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An aerial view shows emergency crews cooling a large industrial storage tank with water at the site of the Garden Grove chemical leak as mist rises from the facility.

Garden Grove chemical leak: OC school districts adjust operations as emergency response continues

Staff reports May 24, 2026
Sierra Vista Middle School students Aryan Shah, Krish Marfatia, Kaito Yamashita and Davis Barbee win the Stephenson Family Award for Sports History at the NHD-CA contest earlier this month.

Orange County claims state-leading honors at National History Day, sends 21 students to finals

Madeline Gray May 22, 2026
Students participating in the OC GRIP program gather at Angel Stadium before the Los Angeles Angels’ May 19 game against the Oakland Athletics.

Weekly roundup: Sports Illustrated highlights OC GRIP mentorship event at Angel Stadium, and more

Vicky Nguyen May 22, 2026
From left, Rebekah Rylant of Don Juan Avila Middle School in the Capistrano Unified School District, Rolando Vivar of Fulton Middle School in the Fountain Valley School District and Pam McShea of Dysinger Elementary School in the Centralia Elementary School District were recognized with 2025-26 Outstanding PAL Advisor Awards from the Orange County Department of Education.

OCDE PAL team honors six campuses, three advisors for building positive school environments

Vicky Nguyen May 21, 2026
Aissa (left) and a fellow cast member performing in University High School's "Dreamland."

Student from Connections at University High DHH program brings artistic ASL to school musical

Nathaniel Martinez May 20, 2026
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...
Girls smiling in front of computers

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...
A blurred image of a broadcast newsroom

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...
An image of the Discovery Cube in Santa Ana

Magnet elementary school in Brea partners with Discovery Cube Orange County

Ian Hanigan March 20, 2018
Brea Olinda Unified’s first and only magnet school has entered into a new partnership with Discovery Cube Orange County that’s...

OC’s Academic Decathlon champions set high goals for state tournament

Fermin Leal March 18, 2018
Each member of this year’s Woodbridge High Academic Decathlon team believes there’s plenty of room for improvement, even after winning the Orange County championship last month. “We may have won, but I know we can do better,” said team captain...
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Weekly roundup: Student walkouts, National History Day, OC’s STEM courses, a middle school hoops tournament, and more

Ian Hanigan March 16, 2018
Our lead item in this week’s roundup is the story that made front pages across the country. Students from campuses...
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