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Meet Our Newest Editorial Intern
Editorial Intern Featured

Meet Our Newest Editorial Intern

Los Alamitos High School senior Amelia Guiterrez will provide coverage during the 2025-26 school year.

Laguna Beach Unified Names Student Board Members
Laguna Beach Unified School District Featured

Laguna Beach Unified Names Student Board Members

LBUSD announced its 2025–26 Student Board Members: Ivy Dabbs, Logan Marshall, and alternate Kiyan Arshadi

Los Alamitos Education Foundation Donates $82,000 for Student Wellness
Press Releases

Los Alamitos Education Foundation Donates $82,000 for Student Wellness

The non-profit partner of the Los Alamitos USD continues to fund stipends for counseling interns at all nine of the district's campuses for the 2025-26 school year.

Students without legal status have the right to attend public school. Will Trump change that?
Immigration Featured

Students without legal status have the right to attend public school. Will Trump change that?

O.C. school districts continue to remind parents that students have a right to a free public education. Legal experts discuss how the protection could be threatened.

Matt White is Announced as New Principal of Edison High School
Press Releases

Matt White is Announced as New Principal of Edison High School

Pending board approval, White will become the top administrator at the the Huntington Beach Union High School District campus.

A.I.-Powered School Coming to Orange County
Artificial Intelligence Featured

A.I.-Powered School Coming to Orange County

The private chain Alpha School, which uses artificial intelligence for instruction, is opening a Lake Forest location.

Swim-A-Thon at Los Alamitos High School Supports Griffin Graduate Facing Spinal Cord Injury
Los Alamitos Unified School District

Swim-A-Thon at Los Alamitos High School Supports Griffin Graduate Facing Spinal Cord Injury

LAHS student spearheads fundraiser for alumnus Isaiah Osorio, a Seal Beach Jr. Lifeguard instructor injured at work.

Cypress School District Names New Assistant Superintendent
Cypress School District

Cypress School District Names New Assistant Superintendent

Larry Ferchaw takes over as Asst. Supt. for Business Services on August 1.

Summer Success
Los Alamitos Unified School District

Summer Success

The Los Alamitos Education Foundation's 16th annual Summer Enrichment Institute had record-setting enrollment.

Q&A: Meet Orange Unified's New Superintendent
Orange Unified School District

Q&A: Meet Orange Unified's New Superintendent

Rachel H. MonΓ‘rrez, Ph.D., shares her priorities, thoughts on immigration enforcement, charter schools, A.I., and more.

Meeting Recap: Board Approves New Cellphone Policy; New Asst. Principal Introduced
Los Alamitos Unified School District

Meeting Recap: Board Approves New Cellphone Policy; New Asst. Principal Introduced

🏈 The board also discussed options for locations to hold Los Alamitos High School varsity football games.

School Districts Respond to Immigration Enforcement Operations
Immigration

School Districts Respond to Immigration Enforcement Operations

Several O.C. school districts took to social media to declare schools as "safe havens" amid ICE raids.

Spotlight Schools Newsletter: June 2025
Huntington Beach Union High School District

Spotlight Schools Newsletter: June 2025

πŸŽ“ New tools to track graduates' progress // πŸ‘Ÿ Debate over transgender athletes // Superintendents Wanted // 🍎 Ranking of Districts with the 'Best Teachers'

O.C. and the Debate over Transgender Student-Athletes
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District

O.C. and the Debate over Transgender Student-Athletes

A brief look at how two Orange County school boards are responding to the Trump administration's efforts to stop California's inclusion of trans student-athletes in girls sports.

Westminster High School Student Heading to Harvard University
Huntington Beach Union High School District

Westminster High School Student Heading to Harvard University

'I'm in shock,' senior Timmy Tran says after being accepted to 17 colleges and waitlisted at 13 others.

Why Do Some High Schools Have Ten or More Valedictorians?
Los Alamitos Unified School District

Why Do Some High Schools Have Ten or More Valedictorians?

Once an honor bestowed on a single student in each graduating class, O.C. campuses now have different approaches to this graduation title.

Los Alamitos High School Students' Film to Premiere at Bay Theatre
Los Alamitos Unified School District

Los Alamitos High School Students' Film to Premiere at Bay Theatre

More than 100 LAHS students have worked on the short film titled "Free Trial" which will be shown alongside films from other students and alumni.

Meet Orange County's 2026 Teachers of the Year
Centralia School District

Meet Orange County's 2026 Teachers of the Year

Six educators honored in surprise announcements in the Orange County Department of Education awards program

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