OCDE’s chief technology officer gets inducted into an IT Hall of Fame Ian Hanigan December 5, 2019A well-known membership association that supports school-based IT professionals has inducted OCDE Chief Technology Officer Carl Fong into its Hall...
VIDEO: OC Pathways Showcase promotes business, education partnerships Fermin Leal December 4, 2019Orange County businesses learned how they can help equip students for careers transformed by automation, artificial intelligence and other emerging...
OCDE Alternative Education looks to deepen connections with local families Ian Hanigan December 3, 2019As a principal in OCDE’s Alternative Education division, Vern Burton sees the bigger picture in his work. “I really think...
Troy High School grad named a Rhodes Scholar Fermin Leal December 2, 2019Leanne K.M. Ho, a graduate of Troy High School in Fullerton, was recently named a Rhodes Scholar, one of the...
Garden Grove students awarded Thanksgiving meals for accomplishing goals Ian Hanigan November 27, 2019Turkey? Check. Stuffing? Check. Mashed potatoes and yams? Check and check. A group of students from Clinton Elementary and Doig...
Middle schooler wins placemat design contest encouraging family dinner conversations Ian Hanigan November 26, 2019Thanksgiving is an ideal time for families to gather around the dinner table and reconnect. But one local student thinks...
Santa Ana families receive 1,000 free turkeys ahead of Thanksgiving holiday Fermin Leal November 25, 2019One-thousand Santa Ana Unified School District families received free turkeys and other food items Saturday during the fourth annual Operation...
Weekly roundup: Student uses engineering skills to build prosthetics, high school to offer healthcare curriculum, and more Fermin Leal November 22, 2019At San Juan Hills High School, senior Ashlynn Mathews isn’t using her new engineering skills learned at her building trades...
OC esports federation supported by OCDE is honored as a public-private partnership Ian Hanigan November 21, 2019An esports league that started in Orange County before expanding into a national federation has been honored as a model...
Santa Ana Unified names new superintendent Fermin Leal November 20, 2019The Santa Ana Unified School District Board of Education has appointed Jerry Almendarez as the 47,000-student district’s new superintendent. During...
