWII hero’s story to be told by OC student, teacher Ian Hanigan February 20, 2018On a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach, the Normandy American Cemetery holds the graves of 9,387 Americans, most of whom lost...
