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Sue Parks stands at a podium addressing an audience during the Be Prepared OC Summit at the UC Irvine Beall Applied Innovation Center.

OCDE joins countywide leaders to strengthen local disaster preparedness efforts

Ian Hanigan January 14, 2026
Garden Grove Unified students in the child development pathway show what they have learned in their career courses at the 11th annual OC Pathways Showcase last year.

REGISTER NOW: OC Pathways Showcase returns to unite industry leaders with future workforce

Madeline Gray January 14, 2026
California State Capitol Building

Governor’s budget proposal increases education funding while warning of long-term fiscal pressures

Ian Hanigan January 12, 2026
Laguna Beach High School students take part in an opening ceremony marking the launch of a new edible garden on campus.

Weekly roundup: Laguna Beach High students cultivate sustainability with new edible garden, and more

Vicky Nguyen January 9, 2026
Volunteers pose beside a truck filled with bags of trash collected during last year’s Inside the Outdoors MLK Day of Service at Upper Newport Bay.

Inside the Outdoors’ annual MLK Jr. Day of Service returns Jan. 24

Vicky Nguyen January 7, 2026
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...
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 presented awards to local campuses.  Now in its 24th year, the national awards program recognized 830 school districts and 78...
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...
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 County Teacher of the Year finalists.  Camera crews, sponsors, reporters and OCDE representatives made their way to OC campuses via...
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...
Counterfeit oxycodone

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...
Anaheim Union High School District students, staff and board members open the "Gilbert Mercadito"

Weekly roundup: Anaheim opens districtwide food pantry, Inside the Outdoors program hosts Earth Day events, and more

Madeline Gray April 21, 2023
In an effort to further alleviate food insecurity in its community, the Anaheim Union High School District opened its first permanent food pantry with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, held April 20 on the Gilbert High School campus.  The “Gilbert Mercadito,” or...
Santiago STEAM Magnet Elementary School in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District

U.S. Department of Ed names Santiago STEAM Magnet Elementary as ‘Green Ribbon School’

Vicky Nguyen April 21, 2023
Creating innovative ways to reduce environmental impacts and costs while offering effective sustainability educational programs earned Santiago STEAM Magnet Elementary...
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