Weekly roundup: Discovery Cube gingerbread contest returns, Vista View Middle School’s modernization, and more Madeline Gray November 11, 2022The holiday season is fast approaching, and with it comes Southern California’s largest gingerbread-making competition and holiday display. Hosted by...
Westminster High’s Queen Bees selected as a national finalist of ExploraVision science competition Vicky Nguyen June 21, 2022Life without honey bees could sting for the United States as the agricultural economy provides 19.7 million jobs and contributes...
Contest at OCC challenges students to simulate Mars rover mission Ian Hanigan January 6, 2020Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa will serve as the Southern California hub for NASA’s ROADS on Mars Student Challenge,...
Student team from OCDE program named a finalist in national rocket competition Ian Hanigan April 24, 2019This literally was rocket science. A team of students from OCDE’s home school program has been named a national finalist in...
Teams from two OC schools advance to the Science Olympiad National Tournament Ian Hanigan April 23, 2019For the second straight year, a pair of Orange County schools will represent California at the Science Olympiad National Tournament....
Weekly roundup: Investigating Salem in 1692, cheering a hero’s return, competing for scholarships, and more Ian Hanigan March 29, 2019A group of students from Thurston Middle School in Laguna Beach recently conducted a mock crime-scene investigation based on one...
CHEP Expo spotlights student projects from OCDE’s homeschooling program Ian Hanigan March 27, 2019Exhibits documenting shark behavior, underwater volcanoes, the Black Plague and the mechanical advantages of pulleys were among the projects on...
OC to send two teams to the Science Olympiad National Tournament in Colorado Ian Hanigan May 10, 2018After earning top honors at the Southern California State Science Olympiad Tournament last month, teams from two Orange County campuses...
VIDEO: Beckman High student awarded for smartphone app capable of locating disaster survivors Ian Hanigan March 13, 2017OK, so this is pretty cool. A junior from Beckman High School in the Tustin Unified School District was recently...
Weekly roundup: Teams advance to state decathlon, OCDE leads statewide initiative, Villa Park hosts a French wedding and more Ian Hanigan February 17, 2017Since publishing our last weekly roundup, we learned that Irvine’s Woodbridge High School earned the highest team score in this...