After months apart, cadets at Sunburst share a powerful reunion with families Nathaniel Martinez April 29, 2025Even from the back of the parking lot some 100 yards away, the cheers of excited parents seeing their child...
Gilbert High’s sports program empowers at-promise students, boosting grades and attendance Vicky Nguyen April 22, 2024Gilbert High School is celebrating two years of its Sports Intervention Program, aimed at re-engaging at-promise 11th- and 12th-grade students....
WATCH: Annual gathering bridges past and present for ACCESS teacher Vicky Nguyen April 1, 2024Over the years, students enrolled in the Orange County Department of Education’s Alternative Education Division — also known as ACCESS...
ACCESS offers canvas for student expression through Art4Healing program Vicky Nguyen March 19, 2024Students from the Orange County Department of Education’s Alternative Education division — or ACCESS — are finding a canvas for...
Alternative education team sparks students’ love of reading with novel-based curriculum Madeline Gray October 4, 2023During a routine visit to Century Day School, Orange County Department of Education teacher Ryan Hinkle received a question from...
Sylvia Mendez shares her family’s legacy with OCDE alternative education students Madeline Gray March 15, 2023At 9 years old, Sylvia Mendez attended court trials with her family to fight school segregation in her community, and...
Need to take a course this summer? Pacific Coast High is enrolling. Ian Hanigan March 7, 2023Orange County high school students who need to catch up on credits or want to get ahead this summer will...
ACCESS principals work to remove barriers and promote pathways for success Vicky Nguyen October 18, 2022A principal carries an immense amount of weight on their shoulders — taking responsibility for the successes and challenges of...
ACCESS students explore Careers Without Borders Madeline Gray June 22, 2022From actors to astronauts to professional sports hall-of-famers, Careers Without Borders has brought professionals from differing fields to the computer...
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. ...
