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Project GLAD® Coordinator Jennifer Salas goes over language development strategies for teachers to utilize in their own classrooms.

REGISTER NOW: Project GLAD® to offer Foundations and Secondary Foundations Training this fall

Nathaniel Martinez September 18, 2026
Two students kneel in a farm field planting young seedlings while other participants work in rows behind them under a blue sky.

Second Harvest invites OC students to learn, serve at working Irvine farm

Ian Hanigan September 17, 2026
Middle/outside blocker Megan Hodges (6) leaps for a spike in the gold medal game against the Dominican Republic at the NORCECA U23 Pan Am Cup in Managua, Nicaragua.

San Juan Hills volleyball standout helps Team USA win U23 Pan American Cup gold

Nathaniel Martinez September 16, 2026
OCDE Language Services Coordinator Natalia Abarca, right, introduces keynote speaker Dr. Janet Núñez-Pineda during the 2025 International Translation Day celebration at the OCDE Conference Center.

OCDE to mark International Translation Day with PBS SoCal studio visit

Vicky Nguyen September 16, 2026
Orange County Business Council CEO Jeff Ball joins County Superintendent Dr. Stefan Bean on the latest episode of the FutureCurrent podcast.

FutureCurrent: OC Business Council CEO Jeff Ball explores how students will shape the region’s economic future

Madeline Gray September 15, 2026
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Irvine school earns national Blue Ribbon honors

Vicky Nguyen September 16, 2022
An Orange County campus has earned the nation’s highest level of distinction as a 2022 National Blue Ribbon School, State...
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USA Today ranks Orange County high school esports teams on national list

Vicky Nguyen September 15, 2022
Two high schools from Orange County were included in USA Today’s list of the top high school esport teams since...
Irvine middle school student Claire Chong picks up trash on her morning walk before school.

#Kindness1billion: Irvine student cares for the planet through ‘plogging’

Madeline Gray September 13, 2022
At just 8 years old, Claire Chong participated in a group project that taught her about the impacts of environmental pollution. Ever since, she has been doing her part to make the world a better place, which includes cleaning up...
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VIDEO: Fullerton teachers and students take field trip to Sept. 11 memorial

Vicky Nguyen September 13, 2022
What happened in the U.S. on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 will always be a moment that Nancy Karcher...
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Weekly roundup: Los Alamitos principal kisses pig after students reach goal, celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, and more

Vicky Nguyen September 9, 2022
There is a saying that goes, “Don’t make promises you can’t keep.”  Well, McAuliffe Middle School’s Principal Dr. Ryan Weiss-Wright...
Natalia Abarca presents during the 2019 Interpreters and Translators Conference.

Annual OCDE conference to promote language access for all

Madeline Gray September 9, 2022
The annual Interpreters and Translators Conference is returning this month, featuring three days of educational sessions to advocate for language access throughout the K-12 system.  The sixth seminar of its kind  — themed, “Language Access for ALL! Educational Leaders, Interpreters,...
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WATCH: Hispanic Heritage Month forum to celebrate Latino cultures, contributions

Vicky Nguyen September 8, 2022
National Hispanic Heritage Month annually recognizes the cultures and contributions of Hispanic and Latino-identified communities.  On Monday, Sept. 19, from...
Sycamore Elementary Ribbon Cutting

VIDEO: State superintendent visits first of 13 community schools planned for Anaheim Union

Vicky Nguyen September 7, 2022
The students currently attending Sycamore Junior High School in Anaheim recently became the first cohort of their district’s inaugural community...
Arabic World Language class

Anaheim Union High School District celebrates fifth anniversary of Arabic language program

Vicky Nguyen September 5, 2022
Not too far from a three-mile stretch in Anaheim that is known to many as Little Arabia, there are students attending Western High School who are learning the Arabic language. The 2022-23 school year marks the fifth anniversary of the...
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Weekly roundup: Marina High tennis star plays through epilepsy, school professionals discuss plans at safety summit, and more

Madeline Gray September 2, 2022
While professional tennis players have been serving up powerful matches in the U.S. Open this past week, local high school...
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