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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
Hilton D. Bell Intermediate School in the Garden Grove Unified School District

Three OC campuses earn spots on state’s list of model middle schools

Ian Hanigan January 29, 2018
Three Orange County campuses have earned their way onto a list of California’s top-performing middle schools. Hilton D. Bell Intermediate...
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Global School Play Day seeks to spotlight the importance of unstructured playtime

Ian Hanigan January 29, 2018
Scott Bedley has a simple suggestion for kids, and it’s one to which they probably won’t object: Play more. Bedley,...
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OCDE promotes music, arts education at NAMM convention

Fermin Leal January 26, 2018
This weekend’s NAMM convention, an annual gathering for music industry professionals, featured exhibits on the latest music gear, a few celebrity sightings and some jam sessions. And it also included a campaign to help bring more music into classrooms across...
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Weekly roundup: Segerstrom students visit Virgin Galactic site, schools take on Kindness Challenge, and more

Fermin Leal January 26, 2018
A group of students from Segerstrom High School in Santa Ana recently toured Virgin Galactic’s facilities and hangar where the...
Student Jazmine Alvarado points to her tiger design for an SUV

6th-grader’s ‘Tiger Truck’ design wins law enforcement competition

Fermin Leal January 24, 2018
Sixth-grader Jazmine Alvarado believes a tiger symbolizes strength, strong character and fearlessness — the perfect characteristics for a truck driven...
Students at the 2017 Orange County Academic Decathlon

Fifty years later, OC superintendent’s vision of ‘a decathlon of studies’ is bigger than ever

Ian Hanigan January 23, 2018
Believe it or not, this year marks the 50th anniversary of that 10-event scholarly showdown known as the Academic Decathlon. It’s been pretty well documented that the Academic Decathlon originated right here in Orange County, the brainchild of former County...
Allen Witten, teacher at Sunburst Academy, surrounded by students

Two OCDE teachers named among the 25 best by Parenting OC magazine

Fermin Leal January 22, 2018
Two Orange County Department of Education educators were named finalists for Parenting OC’s 2018 Top Teachers of Orange County Awards....
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Weekly roundup: An earlier start date for Los Al students, The Deeper Learning Podcast, and more

Ian Hanigan January 19, 2018
Joining a number of other local districts that have moved up their start dates, Los Alamitos Unified will welcome back...
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The Deeper Learning Podcast | ‘Exploring Kindness’ with Orange County Superintendent Al Mijares

Ian Hanigan January 19, 2018
Why have societies historically valued kindness? How can positive interactions with others impact our physiology? Why do we keep needing to remind ourselves to be kind? And what would happen if an entire county were to embrace kindness? These are...
Robert Salazar, Garden Grove Unified's building operations supervisor

GGUSD celebrates its ‘homegrown’ employees with new social media campaign

Ian Hanigan January 18, 2018
Garden Grove Unified has launched a new social media campaign celebrating staff members who were once students in the district....
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