Joy Harjo wasn’t always the nation’s official poet, or even a celebrated artist. Yet as a child she knew she was destined to pursue an artistic path. “I knew that I had come here to be creative,” she said. “It...
It took 24 rounds spread over five nerve-wracking hours to decide the 57th annual Orange County Spelling Bee champion on Saturday. It came down to whether Dean Alkhairy, an eighth-grader at Fairmont Private School in North Tustin, could spell “canaille.”...
An 8-year-old’s leukemia diagnosis spurred acts of kindness for other children undergoing cancer treatments. This Orange County Register article described...
Did you know the Orange County Department of Education can help you pay for child care? OCDE’s Family Support Services subsidizes child care costs for eligible families using funds allocated through the state’s Alternative Payment Program. The department has contracts...
