OC student Sydney Tran’s spelling journey took her from El Rancho Charter School in Anaheim to the national stage in Maryland, where the seventh-grader competed among the top young spellers in the country during the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Anaheim High School has earned a Civic Learning Award of Distinction for its campuswide commitment to civic education, while five other Orange County schools received honorable mention for promoting student voice and engagement.
Quick look: El Rancho Charter School seventh-grader Sydney Tran, representing Orange County at the Scripps National Spelling Bee this week, advanced through two preliminary rounds in Washington, D.C. Tuesday. Happy Spelling Bee season. El Rancho Charter School student Sydney Tran...
Five middle school teams from Orange County earned top honors at the 2025 United States Academic Pentathlon National Finals, held May 15 through May 17 in San Antonio, Texas. Competing against students from across the country, the teams captured five overall team awards and multiple individual medals.
Westminster High School students met with U.S. Rep. Derek Tran after writing letters to him as part of a classroom assignment tied to the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum.
Hundreds of students and families attended “Empowering the Future: Internships and Career Exploration” co-hosted by Supervisor Janet Nguyen and County Superintendent Dr. Stefan Bean.
Quick look: More than 400 students, educators and families recently attended OCDE’s Friday Night Live Chapter Recognition Ceremony, celebrating youth-led...
