IUSD Superintendent Terry Walker on Friday announced a trio of new principals for the 2014-15 school year.

Here’s an opportunity for K-8 students we thought we’d pass along: Registration for the Irvine Public Schools Foundation’s 2013 Summer Enrichment Academy kicked off this week.

Good afternoon. Here’s a Friday roundup of some recent IUSD-related stories you might have missed from the Orange County Register’s website:

Parents who want to learn more about the new California Common Core instructional standards are encouraged to attend a special presentation led by a trio of IUSD educators on Thursday, March 28.

The Irvine Unified School District has once again been named one of the nation’s Best Communities for Music Education by the prestigious NAMM Foundation.

There’s always room for cello -- or, in this case, many, many cellos.

It was one small shipment to Westpark Elementary School, and one giant leap for Westpark's science program.

Registration is now open for parents seeking to enroll their children in IUSD’s preschool program for the 2014-15 school year.

Some special guests dropped by more than a dozen elementary schools on March 1 to read their favorite children's books in honor of Read Across America Day.