VSA Festival goes virtual to celebrate the artistic accomplishments of individuals with disabilities Ian Hanigan April 18, 2020Every year around this time, OCDE and VSA Orange County team up to spotlight the artistic achievements of individuals with...
VIDEO: County Supt. Al Mijares offers words of encouragement to parents, teachers and staff Ian Hanigan April 17, 2020With a month of distance learning in the books, Orange County Superintendent Al Mijares offered some words of encouragement for...
Saddleback Church teams up with OCDE to provide meals, groceries for OC families Ian Hanigan April 13, 2020April showers didn’t discourage the families who lined up in their cars to pick up boxes of food outside OCDE’s...
Garden Grove Unified donates N95 and surgical masks to UCI, CHOC Ian Hanigan April 8, 2020Officials from the Garden Grove Unified School District gave a big assist to hospital workers in their fight against COVID-19...
Weekly roundup: Unofficial election results, OC School of the Arts renews charter, and more Ian Hanigan March 6, 2020With turnout hovering at around 36 percent, Orange County voters headed to the polls or mailed in their ballots for...
VIDEO: A quick trip to Starbucks leads to the ultimate act of kindness Ian Hanigan March 5, 2020Catherine Pearlman casually spotted the flier on a bulletin board inside a Starbucks. It was written by a woman who...
#kindness1billion: Fullerton sixth-graders turn kindness into a weeklong assignment Ian Hanigan February 6, 2020The kind acts keep adding up in 2020. Nearly four years ago, OCDE launched its One Billion Acts of Kindness...
Tillys gives away backpacks, other merchandise to San Juan Hills High students Fermin Leal February 5, 2020Irvine-based Tillys recently stopped by San Juan Hills High School to give away 150 backpacks, coupons and other items to...
Students, community members honor MLK with Back Bay clean-up Fermin Leal January 30, 2020Students and staff from OCDE’s Inside the Outdoors environmental education program honored Martin Luther King Jr. Day by helping clean their...
Weekly roundup: State budget proposal adds funds for new teachers, OCDE steps up efforts to curb hate incidents, and more Fermin Leal January 17, 2020Gov. Gavin Newsom revealed a proposed budget for next fiscal year that anticipates nearly $4 billion more in revenue for...