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Students from Segerstrom High School’s Class of 2025 take part in their graduation ceremony on May 28.

Weekly roundup: OC districts join CSU Direct Admission Program for fall 2026, and more

Vicky Nguyen December 12, 2025
A note from Dr. Bean

Dr. Bean: OCDE is investing in bold ideas to strengthen student success

Stefan Bean December 10, 2025
mathematics lesson

OCDE to host Math Instructional Materials Fair on Jan. 22

Vicky Nguyen December 9, 2025

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union opens scholarship application period for student members

Vicky Nguyen December 9, 2025
Mesa View Middle School students took part in an aerial art project, creating a live image of a humpback whale for the Art for the Sky program. (Screenshot courtesy of Daniel Dancer)

Weekly roundup: Mesa View students create 130-foot whale art in campuswide project, and more

Madeline Gray December 5, 2025
Music Educator Award

And the Music Educator Award goes to … Keith Hancock of Tesoro High School

Ian Hanigan February 8, 2017
Choral music teacher Keith Hancock of Tesoro High School has emerged from 3,300 nominees to win the 2017 Music Educator Award presented...
A mother and daughter are greeted at OCDE's Child Care Services program

VIDEO: OCDE’s Child Care Services program helps parents subsidize cost of care

Ian Hanigan February 8, 2017
Need help caring for your child while you’re at work or school? Among the many services offered by OCDE, the...
Pupils collecting lunch

State program reimburses groups that provide meals to low-income students

Ian Hanigan February 6, 2017
The application window is open for California’s Summer Food Service Program, which reimburses organizations that offer free meals to low-income children over summer vacation. Schools, camps, nonprofits, tribal governments and government agencies that provide meals for children up through age...
Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez

Weekly roundup: A landmark court case remembered, Newport-Mesa talks term limits and more

Ian Hanigan February 3, 2017
It’s Friday, Feb. 3, which is welcome news if your name is Phil Connors. And for everyone else, here’s our weekly roundup...
Community Home Education Program library

VIDEO: OCDE program provides parents with the tools to educate their children at home

Ian Hanigan February 2, 2017
If you’re not familiar with OCDE’s Community Home Education Program, it bundles an array of resources designed to help parents who choose to...

Mijares: Di sản của một vụ kiện quan trọng tiếp tục tồn tại sau bẩy mươi năm.

Ian Hanigan January 31, 2017
Vào năm 1943,  Gonzalo và Felicitas Mendez đã làm điều mà nhiều gia đình ở Quận Cam vẫn làm hàng năm — họ tìm cách ghi danh các con mình vào trường trong khu vực họ cư trú. Thế nhưng...

Mijares: Setenta años después, el legado de un proceso judicial histórico sigue vigente

Ian Hanigan January 31, 2017
En 1943, Gonzalo y Felicitas Méndez hicieron lo que muchas familias del condado de Orange hacen cada año,  buscaron matricular...
An image of Orange County Superintendent Al Mijares

Mijares: Seventy years later, the legacy of a landmark court case lives on

Al Mijares January 31, 2017
In 1943, Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez did what many Orange County families do each year — they sought to enroll...
Megan McCall

Pacifica High School student delivers soapbox speech in Washington, D.C.

Ian Hanigan January 30, 2017
A high schooler from Garden Grove recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to deliver a speech in historic Lafayette Square as part of the American Soapbox Initiative. Megan McCall, a senior at Pacifica High School, spoke about the importance of student self-advocacy...
Students at the Academic Decathlon

Weekly roundup: OC Academic Decathlon, the Battle of the Books, virtual enterprises and more

Ian Hanigan January 27, 2017
Beginning tomorrow and continuing the following Saturday, high school teams from throughout the county will convene for the 49th annual Orange...
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