#kindness1billion: Garden Grove USD grad gives back by donating backpacks to kindergarteners Nichole Pichardo August 30, 2021Kindergarten students at Heritage Computer Science Academy in the Garden Grove Unified School District are now prepared for the new...
#kindness1billion: Davis Magnet School students raise funds for OCDE’s Inside the Outdoors program Nichole Pichardo April 7, 2021Students at Davis Magnet School in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District are raising money for a good cause by selling...
VIDEO: Costa Mesa High student’s kindness campaign inspires classmates, community Fermin Leal October 7, 2019Costa Mesa High School student Rebekah Robeck wanted to spread kindness to her school and community. So she started by...
Chalk it up to the first day of school in La Habra Fermin Leal August 19, 2019La Habra City School District students returned to school Monday and found colorful chalk art on the blacktops, walkways and...
Weekly roundup: Suspension trends, school nutrition standards, Lego vandals and more Ian Hanigan December 14, 2018Suspensions in California schools have dropped by nearly 50 percent over the last six years. As EdSource reported this week,...
#kindness1billion: PAL programs compete in annual Kindness Challenge Ian Hanigan December 11, 2018A handful of Peer Assistance Leadership programs recently let us know how they celebrated last month’s World Kindness Day. Administered by OCDE, PAL...
#kindness1billion: Good deeds add up for kindergarteners at Fullerton’s Fisler School Ian Hanigan February 26, 2018A kindergarten teacher from Fisler School in Fullerton found a clever way to tie kindness to California’s math standards. At...
The Deeper Learning Podcast | ‘Exploring Kindness’ with Orange County Superintendent Al Mijares Ian Hanigan January 19, 2018Why have societies historically valued kindness? How can positive interactions with others impact our physiology? Why do we keep needing...
El Toro High food drive sets school record with more than 115,000 cans Ian Hanigan November 30, 2017Another year, another school record for El Toro High. Last year we reported that the Lake Forest campus collected 111,922...
Download the free app for OCDE’s One Billion Acts of Kindness campaign Ian Hanigan October 18, 2017Since OCDE launched its One Billion Acts of Kindness initiative in 2016, more than 9.6 million good deeds have been...
