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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
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Governor’s May Revision proposes renewed investment in California MTSS

Ian Hanigan May 14, 2026
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New case study spotlights Newport-Mesa’s process for adopting a math curriculum with support from OCDE

Ian Hanigan April 2, 2018
In August 2016, the Newport-Mesa Unified School District embarked on the process of adopting a new math curriculum with matching...
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Weekly roundup: From adversity to honor rolls, state Academic Decathlon results, OC educators honored, and more

Ian Hanigan March 30, 2018
Lorena Cruz believes she might be a dropout statistic if not for the support she received at Laurel House, a...
Michael Matsuda

Anaheim Union superintendent earns statewide honor for expanding civic education

Ian Hanigan March 29, 2018
The California Council for the Social Studies has recognized Anaheim Union High School District Superintendent Michael Matsuda for his work promoting civic education. Matsuda accepted the Diane L. Brooks Award Administrative Award on Friday, March 23 at the council’s two-day...
Manuel Colón

Association of California School Administrators honors three educational leaders from OC

Ian Hanigan March 28, 2018
Three Orange County educators have been tapped for state honors by the Association of California School Administrators through its annual...
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Garden Grove’s Heritage Elementary to become a computer science academy in 2018-19

Ian Hanigan March 27, 2018
Garden Grove Unified has partnered with a company called Code to the Future to transform one of its elementary campuses...
Alexis Rangell-Onwuegbuzia at the California Poetry Out Loud State Finals

Local high school senior wins California’s Poetry Out Loud competition

Ian Hanigan March 26, 2018
An Orange County student has won a state competition that connects young people to poetry through memorization and performance. Alexis Rangell-Onwuegbuzia, a senior at Mater Dei High School, placed first at California’s 2018 Poetry Out Loud State Finals in Sacramento...
Orange County students at the California Academic Decathlon

OC teams battle it out at the California Academic Decathlon

Ian Hanigan March 25, 2018
El Camino Real Charter High School has won the 2018 California Academic Decathlon. The Woodland Hills campus in the Los...
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Weekly roundup: Students investigate simulated crime in CSI program, Academic Decathlon team prepares for state final, and more

Fermin Leal March 23, 2018
Twenty students from Thurston Middle School in Laguna Beach spent an afternoon this week aboard the Ocean Institute’s Pilgrim ship...
Students at a robotics competition

Robots compete in sumo, soccer and an obstacle course at La Habra City School District competition

Ian Hanigan March 22, 2018
The La Habra City School District held its second annual Robot Rally this week, drawing more than 80 tech-savvy students to Imperial Middle School. From 4 to 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, third-, fourth- and fifth-graders from Las Positas, Walnut and...
students stands in front of her model of a cathedral

SLIDESHOW: Expo showcases the work of students in OCDE’s independent study program

Ian Hanigan March 21, 2018
A third-grader demonstrated the principles of animation using a zoetrope. An eighth-grader created an intricate Lego model of the Cassini–Huygens...
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