Here’s how OC schools and districts celebrated the Lunar New Year Madeline Gray January 26, 2023Students, educators and community members across Orange County began the Lunar New Year by participating in cultural performances, playing games...
Tustin Unified names new superintendent Nichole Pichardo November 1, 2021The Tustin Unified School District will soon have a new superintendent. Dr. Mark Johnson, who currently serves as a local...
Highlights from the first few weeks of the 2021-22 school year Nichole Pichardo August 23, 2021It’s the most wonderful time of the year! With staggered start dates from August to the beginning of September, districts...
Voices United: Tustin Unified fifth-grade honor choir celebrates resilience during a challenging year Nichole Pichardo June 17, 2021 While looking back at graduations, celebrations and promotions from across the county, OCDE Newsroom staff recently came across a...
VIDEO: Surprise! Six exemplary educators learn they’re OC’s Teachers of the Year Ian Hanigan May 22, 2020This year’s Orange County Teacher of the Year announcements looked a bit different. Conspicuously missing was the big yellow bus,...
#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...
Tustin Unified to offer full-day kindergarten at every campus Fermin Leal January 31, 2019All elementary schools in the Tustin Unified School District will provide a full day of kindergarten to every student beginning...
Weekly roundup: Volunteers bring coding lessons to youth shelter, students’ satellite launches into orbit, and more Fermin Leal November 16, 2018Children from the Thomas House Family Shelter in Garden Grove are learning coding from from a group of high school...
Irvine students’ STEM lesson involves launching satellite into outer space Fermin Leal November 14, 2018A team of students from six high schools in Irvine Unified and one in Tustin Unified have worked to successfully...
Nearly 75 years after his death, WWII hero’s story to be told by OC student, teacher Ian Hanigan February 20, 2018On a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach, the Normandy American Cemetery holds the graves of 9,387 Americans, most of whom lost...
