The California Courts system has recognized two dozen Orange County public schools for creating exemplary civics education programs and bringing service-learning projects to their communities. Statewide, 75 campuses received Civic Learning Awards through a program co-sponsored by California Chief Justice...
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...