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Santa Ana Unified School District Board of Education members, district leaders and staff stand with Guzman family members inside the school office during the dedication ceremony.

Weekly roundup: Santa Ana Unified dedicates Virginia and William Guzman Elementary School, and more

Vicky Nguyen January 23, 2026
Dr. Jacqueline Sanderlin addresses the audience at the 2024 Orange County Counselor Symposium on Feb. 7 at the Hilton Anaheim.

School Counselors and Advocates of the Year to be honored at the 12th annual Orange County Counselor Symposium

Nathaniel Martinez January 22, 2026
Students from Dr. Jonas E. Salk School in the Centralia School District perform during last year’s Orange County Arts and Disability Festival, raising their arms to form heart shapes with their hands.

OC Arts and Disability Festival marks 50 years, calls for entries

Vicky Nguyen January 20, 2026
Lincoln Elementary School students explore new robotics challenges in the campus' Innovation Lab. (Courtesy of Newport-Mesa Unified School District)

Weekly roundup: Newport-Mesa students discover tech skills via Innovation Lab, Valley High to host career education film screening, and more

Madeline Gray January 16, 2026
Sue Parks stands at a podium addressing an audience during the Be Prepared OC Summit at the UC Irvine Beall Applied Innovation Center.

OCDE joins countywide leaders to strengthen local disaster preparedness efforts

Ian Hanigan January 14, 2026
students sit in front of monitors competing in online gaming

Fountain Valley High wins inaugural Orange County High School Esports League crown

Fermin Leal April 28, 2018
The two teams made up of orcs, dragons, vikings, serpents and other virtual characters battled in front of a screaming...
A news graphic

Weekly roundup: Virtual surgeries, Earth Day, an e-sports championship and more

Ian Hanigan April 27, 2018
Our favorite story this week is about a 7-foot tablet with an iPad-like screen that’s helping students enrolled in Esperanza...
Principal addresses crowd in a multipurpose room

Laguna Beach’s Top of the World Elementary reaches new heights in environmental education

Ian Hanigan April 27, 2018
Top of the World Elementary School is, well, on top of the world. The Laguna Beach campus recently learned that it’s one of only four schools in the entire state to be named “Green Achievers” through California’s Green Ribbon Schools...
Students playing string instruments

Is six-peat a thing? Irvine Unified again ranks among the ‘Best Communities for Music Education’

Ian Hanigan April 26, 2018
The NAMM Foundation has named the Irvine Unified School District among its Best Communities for Music Education for the sixth straight year....
Students on computers participating in online gaming

Final 4 teams to battle for Orange County High School Esports championship

Fermin Leal April 25, 2018
After 12 weeks of intensive gaming, four teams remain in contention for the inaugural Orange County High School Esports League...
a student performs a simulated surgery on an interactive screen

Esperanza High School’s new life-size medical tablet allows students to perform simulated surgeries

Fermin Leal April 24, 2018
The group of students gathered around the patient known as Carl inside a lab at Esperanza High as they performed the delicate procedure of removing a gallbladder. Seniors Emilee Carr and Maddy Galvin directed the other students on how they...
An image of Orange County Superintendent Al Mijares

Mijares: OC’s Distinguished Schools leverage technology, collaboration and engaging instruction

Al Mijares April 24, 2018
After an extended hiatus, the California Distinguished Schools program is back. This award, considered the top honor for California’s public...
Van Ton-Quinlivan delivers a presentation

How to build a workforce resistant to automation and disruptive technologies? Experts discuss

Ian Hanigan April 23, 2018
Artificial intelligence. A new wave of automation. The rise of the gig economy. These are some of the challenges facing...
California State Capitol Building

6 questions — and answers — about the California Healthy Youth Act

Ian Hanigan April 20, 2018
The California Healthy Youth Act, which took effect on Jan. 1, 2016, requires school districts throughout the state to provide students with comprehensive sexual health education, along with information about HIV prevention, at least once in high school and once in middle...
News graphic

Weekly roundup: Angel legends promote literacy, Samaritan launches one-man kindness campaign, and more

Fermin Leal April 20, 2018
Former Angel legends Clyde Wright, Rod Carew, Chuck Finley and Bobby Grich hosted more than 100 second-graders at the Diamond...
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