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Students and coaches from McGarvin Intermediate School in the Garden Grove Unified School District pose for a photo during the 2026 Orange County Academic Pentathlon competition at Savanna High School.

Four Orange County teams advance to United States Pentathlon National Finals

Vicky Nguyen May 15, 2026
Two students speak at a podium onstage during the Friday Night Live Chapter Recognition Ceremony at the Barclay Theatre.

OC Friday Night Live Partnership honors student chapters and advisor for prevention leadership

Ian Hanigan May 14, 2026
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Governor’s May Revision proposes renewed investment in California MTSS

Ian Hanigan May 14, 2026
Students from Loara Elementary School in the Anaheim Elementary School District attend the 2026 Conga Kids Dance Championship at The Novo at L.A. Live in Los Angeles on May 7.

Anaheim elementary schools named finalists in Conga Kids dance championship

Vicky Nguyen May 14, 2026
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Project Zero Waste field trip connects students to real-world sustainability efforts

Vicky Nguyen May 14, 2026
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Weekly roundup: Health education framework approved, lawmakers pitch school start-time bill, and more

Ian Hanigan May 10, 2019
The California Board of Education approved a new optional framework for health education this week, offering guidance to help K-12...
two girls work on an ipad coding project

Woodbridge High student working to spread her appreciation of STEM to other girls

Fermin Leal May 9, 2019
Avika Patel’s list of accolades is quite impressive, especially for a high school junior. The Woodbridge High student has been...
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VIDEO: Students form friendships with special needs peers through talking vests

Fermin Leal May 8, 2019
A group of students at Olinda Elementary in Brea Olinda Unified School District invented computerized vests that allow them to better communicate with peers who have speech impediments or communicative disorders. The students created the “Vest Buddy,” which uses a...
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8 OC campuses place in top 100 statewide on new U.S. News ‘Best High Schools’ ranking

Fermin Leal May 7, 2019
Oxford Academy in Anaheim Union High School District ranked as the second best high school in California in the recently...
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Samueli Academy breaks ground with next phase of campus expansion

Ian Hanigan May 7, 2019
When Samueli Academy launched six years ago with its first class of 120 freshmen, the campus consisted of portable classrooms...

OCDE efforts to improve interpreter and translator services highlighted in national publication

Ian Hanigan May 6, 2019
OCDE’s lead language interpreter and translator has been featured in the latest issue of the ATA Chronicle, a national publication produced by the American Translators Association. In an article titled “Educational Interpreting 101: It’s a Lot Harder than It Looks,”...
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Weekly roundup: High school construction academy meets workforce needs, Teachers of the Year celebrated, and more

Fermin Leal May 3, 2019
Students trained through Katella High School’s Building Industry Technology Academy, or BITA, are finding work in the construction sector straight...
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Forum aims to create solutions to support at-risk boys and men of color

Fermin Leal May 2, 2019
More than 500 educators, community leaders, students and others gathered Thursday to discuss how to better support at-risk men and...
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Surprise! OCDE announces the 2020 Orange County Teachers of the Year

Staff reports May 1, 2019
Who are the 2020 Orange County Teachers of the Year? You’re about to find out. And so are they. Over the next several hours, six local educators will learn they’ve been selected to receive the county’s top honor for teachers...
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OC worker is one of six California Classified School Employees of the Year

Ian Hanigan April 29, 2019
A cook from the Westminster School District’s central kitchen has been named one of six California Classified School Employees of...
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