Hundreds of Irvine third-graders are about to find themselves short on excuses for misspelled words. That's because the Rotary Club of Newport-Irvine plans to donate more than 800 Webster student dictionaries to third-grade students at nine IUSD schools.

We’re told Eagle Pride is soaring high over at Westpark Elementary School this month, and for good reason. 

And finally, this year's Elementary School Teacher of the Year is ... Donnie Mai of Stonegate Elementary School. Applause erupted as Mr.

The Irvine Unified School District is on the verge of a significant growth spurt. Over the next decade, the district is expected to swell from 27,000 students to as many as 39,000, representing a 44 percent spike in enrollment.

More than 200 students from Woodbury Elementary School are taking a shot at running an entire marathon.

The top three campuses in the Orange County Register’s annual breakdown of high-performing elementary schools are in the Irvine Unified School District, and scores of other IUSD sites were recognized by the newspaper with gold, silver or bronz

Our left-brain friends in the district have reminded us that there are a couple of major science events coming up.

The wait was finally over.