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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
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Laguna Beach fiscal chief tapped to be OCDE’s next associate superintendent of business services

Ian Hanigan December 24, 2016
The Orange County Department of Education has hired a new associate superintendent of business services. Dean West, who has led...
Kindness Korner logo with an image of a girl writing in a book

Kindness Korner: A gift that keeps on giving for the mom that does everything

Staff reports December 22, 2016
Do you remember that Walt Disney cartoon, Goofy’s How to Play Baseball? Essentially, Goofy ends up playing many positions on the...
Students running

Latest physical fitness scores show OC kids outpacing state averages

Ian Hanigan December 20, 2016
Orange County students in grades five, seven and nine have once again outperformed state averages on an annual fitness assessment. More than 110,000 OC students participated earlier this year in the 2015-16 Physical Fitness Test, which measured aerobic capacity, body...
Trabuco Hills High School's mock trial team

Trabuco Hills High School wins county mock trial championship

Staff reports December 19, 2016
The Trabuco Hills High School mock trial team won the Constitutional Rights Foundation’s Orange County High School Mock Trial Competition Saturday...
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In the news: Mock trial, new bikes, new shoes and more

Staff reports December 16, 2016
O Orange County education news, O Orange County education news, how lovely is thy roundup. Yep, it’s that time of year, when...
Thurston Middle School students at a preschool

Kindness alert: Thurston Middle School PAL students spread holiday cheer

Staff reports December 16, 2016
They stepped out of class to step into kindness. As reported in this Daily Pilot article, a group of students involved with the Peer Assistance Leadership — or PAL — program at Thurston Middle School in Laguna Beach took a...
Thorman Elementary School students

All 97 third-graders at Tustin’s Thorman Elementary School surprised with brand new bikes

Ian Hanigan December 15, 2016
When the third-graders of Thorman Elementary School in Tustin were asked to write essays on empathy, they were told that...
PCHS mock trial team

Verdict is in: PCHS advances to OC mock trial competition final

Staff reports December 14, 2016
For the first time in school history, the Pacific Coast High School mock trial team has become a finalist in the...
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Parenting OC magazine seeks nominees for annual Top Teachers of Orange County issue

Staff reports December 14, 2016
Does your child consistently boast about an extraordinary teacher or run home to express excitement about how much he or she liked a class? Consider nominating that teacher for Parenting OC’s 2017 Top Teachers of Orange County issue, sponsored by SchoolsFirst Federal...
PCHS mock trial team

OCDE’s Pacific Coast High School heads to county mock trial semifinal competition for the first time

Staff reports December 13, 2016
They may be the smallest mock trial team in the county. Nevertheless, Pacific Coast High School’s 10-student squad has moved...
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