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Orange County Superintendent Dr. Stefan Bean and Project Tomorrow CEO Julie Evans pose together in the OCDE Media Services studio

FutureCurrent: Project Tomorrow CEO Julie Evans on AI, student voice and the future of learning

Ian Hanigan September 29, 2026
OCDE Student Programs and Services Coordinator Jeanne Awrey, left, and Senior Administrative Assistant Terri Glover hold welcome gifts prepared for children and youth staying in local homeless shelters. The gifts include school supplies, books and other items selected for students of different ages.

School data offer a different look at student homelessness in Orange County

Vicky Nguyen September 28, 2026
Los Alamitos Unified School District students greeted their peers onto campus with welcoming signs to celebrate Start With Hello Week.

Los Alamitos Unified students build connections during Start With Hello Week

Madeline Gray September 25, 2026
Westminster High School Principal Amy Sabol joins students during the Giving Farm’s annual watermelon harvest.

Weekly roundup: Westminster High students harvest watermelons for OC Food Bank, and more

Vicky Nguyen September 25, 2026
Orange County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Stefan Bean, center, joins OCDE staff and the 2026 Orange County Counselors and Advocates of the Year at the 12th annual Orange County Counselor Symposium on Feb. 4.

OCDE seeks presenters, award nominees for 2027 OC Counselor Symposium

Vicky Nguyen September 24, 2026
Yale University

Weekly roundup: Fullerton scholar earns ride to Yale, the California School Dashboard, mentors in Tustin and more

Ian Hanigan February 24, 2017
He’s a bookworm, an athlete and certainly a role model for his brothers and sister. And now he’s on his...
A PTA sign at Fourth District PTA's 2016 Spring Training and Exhibitor Fair

Fourth District PTA seeks volunteers for Spring Training and Exhibitor Fair

Ian Hanigan February 24, 2017
Fourth District PTA is looking for volunteers for its second annual Spring Training and Exhibitor Fair, set for Saturday, June 3 at...
Students sitting in a circle during an Inside the Outdoors field trip

VIDEO: Memories of an Inside the Outdoors field trip continue to inspire Harvard grad

Ian Hanigan February 23, 2017
Since 1972, OCDE’s Inside the Outdoors environmental education program has been generating unique memories for students who go on to become successful adults. Gloria Montiel is one of them. As a fifth-grader, she and her classmates visited Modjeska Canyon to...
Parenting OC honors its top teacher at a reception

Parenting OC magazine honors local educators at inaugural Top Teacher Reception

Ian Hanigan February 21, 2017
Parenting OC magazine shared a few photos from its first-ever Top Teacher Reception, which took place Feb. 8 at Bowers Museum....
Woodbridge High students celebrate their victory at the Orange County Academic Decathlon Friday night

Weekly roundup: Teams advance to state decathlon, OCDE leads statewide initiative, Villa Park hosts a French wedding and more

Ian Hanigan February 17, 2017
Since publishing our last weekly roundup, we learned that Irvine’s Woodbridge High School earned the highest team score in this...
CA SUMS Initiative logo

OCDE seeks applications for grants to help implement academic and behavioral supports

Ian Hanigan February 15, 2017
The Orange County Department of Education is accepting applications from school districts, charter schools and county offices of education for training grants tied to a new statewide initiative designed to address students’ academic, behavioral and social needs. As part of the...
Four Nicolas Junior High School seventh- and eighth-graders who recently earned honorable mention in the Congressional App Challenge

Nicolas Junior High School students honored for building smartphone app

Ian Hanigan February 14, 2017
Their initial task? To come up with an innovative concept for a smartphone app. But a team of middle school girls...
Woodbridge High School's Academic Decathlon team

Woodbridge High team earns top honors at the Orange County Academic Decathlon

Ian Hanigan February 10, 2017
Irvine’s Woodbridge High School has punched its ticket to the California Academic Decathlon in March with an impressive win in...
An image of paper in a typewriter with the words "Orange County Education News"

Weekly roundup: OC music teacher honored, young violinist gets a big stage and more

Ian Hanigan February 10, 2017
This week, we learned that Tesoro High School music teacher Keith Hancock will get to attend this year’s Grammy Awards after winning the prestigious Music Educator Award presented by The Recording Academy and the Grammy Foundation. Amazingly enough, there were 3,300...
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...
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