Weekly roundup: Magnolia’s ambitious agriculture plan, OC’s Blue Ribbon schools, a destructive social media trend, and more Ian Hanigan September 24, 2021Educators in Anaheim are watering the seeds of an ambitious new agriculture program that has the potential to lead to...
New WellSpace centers in Buena Park offer students a space to decompress Ian Hanigan September 23, 2021Gordon H. Beatty Middle School eighth-grader Sarah B. and Counselor Jodie Reddingius talk about the Zen garden at their school’s...
Want to compete in the Academic Decathlon or Pentathlon? OCDE is looking for middle and high school teams Ian Hanigan September 22, 2021The Orange County Department of Education is recruiting high school teams for the 2021-22 Orange County Academic Decathlon, and middle...
3 OC middle schoolers named finalists in national STEM competition Nichole Pichardo September 22, 2021Three Orange County teens were recently named as some of the most promising middle school STEM students in the country....
7 Orange County elementary schools earn National Blue Ribbon honors Ian Hanigan September 21, 2021Seven Orange County schools have been awarded the nation’s highest level of distinction as 2021 National Blue Ribbon Schools, U.S....
VIDEO: Santa Ana students parlay Spyder3D internship into employment straight out of high school Ian Hanigan September 20, 2021What started as a work-based learning opportunity with state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment has turned into full-time employment for two recent graduates...
Tony Bube, founding member of the Inside the Outdoors Foundation, dies at 98 Ian Hanigan September 17, 2021Tony Bube, a founding member of the foundation that supports the Orange County Department of Education’s environmental education program, has...
Weekly roundup: A centennial celebration for Garden Grove High; weekly COVID-19 testing for Santa Ana USD students; and more Nichole Pichardo September 17, 2021And the centennial birthday celebrations continue. Last week, we mentioned Tustin High’s 100th birthday and this week we turn our...
New report looks at education, health, the economy and other factors that contribute to quality of life in OC Ian Hanigan September 16, 2021Kindergarten readiness, graduation rates and degrees in the STEM fields are highlighted in the latest Orange County Community Indicators report....
OCDE partners with Kaiser Permanente to pilot new Resilience in School Environments initiative Nichole Pichardo September 14, 2021As part of an ongoing effort to help inform and educate local communities about the importance of screening for Adverse...