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Huntington Beach Union High School District educators, administrators and board trustees celebrate the start of a new partnership between Edison High School and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. (Huntington Beach Union High School District)

Weekly roundup: Edison High students help endangered trout with new campus lab, and more

Madeline Gray December 19, 2025
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New Conditions of Children report offers a snapshot of OC education trends for 2025

Ian Hanigan December 18, 2025
Gigi Manning, 2025 OCMAA Award recipient for secondary media arts, stands with award sponsor and presenter Steven Brittan, president and CEO of the Laguna College of Art + Design.

Arts educators, leaders to be celebrated at 2026 OC Music and Arts Administrators Awards

Vicky Nguyen December 18, 2025
Participants and supporters, some dressed in team costumes, cheer from the stands during the Super Quiz Relay at the 2025 Orange County Academic Decathlon.

Academic event season is coming up. Here are some key dates for 2026.

Vicky Nguyen December 16, 2025
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Sunburst cadets suit up for life after graduation

Nathaniel Martinez December 15, 2025
Student hands teacher a watermelon

VIDEO: Knowledge, kindness are cultivated at Westminster High’s The Giving Farm

Ian Hanigan December 5, 2017
Westminster High’s agricultural program isn’t just educating students about horticulture, livestock and equipment. It’s also putting food on the tables of...
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7 education programs in Orange County win Golden Bell Awards

Fermin Leal December 4, 2017
The California School Boards Association presented prestigious Golden Bell Awards to seven educational programs in Orange County that improved technology,...
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Weekly roundup: Irvine’s Chromebook program, OC Pathways Showcase, new science standards and more

Ian Hanigan December 1, 2017
Along with bolstering its technology infrastructure, the Irvine Unified School District has increased the number of computers available for student use from 7,500 to more than 34,000 over the past five years. And now a new district initiative is allowing...
El Toro High students

El Toro High food drive sets school record with more than 115,000 cans

Ian Hanigan November 30, 2017
Another year, another school record for El Toro High. Last year we reported that the Lake Forest campus collected 111,922...
a female and male student work on a robotic vehicle while both are hunched over it

Space industry leaders tout STEM education at OC Pathways Showcase

Fermin Leal November 29, 2017
Foothill High School senior John Gardner always wanted an electric-powered skateboard but thought the $1,500 price tag for each was...
students in a classroom each hold up donated books

Be kind, donate to help purchase 38,000 children’s books

Fermin Leal November 28, 2017
The nonprofit Reading Is Fundamental of Southern California, or RIFSoCal, is seeking donations as part of an effort to purchase 38,000 books for children throughout Orange County. From now through Jan. 31, the nonprofit is accepting cash donations to purchase...
Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez

New bike path in Westminster to commemorate groundbreaking school desegregation ruling

Ian Hanigan November 27, 2017
The city of Westminster has announced plans to build a new bike path that will honor the historic court ruling...
Cheerleaders, ASB leaders and others greet an arriving school bus

VIDEO: How Canyon High welcomed displaced students during fire evacuations

Ian Hanigan November 22, 2017
Last month’s fast-moving fire scorched more than 9,000 acres in northeast Orange County — and generated countless subplots. Here’s one...
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OC District Pulse: The Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District

Ian Hanigan November 21, 2017
At each of its 34 campuses, the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District strives to create spaces where students feel a sense of belonging. “They need to know this is a place where they are wanted and that we are ready...
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Weekly roundup: H.B. student earns State Fair honor, Esports league launching and more

Fermin Leal November 17, 2017
Thirteen-year-old Spencer Green, a student at Pegasus School in Huntington Beach, came up with an idea to measure the g-forces...
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