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Student winners and their teachers gather on stage with Chapman University President Matt Parlow during the March 13 awards ceremony for the Sala and Aron Samueli Holocaust Art & Writing Contest.

Weekly roundup: Annual Holocaust Art and Writing Contest highlights OC student winners, and more

Vicky Nguyen March 27, 2026

A group of students and advisors from Troy High School stand on a stage at the CyberPatriot National Finals, holding an award in front of a large screen displaying “CyberPatriot National Finals.”

Troy High cyber team earns national honors at CyberPatriot finals

Ian Hanigan March 27, 2026

Westminster School District students perform onstage during the Saturday program.

OCDE announces Dual Language Immersion Convening focused on Vietnamese American Experiences Model Curriculum

Vicky Nguyen March 26, 2026

Venado Middle School students pose with their multiple NHD-OC medals alongside teacher and coach Hector Gamboa, and OCDE Coordinator Julie Hull.

Orange County students shine at NHD-OC contest as 107 advance to state finals

Madeline Gray March 25, 2026

OCDE to host April 14 public forum on active shooter preparedness, led by Seal Beach police captain

Ian Hanigan March 24, 2026

boy holds up hand in photo illustration about census

2020 Census: OCDE kicks off countywide awareness campaign

Fermin Leal November 14, 2019

OCDE is launching a new social media campaign to raise awareness about the upcoming U.S. Census count for local communities....

OC campuses named America’s Best STEM High Schools by Newsweek

Ian Hanigan November 13, 2019

Seven Orange County campuses have earned a place among the top 500 in Newsweek magazine’s ranking of America’s Best STEM...

Teacher receives award from county superintendent

OC Supt. Mijares honored for role in promoting college attainment

Fermin Leal November 12, 2019

Orange County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Al Mijares was among a group of educators and philanthropists honored by the Orange County Hispanic Education Endowment Fund for helping increase the number of students on the path to college. Mijares received the...

Weekly roundup: Irvine students launch nonprofit musician program, top teachers honored, and more

Fermin Leal November 8, 2019

Two Portola High School students wanted to start a club for musicians at their Irvine campus. But they also wanted...

Refurbished school farm offers hands-on learning

Fermin Leal November 6, 2019

The Ocean View School District hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday at Golden View Environmental Science School for the re-opening of...

students eating lunch in school cafeteria

Anonymous donor pays off $7,813 school lunch debt of Ocean View School District students

Fermin Leal November 5, 2019

More than 200 families who had outstanding bills for their children’s school lunches in the Ocean View School District received an unexpected surprise recently when an anonymous donor paid off each and every balance. The donor provided the officials with...

Teachers and micky and minnie mouse pose for photo

OC’s top educators celebrated at 2020 Orange County Teachers of the Year dinner

Ian Hanigan November 4, 2019

Sixty-four educators from Orange County school districts and community colleges were honored Friday night at a special dinner celebration coordinated...

Weekly roundup: Bullying prevention strategies in Capo, best practices for language acquisition, and more

Ian Hanigan November 1, 2019

October was National Bullying Prevention Month, and Capistrano Unified marked the occasion with a slate of activities aimed at creating...

Educators, experts gather to discuss language acquisition and multi-literacy

Fermin Leal October 31, 2019

More than 100 teachers, coaches, consultants and administrators gathered this week to share their best practices for language acquisition and multi-literacy as part of the OCDE Project GLAD® NTC Annual Summit 2019. The two-day conference, held Tuesday and Wednesday at...

Air quality guidelines aim to address ongoing wildfire concerns

Fermin Leal October 29, 2019

As wildfires spread across California this week, we want to remind you of the state Department of Education’s recently released...