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Saddleback Valley Unified School District students Deepali Srinivas and Gianella Rodriguez showcase their honored project, "ShamPOOCH-inator" at the OcMaker Meet the Maker event Feb. 27.

OcMaker Challenge Awards to spotlight student innovators on May 19

Madeline Gray May 15, 2026
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
Students playing string instruments

OCDE-led consortium wins $1.4 million music, arts grant

Fermin Leal December 4, 2018
A consortium led by the Orange County Department of Education has received a $1.4 million grant to help increase music...
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Know a top teacher or school employee? Nominate them for Parenting OC’s Top Teachers of Orange County Awards

Ian Hanigan December 3, 2018
The nomination window is open for Parenting OC’s 2019 Top Teachers of Orange County Awards, and this year the magazine...

Mobile planetarium comes to Oak View Elementary School

Ian Hanigan November 30, 2018
Commercial space travel may still be a few years away, but the students of Oak View Elementary School got the next best thing on Friday. Principal Jenna Landero made arrangements for a company called Mobile Ed Productions, Inc. to deploy...
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Weekly roundup: Grad rates, a middle school entrepreneur, a mobile planetarium and more

Ian Hanigan November 30, 2018
Orange County’s graduation rate edged up slightly in 2018. Figures released this week by the state Department of Education show that...
OCDE staff receiving award

OC Pathways recognized as a model of public-private partnerships

Ian Hanigan November 30, 2018
An OCDE initiative that builds career pathways in key industry sectors and creates work-based learning opportunities for students has been...
Fullerton Joint Union High School District trustees Bob Singer and Bob Hathaway

OC district honors two retiring trustees with a combined 71 years of service

Ian Hanigan November 28, 2018
It’s not too often that a school district says goodbye to a board member who’s served more than three decades. And it’s all the more rare to bid farewell to two trustees who have each logged 30-plus years on the...
students show off their work to attendee at OC Pathways Showcase

VIDEO: Schools’ career training programs spotlighted at annual OC Pathways Showcase

Fermin Leal November 27, 2018
Alex Hernandez spent much of his four years at Los Alamitos High School learning skills that will help him save...
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OCDE students team up with local police for exhibition football game

Ian Hanigan November 21, 2018
We’re still reeling from the touchdown-fest that ended with a 54-51 L.A. Rams victory over the Kansas City Chief on...
Students inspect "The Courage to Remember" traveling Holocaust exhibit

Edison High School installs Holocaust exhibit from the Simon Wiesenthal Center

Ian Hanigan November 19, 2018
A powerful lesson on the Holocaust has been brought to the campus of Edison High School. The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s “The Courage to Remember” traveling exhibit, which serves as a tribute to the six million Jews — and millions more...
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Weekly roundup: Volunteers bring coding lessons to youth shelter, students’ satellite launches into orbit, and more

Fermin Leal November 16, 2018
Children from the Thomas House Family Shelter in Garden Grove are learning coding from from a group of high school...
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