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Two students kneel in a farm field planting young seedlings while other participants work in rows behind them under a blue sky.

Second Harvest invites OC students to learn, serve at working Irvine farm

Ian Hanigan September 17, 2026
Middle/outside blocker Megan Hodges (6) leaps for a spike in the gold medal game against the Dominican Republic at the NORCECA U23 Pan Am Cup in Managua, Nicaragua.

San Juan Hills volleyball standout helps Team USA win U23 Pan American Cup gold

Nathaniel Martinez September 16, 2026
OCDE Language Services Coordinator Natalia Abarca, right, introduces keynote speaker Dr. Janet Núñez-Pineda during the 2025 International Translation Day celebration at the OCDE Conference Center.

OCDE to mark International Translation Day with PBS SoCal studio visit

Vicky Nguyen September 16, 2026
Orange County Business Council CEO Jeff Ball joins County Superintendent Dr. Stefan Bean on the latest episode of the FutureCurrent podcast.

FutureCurrent: OC Business Council CEO Jeff Ball explores how students will shape the region’s economic future

Madeline Gray September 15, 2026
Volunteers take part in a previous California Coastal Cleanup Day at Upper Newport Bay in Newport Beach.

Inside the Outdoors invites volunteers to 42nd annual California Coastal Cleanup Day

Vicky Nguyen September 15, 2026
Sylvia Mendez and city officials

Sylvia Mendez shares her family’s legacy with OCDE alternative education students

Madeline Gray March 15, 2023
At 9 years old, Sylvia Mendez attended court trials with her family to fight school segregation in her community, and...
2022 CA MTSS PLI

Registration is open for the sixth annual California MTSS conference

Ian Hanigan March 14, 2023
Educators, administrators, counselors and other school-based professionals are invited to register now for the 2023 CA MTSS Professional Learning Institute,...
Golden Elementary students perform at the 2023 OCMAA Awards Ceremony on Feb. 8.

Q&A: Student arts programs poised to expand with Measure 28 funding

Madeline Gray March 13, 2023
Helping students succeed from K-12 to college and beyond has been a priority for Orange County educators, and with funding from Measure 28, opportunities to learn through the arts may further expand on school campuses. Through the state’s efforts to...

Weekly roundup: Girls’ basketball scores historic win for Marina High, OCDE hosts substitute teacher recruitment fair, and more

Madeline Gray March 10, 2023
The girls’ varsity basketball squad at Marina High made history on March 7 by earning its first California-Interscholastic Federation State...
SEL classroom

OCDE supports districts’ efforts to prepare students for success with social-emotional learning strategies

Vicky Nguyen March 9, 2023
Juggling a myriad of tasks and to-do lists on a daily basis becomes second nature for adults, but the balancing...

VIDEO: OCDE, Vanguard University host hybrid conference on human trafficking

Vicky Nguyen March 8, 2023
Determined to fight trafficking and build community to prevent child exploitation, hundreds of people attended the Ensure Justice 2023 conference on March 3 and March 4.  “Finding A Way Home” was the theme of the hybrid conference, which featured both...
NHD-OC logo

Orange County students to explore new frontiers at National History Day contest

Madeline Gray March 7, 2023
National History Day will return to Orange County to welcome over 300 young historians who will present their original projects...
Students in front of Pacific Coast High School

Need to take a course this summer? Pacific Coast High is enrolling.

Ian Hanigan March 7, 2023
Orange County high school students who need to catch up on credits or want to get ahead this summer will...
OC Spelling Bee winners

C-H-A-M-P: El Rancho Charter School eighth-grader wins Orange County Spelling Bee

Ian Hanigan March 5, 2023
After two days of intense competition, it all came down to “gallivat.”  The word refers to an East Indian ship propelled by sails and oars that’s often armed and used by pirates. But eighth-grader Aaron Lim of El Rancho Charter...
Hockey game

Weekly roundup: 16,000 OC students score science lesson from the Anaheim Ducks, honoring Black History Month, and more

Vicky Nguyen March 3, 2023
More than 16,000 elementary students from local school districts took a field trip to the Honda Center in Anaheim on...
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