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5-3-1 feature

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

Ian Hanigan December 29, 2025
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
Shawn, Joann and Tony in OCDE's print shop

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: OC athletes receive honors, a celebration of life for Laguna Beach principal, and more

Madeline Gray June 24, 2022
From baseball to diving to track, high school athletes across the county were recognized this week for their performances throughout...
AUHSD iLab instructor and student

Anaheim Union High School District’s iLab inspires students to tackle issues by innovating solutions

Vicky Nguyen June 23, 2022
Countless amounts of automatic hand sanitizer dispensers were installed in response to the pandemic, but recent graduate Thomas Dinh noticed...
Greyson, a student at OCDE's Harbor Learning Center, with Duey Luu, a staff member from his group home, and OCDE Speech and Language Specialists Art Marmelejo and Paul DePerry.

ACCESS students explore Careers Without Borders

Madeline Gray June 22, 2022
From actors to astronauts to professional sports hall-of-famers, Careers Without Borders has brought professionals from differing fields to the computer screens of students in alternative education.  In 2020, the guest speaker series was created within the Alternative, Community and Correctional...
WHS Merits Winners

Westminster High’s Queen Bees selected as a national finalist of ExploraVision science competition

Vicky Nguyen June 21, 2022
Life without honey bees could sting for the United States as the agricultural economy provides 19.7 million jobs and contributes...
Buena Park Book Vending Machine

Weekly roundup: Book vending machine, supporting families through inflation, students get second chances, and more

Vicky Nguyen June 17, 2022
Students will not find any snacks in a new vending machine that was installed at a school in the Buena...
VSA Orange County Art Gallery

Traveling art exhibit showcases the work of artists with disabilities of all ages

Vicky Nguyen June 15, 2022
Surrounded by his biggest supporters, 7-year-old Mario Roblero stands proudly in front of his artwork that is currently on display at Galería of Imagination.  With a brown border, the student artist from Thomas Paine Elementary School in the Garden Grove...
Cadet Amanda Martinez

Student cadets graduate from military-style program with second chance at life

Vicky Nguyen June 14, 2022
For many, a second chance can be an opportunity of a lifetime. That has been the case for Amanda Martinez,...
NOCROP superintendent Dana Lynch

North Orange County ROP appoints new superintendent

Madeline Gray June 14, 2022
The North Orange County Regional Occupational Program recently announced Dana Lynch as its new superintendent.  Lynch, assistant superintendent of educational...
San Clemente High School Graduates at Thalassa Stadium in San Clemente (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG Photographer)

Weekly roundup: Graduations return in pre-pandemic fashion, funding granted for career pathways, and more

Madeline Gray June 10, 2022
After making pandemic-safe adjustments to graduation ceremonies last June, graduation season has returned to normal with fully in-person high school graduation festivities — cap tosses and cheerful embraces included. As the Orange County Register reported, more than half of the...

Fullerton School District introduces second Korean dual language program in the county

Madeline Gray June 9, 2022
In Orange County, 68 public schools, including charters, are teaching their students a second language. While a total of 61...
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