#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...
#Kindness1Billion: Newhope Elementary student’s Make-A-Wish request is loud and clear Ian Hanigan February 9, 2021Vivian Nguyen could have asked for virtually anything. But the Newhope Elementary School fifth-grader used her wish to help others....
Los Amigos High staff collects $10,000 to help families through COVID-19 crisis Ian Hanigan May 11, 2020Staff members at Los Amigos High School in the Garden Grove Unified School District have collected $10,000 — most of...
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...
#kindness1billion: More than 130 Tustin third-graders surprised with new bikes Ian Hanigan December 18, 2019Following an essay contest, more than 130 third-graders from Thorman Elementary in the Tustin Unified School District were summoned to...
OCDE will co-host two forums exploring impact of hate incidents on students, school communities Ian Hanigan December 16, 2019OCDE is partnering with the Orange County Human Relations Commission to host two forums in January that will explore the...
#kindness1billion: Here are some of the kind acts you’ve shared in October Ian Hanigan October 28, 2019They don’t always generate headlines, but kind acts happen every day in Orange County — and probably too many to...
VIDEO: Inside the Outdoors summer camps nurture a natural curiosity — and kindness Ian Hanigan August 7, 2019Did you know OCDE’s Inside the Outdoors environmental education program offers summer camps? From late June through early August, ITO...