alternative education

CCPA graduation

ACCESS principals work to remove barriers and promote pathways for success

Vicky Nguyen October 18, 2022

A principal carries an immense amount of weight on their shoulders — taking responsibility for the successes and challenges of...

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...

Memorial Day Essay Contest 2022

OCDE students reflect on the nation’s heroes and their own in Memorial Day essay contest

Vicky Nguyen May 6, 2022

Keon Ferber remembers being at a loss for words when his family visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. ...

OCDE principal joins list of OC administrators recognized by local ACSA chapter

Ian Hanigan March 16, 2022

A principal in OCDE’s Alternative Education division has been named one of Orange County’s top administrators. Machele Kilgore, whose responsibilities...

Sunburst Youth Academy

Sunburst Youth Academy is enrolling now for its January 2022 class

Nichole Pichardo December 6, 2021

A free residential leadership academy is currently seeking applicants for its program that gives local teens who’ve faced significant obstacles...

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Local commission honors OCDE alternative education students for their personal reflections of hope and resilience

Nichole Pichardo November 3, 2021

A local commission that advocates on behalf of incarcerated youth is giving students enrolled in OCDE’s alternative education program the...

OCDE ACCESS student recognized for succeeding and rising against the odds

Nichole Pichardo September 9, 2021

A victim of abuse and placed in the foster care system at only 12 years old, Kaiyanna Han had the...

Sunburst Youth Academy 2021 graduation

Defying the odds: OCDE’s alternative education program celebrates nearly 700 graduates

Nichole Pichardo June 30, 2021

Language divides, homelessness, pregnancy, single parenting, and social and academic challenges are just some of the hurdles the 2021 graduating...

Adult transition

VIDEO: ‘One Day’ short film looks at life inside OCDE’s Adult Transition program

Nichole Pichardo March 11, 2021

A new short film produced by OCDE’s Communications and Media Services unit follows one class of Adult Transition students at...

Otto Fischer Operation Study Hall

Students from OCDE’s Otto Fischer School are building kindness one desk at a time

Nichole Pichardo March 10, 2021

It all started with an idea for a kindness project. Now, students from Otto A. Fischer School are building desks...

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