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Mijares: Time spent in the great outdoors correlates with improved health, academic performance

Al Mijares July 27, 2022

Outside the urban glare of Los Angeles, we found a night sky packed with stars and a still silence interrupted...

Bank of America leadership program recognizes four Orange County students

Madeline Gray July 26, 2022

From making small changes in their communities to now leading them, two recent high school graduates and two high school...

#Kindness1billion: Laguna Beach High student organizes shoe drive to help children experiencing homelessness

Vicky Nguyen July 25, 2022

Food, clothing and shelter are the three basic needs that rising senior Nicolo Cambruzzi believes every person should have, but...

Jillian Albayati attempts a hit while at bat during a softball game.

Weekly roundup: Anaheim baseball player awarded ESPY, Oxford Academy student selected as state delegate and more

Madeline Gray July 22, 2022

To top off a stellar senior year playing baseball for the Anaheim High School Colonists and scoring a scholarship to...

Summer Language Academy welcomes new students to the Anaheim Union High School District

Vicky Nguyen July 20, 2022

It is not always easy to be the new student on campus, let alone one for whom English is a...

Oxford Academy student selected as National Youth Science Camp Delegate

Vicky Nguyen July 18, 2022

California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond included one Orange County scholar as he named four outstanding students as...

Weekly roundup: Students compete in International Chemistry Olympiad, student’s role in MLB game, and more

Vicky Nguyen July 15, 2022

Two students from University High School in Irvine are representing the United States at the International Chemistry Olympiad, which will...

The deadline to apply for the OC Board of Education’s open seat is 4 p.m. on Aug. 5

Ian Hanigan July 15, 2022

Candidates interested in filling the open First District seat on the Orange County Board of Education have until 4 p.m....

VIDEO: Educators, law enforcement gather in OC for annual Safe Schools Conference

Ian Hanigan July 14, 2022

Presented by former California Secretary of Education Dave Long through his firm, Dave Long & Associates, in partnership with OCDE and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, the Safe Schools Conference was established to amplify best practices and to increase collaboration between the education and law enforcement communities.

Lowell Joint School District Supt. Jim Coombs

Lowell Joint School District celebrates one year anniversary with OCDE

Vicky Nguyen July 13, 2022

The beginning of the month marked the one year anniversary of Lowell Joint School District blazing the way as the...