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Former Centralia Elementary School District student Sarah Barron speaks to students at San Marino Elementary School about the new free library available on their campus. (Centralia Elementary School District)

Weekly roundup: Former student donates Little Free Library to Centralia Elementary School District campus, and more

Madeline Gray September 18, 2026
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
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Inside the Outdoors Foundation to host MLK Day of Service trash clean-up event

Nichole Pichardo January 12, 2022
Inside the Outdoors Foundation, in partnership with the City of Newport Beach, is providing an opportunity for local residents to...
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OC students outpace state in latest performance assessments that reflect pandemic’s impact

Nichole Pichardo January 7, 2022
Orange County’s public school students continued to outpace the state in the latest round of standardized tests, according to assessment...
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Weekly roundup: Orange County schools endure Omicron storm, and more

Ian Hanigan January 7, 2022
From surging case rates to the distribution of at-home testing kits, COVID-19 and its Omicron variant continued to dominate education news coverage. Here’s a look at stories from the week ending Friday, Jan. 7: As students returned from winter break,...
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Local students honored in monthly contest that highlights mental health, suicide prevention

Nichole Pichardo January 5, 2022
A shared desire to help promote the mental health and wellness of local youth recently inspired two award-winning projects by...
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OCDE seeks nominees for music and arts administrator awards

Nichole Pichardo January 4, 2022
The Orange County Department of Education is currently seeking nominations for the Orange County Music and Arts Administrators — or...
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Villa Park High School unveils new cutting-edge science center

Nichole Pichardo December 29, 2021
Just before the start of winter break, administrators in the Orange Unified School District “cut the ribbon” and unwrapped a very large gift for local students — a new state-of-the-art science center at Villa Park High School. The 47,000-square-foot complex,...
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Looking back: 10 memorable OCDE Newsroom stories from 2021

Nichole Pichardo December 28, 2021
Just like that, another calendar year is coming to an end. And while 2021 brought on its own set of...
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County Supt. Al Mijares is among the OC Register’s 125 Most Influential People

Ian Hanigan December 27, 2021
Dr. Al Mijares, who leads OCDE as Orange County’s superintendent of schools, has made the OC Register’s roundup of the...
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Tim Shaw appointed to fill OC Board of Ed’s Fourth District seat

Ian Hanigan December 22, 2021
The Orange County Board of Education has filled its Fourth District vacancy, and the name is a familiar one.  Tim Shaw, who resigned from the board on Nov. 1, was appointed to the seat by a 3-1 vote during a...
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Mijares: New website, The 101, created to help families unpack complex education issues

Ian Hanigan December 22, 2021
Want to better understand how curriculum decisions are made? Need a rundown of the immunizations required to attend school? Or...
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