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Santa Ana Unified School District Board of Education members, district leaders and staff stand with Guzman family members inside the school office during the dedication ceremony.

Weekly roundup: Santa Ana Unified dedicates Virginia and William Guzman Elementary School, and more

Vicky Nguyen January 23, 2026
Dr. Jacqueline Sanderlin addresses the audience at the 2024 Orange County Counselor Symposium on Feb. 7 at the Hilton Anaheim.

School Counselors and Advocates of the Year to be honored at the 12th annual Orange County Counselor Symposium

Nathaniel Martinez January 22, 2026
Students from Dr. Jonas E. Salk School in the Centralia School District perform during last year’s Orange County Arts and Disability Festival, raising their arms to form heart shapes with their hands.

OC Arts and Disability Festival marks 50 years, calls for entries

Vicky Nguyen January 20, 2026
Lincoln Elementary School students explore new robotics challenges in the campus' Innovation Lab. (Courtesy of Newport-Mesa Unified School District)

Weekly roundup: Newport-Mesa students discover tech skills via Innovation Lab, Valley High to host career education film screening, and more

Madeline Gray January 16, 2026
Sue Parks stands at a podium addressing an audience during the Be Prepared OC Summit at the UC Irvine Beall Applied Innovation Center.

OCDE joins countywide leaders to strengthen local disaster preparedness efforts

Ian Hanigan January 14, 2026
lego set of a workstation

Video Tips for Teachers: Ditch the glares with this homemade sunshade

Greg Lammers April 21, 2020
As educators across the state embrace distance learning, we thought some helpful video tips might be in order. OCDE’s Media...
Children dancing

VSA Festival goes virtual to celebrate the artistic accomplishments of individuals with disabilities

Ian Hanigan April 18, 2020
Every year around this time, OCDE and VSA Orange County team up to spotlight the artistic achievements of individuals with...
Video image of Al Mijares

VIDEO: County Supt. Al Mijares offers words of encouragement to parents, teachers and staff

Ian Hanigan April 17, 2020
With a month of distance learning in the books, Orange County Superintendent Al Mijares offered some words of encouragement for parents, educators and staff. In a video message posted on Friday, April 17, Mijares acknowledged the herculean efforts of parents...
woman demonstrates face shield

Educators, community step in to build face shields for COVID-19 first responders

Fermin Leal April 14, 2020
Across the region, scores of first responders are on the front lines of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, working to save...
Workers unload groceries for families

Saddleback Church teams up with OCDE to provide meals, groceries for OC families

Ian Hanigan April 13, 2020
April showers didn’t discourage the families who lined up in their cars to pick up boxes of food outside OCDE’s...
student works on laptop

Timeline: One month of distance learning, grab-and-go meals, and other adjustments for OC schools

Fermin Leal April 13, 2020
It’s been one month since Orange County school district leaders announced the closure of all campuses to students as a precaution to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, teachers, students and parents have worked together to reshape the educational environment, shifting...
person working on laptop

VIDEO: OCDE curates distance learning resources for educators, counselors and families

Ian Hanigan April 10, 2020
As school districts across Orange County pivot to distance learning models in real time, OCDE’s Educational Services division has developed...
UCI Health CEO Chad T. Lefteris, GGUSD Board of Education Vice President Teri Rocco, and GGUSD School Nurse Department Chair Cheryl Gibbs

Garden Grove Unified donates N95 and surgical masks to UCI, CHOC

Ian Hanigan April 8, 2020
Officials from the Garden Grove Unified School District gave a big assist to hospital workers in their fight against COVID-19...
Graduates lined up

This year’s AVID scholarship winners celebrated virtually

Ian Hanigan April 6, 2020
Since 2009, more than 1,000 high school seniors have been awarded college scholarships of up to $25,000 each — and totaling more than $18 million — through the OC AVID Senior Recognition Program. Though a ceremony was scheduled for April...
Principal using American Sign Language

Distanced for now, OCDE Deaf and Hard of Hearing team reminds students it’s a small world

Ian Hanigan April 2, 2020
OCDE’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing team has a message for students who can’t be at school and are probably...
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