• Latest News
  • Featured
    • Notes from Dr. Bean
    • OC fire update
  • About the OCDE Newsroom
  • Subscribe for updates
  • OCDE.us
  • About OCDE
  • County Superintendent of Schools
Middle College High senior Manny Mejia celebrates his Yale acceptance with family and his teachers. (Courtesy of CBS LA)

Weekly roundup: Santa Ana senior receives acceptance from Yale, Korean language program celebrates first graduating class, and more

Madeline Gray May 15, 2026
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
MTSS logo

Governor’s May Revision proposes renewed investment in California MTSS

Ian Hanigan May 14, 2026
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...
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 schools, was put on hold for three years as our state overhauled its accountability system to incorporate a broader set...
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...
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 Club of Angel Stadium to celebrate the students’ graduation from the Literacy Project’s reading program. The Newport Beach-based organization promoted...
coach tosses a football to student athlete

VIDEO: OCDE’s sports league promotes more than just competition

Fermin Leal April 19, 2018
In the Orange County Department of Education athletics program, wins and losses are likely the least important focus for teams....
Jared Hoyer delivers cans to food bank

#kindness1billion: He’s made it his New Year’s resolution to perform one kind act every day

Ian Hanigan April 18, 2018
On a cool day in January, Jared Hoyer spotted some on-duty police officers and bought them donuts. A week later,...

VIDEO: Science gets immersive at Rancho Soñado, one of 14 field trip sites offered by Inside the Outdoors

Ian Hanigan April 17, 2018
Nestled against the Santa Ana Mountains, Rancho Soñado serves as the home base of OCDE’s Inside the Outdoors environmental education program. It’s also one of the program’s popular field trips sites, giving students throughout the region a chance to explore...
Three students from Russell Elementary School

Garden Grove Unified to open a second Spanish dual-language program in 2018-19

Ian Hanigan April 16, 2018
The Garden Grove Unified School District is gearing up for the launch of its second Spanish dual-language program. Coming out...
Load More
101.ocde.us

Follow on Instagram

Categories

  • 5-3-1 Strategic Plan
  • Academic competition
  • ACEs Aware
  • Alternative education
  • Artificial intelligence (AI)
  • Arts
  • Assessments and testing
  • AVID
  • Budget
  • Career technical education
  • COVID-19
  • Deeper Learning Podcast
  • Distance learning
  • District news
  • Early learning
  • Education in the news
  • Elementary schools
  • Featured
  • Featured topics
  • FutureCurrent podcast
  • Health
  • High schools
  • History
  • Honors and awards
  • Inside the Outdoors
  • Instruction and curriculum
  • Language services
  • Local Control Funding Formula
  • Mental health
  • Middle schools
  • MTSS
  • OC District Pulse
  • OC Pathways
  • OCDE in 30 Seconds
  • One Billion Acts of Kindness
  • Professional development
  • Safety
  • Science
  • Special education
  • State standards
  • STEM
  • Student profile
  • Summer programs
  • Superintendent Stefan Bean
  • Teachers
  • Technology
  • Top stories
  • Uncategorized
  • Weekly roundup
  • Workshops and trainings

200 Kalmus Drive 
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

P.O. Box 9050 
Costa Mesa, CA 92628-9050

(714) 966-4000

Website publishing policy
Non-discrimination policy
Social media policy

Contact

Thanks for visiting the OCDE Newsroom. Questions and story suggestions should be sent to communications@ocde.us.

If you’re a member of the media in need of information about the Orange County Department of Education, please email communications@ocde.us or call 714-966-4475.

Tags

academic competition ACCESS acts of kindness Al Mijares career exploration college and career readiness Dr. Stefan Bean education contest education in the news education news Inside the Outdoors kindness1billion OCDE ocde weekly roundup OC Pathways Orange County Department of Education project based learning STEM top stories Weekly Roundup
  • Latest News
  • About the OCDE Newsroom
  • Subscribe for updates
  • OCDE.us
  • About OCDE
  • County Superintendent of Schools
Type to search or hit ESC to close
See all results