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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: OCFA says explosion threat eliminated at compromised tank

Staff reports May 25, 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
Students from the Blue team at Venado Middle School

Students in OCDE’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program advance in Gallaudet University’s ‘Battle of the Books’

Ian Hanigan January 8, 2018
Two teams from OCDE’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program at Venado Middle School in Irvine recently made it to...
New Kiosk for Fullerton Arboretum

Weekly roundup: Students construct arboretum visitor booth, Savanna High may get help redesigning mascot, and more

Ian Hanigan January 5, 2018
Students from Brea Olinda High School’s Building Industry Technology Academy were recently tasked with designing and building a new volunteer booth...
students eating lunch in school cafeteria

New 2018 education laws include ending ‘meal shaming’

Fermin Leal January 3, 2018
It’s the start of a new calendar year, and with that comes a batch of state laws affecting Orange County’s public schools and community colleges. The slew of new laws for 2018 aims to address students health, social and emotional...
OCDE sign

OCDE fair to showcase state-approved history and social science instructional materials

Ian Hanigan January 2, 2018
Local history and social science educators may want to mark their calendars: OCDE will host a History-Social Science Instructional Materials...
Vincent Saporito of College View Elementary School

Year in review: Solar eclipse offers STEM lesson, music video inspires bravery, and more

Fermin Leal December 28, 2017
As 2017 winds down, we’re taking a look back at some of our biggest news stories in this past year....
science classroom filled with high school students

Season of giving can continue if you want to help teachers fund classroom projects

Fermin Leal December 27, 2017
The holiday season might be winding down, but you still have to opportunity to give especially if you want to help out a local school or classroom. Dozens of teachers, administrators and others at schools across Orange County have set...
Jillian Johnson-Sharp

Promoting career technical education for all students, OCDE administrator earns state and national honors

Ian Hanigan December 25, 2017
Jillian Johnson-Sharp wants to clear up any lingering misconceptions about career technical education, also known as CTE. Enrollment in these...
news, education news

Weekly roundup: Students build prosthetic hands for children, Femineers engaged in STEM and more

Fermin Leal December 22, 2017
Students at St. Mary’s School in Aliso Viejo are already making a meaningful impact across the globe with their work...
Pioneer Middle School students with their crossing guard

In the news: Pioneer Middle School students reciprocate kindness of local crossing guard

Ian Hanigan December 19, 2017
You tend to see an uptick in stories about kindness this time of year. But this recent article in the Orange County Register, involving local students from Tustin’s Pioneer Middle School, caught our attention. As Susan Christian Goulding writes, Francine...
two students work on an engineering project with the help of their teacher

Tustin High School’s Femineers Club works to empower girls in STEM education

Fermin Leal December 18, 2017
Like many high school engineering clubs, students in this club spend their time building rockets to launch into the sky,...
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