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Educators at Project GLAD Spring Institute

REGISTER NOW: Project GLAD® Spring Institute 2026 to bolster language and literacy instruction

Nathaniel Martinez December 23, 2025
A student in a Lakers jersey stands beside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Dr. Stefan Bean

Let’s look back at some of the top OCDE Newsroom stories of 2025

Ian Hanigan December 23, 2025
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Not just a green button: An inside look at OCDE’s Print Shop

Nathaniel Martinez December 22, 2025
Huntington Beach Union High School District educators, administrators and board trustees celebrate the start of a new partnership between Edison High School and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. (Huntington Beach Union High School District)

Weekly roundup: Edison High students help endangered trout with new campus lab, and more

Madeline Gray December 19, 2025
31st Annual Report on the Conditions of Children in Orange County cover

New Conditions of Children report offers a snapshot of OC education trends for 2025

Ian Hanigan December 18, 2025
Sunburst Youth Academy students lead the presentation of colors at the Orange County Board of Education meeting May 3.

OCDE students express gratitude for veterans in Memorial Day Essay Contest

Madeline Gray May 5, 2023
Century Day School student Sheyla M. decided to join her grandmother’s church group to help feed the homeless one Saturday...
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Weekly roundup: OC Artists of the Year named, OCDE students win agricultural awards, and more

Madeline Gray May 5, 2023
From a pool of 721 nominees, seven talented students were selected as this year’s Orange County Artists of the Year....
Dale Junior High students

8 OC schools considered models for civic learning by California chief justice

Vicky Nguyen May 3, 2023
California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero will personally visit two Anaheim Union High School District campuses this fall, as they are among three honorees receiving the 2023 Civic Learning Award of Excellence.   Chief Justice Guerrero and State Superintendent of Public Instruction...
OCDE Special Schools student Stacy with 4H club chicken Goldie

OCDE Adult Transition Program students win agricultural awards at OC Fair’s Imaginology

Madeline Gray May 3, 2023
What started out as an after-school activity for students at OCDE’s Harbor Learning Center campus has hatched into a popular...
GGUSD Showcase of Bands event 2022

7 OC districts among NAMM Foundation’s best communities for music education

Vicky Nguyen May 2, 2023
Seven Orange County districts have been recognized among the Best Communities for Music Education by the NAMM Foundation, which also...
Saddleback Valley Unified School District teacher Laura Blackie

VIDEO: Relive the moment six educators were named the 2024 Orange County Teachers of the Year

Madeline Gray May 1, 2023
On Thursday, April 27, OCDE representatives made their way to school campuses across the county via a big yellow school bus to announce the 2024 Orange County Teachers of the Year. Joined by camera crews, sponsors and reporters, OCDE Deputy...
Angels Luis Rengifo signs hat for student.

Weekly roundup: Los Angeles Angels adopt five OC schools, Teachers of the Year honored, and more

Vicky Nguyen April 28, 2023
Donning their bright red shirts and baseball jerseys, students and staff from Jefferson Elementary excitedly welcomed Los Angeles Angels infielder...
Esencia teacher Leslie Whitaker accepts her award among OCDE representatives and her colleagues.

OCDE announces the 2024 Orange County Teachers of the Year

Madeline Gray April 27, 2023
Six educators received a welcome surprise in their classrooms Thursday as they found out they were selected as 2024 Orange...
Ritvik Swamanathan SVUSD student

Melinda Heights student qualifies for national and international geography bees

Vicky Nguyen April 26, 2023
A sixth-grade student attending Melinda Heights Elementary School will travel to Arlington, Virginia in June to compete in the final round of the National Geography Bee. To get to this point, 11-year-old Ritvik Swamanathan completed a qualifying geography exam, where...
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OCDE partners with OC Health Care Agency to host fentanyl awareness forums on May 9

Ian Hanigan April 25, 2023
In recognition of National Fentanyl Awareness Day on May 9, OCDE is teaming up with the Orange County Health Care Agency to...
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