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OCDE’s 5-3-1 Strategic Plan lays the groundwork for 2026

Ian Hanigan December 29, 2025
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REGISTER NOW: Project GLAD® Spring Institute 2026 to bolster language and literacy instruction

Nathaniel Martinez December 23, 2025
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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
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Weekly roundup: Brea Canyon High creates ‘Care Closet’ for students, national Blue Ribbon school, Hispanic Heritage Month, and more

Vicky Nguyen September 23, 2022
When high school student Nathaniel Ornelas needed a suit to wear to a job interview, he turned to Brea Canyon...
Rainbow fentanyl

State warns school leaders about new brightly colored ‘rainbow fentanyl’

Ian Hanigan September 23, 2022
State health officials cautioned school leaders this week about a new and concerning version of the synthetic opioid known as...

Garden Grove school celebrates Mid-Autumn Moon Festival with community

Vicky Nguyen September 22, 2022
With their glowing lanterns, the students and families of Murdy Elementary School celebrated as a community to welcome the full harvest moon — a symbol of peace, prosperity and togetherness.  The Garden Grove Unified School District campus held its first...
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VIDEO: Secretary of State encourages high school students to pre-register to vote

Vicky Nguyen September 21, 2022
Young people have the potential to be a powerful voice in elections, but only if they get involved and make...
2022 Hispanic Heritage Month colloquium

VIDEO: Virtual forum stresses importance of building relationships with Latino and Hispanic-identified students

Vicky Nguyen September 20, 2022
“My teachers told my mom that my English was unsatisfactory and blamed Spanish as the biggest impediment.” Dr. Itzel Meduri...
2022 Broadcom Masters

Nine OC students named top STEM scholars at Broadcom Masters

Madeline Gray September 19, 2022
Broadcom MASTERS recently announced its top middle school students, spotlighting 300 young innovators from across the country who have made their mark in the fields of math, applied science, technology and engineering. After a multi-tiered selection process, nine Orange County...
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Weekly roundup: OC students named National Merit semifinalists, forum to honor Hispanic Heritage Month, and more

Madeline Gray September 16, 2022
Congratulations are in order for high school campuses throughout Orange County as hundreds of students were recently named National Merit...
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Irvine school earns national Blue Ribbon honors

Vicky Nguyen September 16, 2022
An Orange County campus has earned the nation’s highest level of distinction as a 2022 National Blue Ribbon School, State...
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USA Today ranks Orange County high school esports teams on national list

Vicky Nguyen September 15, 2022
Two high schools from Orange County were included in USA Today’s list of the top high school esport teams since 2019.  It ranked both La Quinta High School from the Garden Grove Unified School District and Sunny Hills High School...
Irvine middle school student Claire Chong picks up trash on her morning walk before school.

#Kindness1billion: Irvine student cares for the planet through ‘plogging’

Madeline Gray September 13, 2022
At just 8 years old, Claire Chong participated in a group project that taught her about the impacts of environmental...
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