Thirteen Orange County student projects advance to National History Day championships Madeline Gray May 17, 2022From 64 Orange County submissions, 53 historical project entries were recognized at the 2022 National History Day-California contest. The NHD-CA...
OCDE students reflect on the nation’s heroes and their own in Memorial Day essay contest Vicky Nguyen May 6, 2022Keon Ferber remembers being at a loss for words when his family visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. ...
Woodbridge High in Irvine takes third place in the California Academic Decathlon Ian Hanigan March 31, 2022Irvine’s Woodbridge High School has placed third in the California Academic Decathlon. Fresh off winning its fifth Orange County Academic...
Irvine’s Woodbridge High wins fifth OC Academic Decathlon in six years Ian Hanigan February 16, 2022For the fifth time in six years, Woodbridge High School in Irvine has won the Orange County Academic Decathlon. The...
Academic event season is here, and we’ve got a roundup of key dates Ian Hanigan January 11, 2022Students from Esperanza High School’s Academic Decathlon team pose for a group photo in 2021. This year’s Orange County Academic...
Registration is open for the OC Spelling Bee. Here’s a quick ‘how to participate’ guide for local schools. Nichole Pichardo September 28, 2021Have you heard the buzz? Registration is now open for local schools to participate in the 2022 Orange County Spelling...
Want to compete in the Academic Decathlon or Pentathlon? OCDE is looking for middle and high school teams Ian Hanigan September 22, 2021The Orange County Department of Education is recruiting high school teams for the 2021-22 Orange County Academic Decathlon, and middle...
3 OC middle schoolers named finalists in national STEM competition Nichole Pichardo September 22, 2021Three Orange County teens were recently named as some of the most promising middle school STEM students in the country....
Weekly roundup: Costa Mesa students place second at national engineering competition; Newport-Mesa USD appoints a new interim superintendent; and more Nichole Pichardo June 25, 2021The Math Engineering Science Achievement — better known as MESA — team from Costa Mesa Middle and High School recently...
Irvine middle schoolers take top honors at virtual National History Day finals Nichole Pichardo June 22, 2021A pair of middle schoolers from Irvine has earned first place in the 2021 National History Day competition, which was...