Students looking for an edge on their science projects will be able to consult with some pretty sharp experts next month, as IUSD is once again sponsoring “Ask-A-Scientist Night” at Rancho San Joaquin Middle School. This year's event will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19.

Ninety-six IUSD seniors are in some very elite company this week, having been named semifinalists in the annual pursuit of scholarships through the National Merit Scholarship Corp. Overall, 16,000 earned the prestigious honor in the U.S., representing less than 1 percent of all high school seniors.

Over the course of the next nine and a half months, there will be essay questions, reading assignments, science projects and word problems. There will also be field trips, football games, high school dances and, ultimately, commencement exercises.

Newsweek magazine has published its annual list of the top public high schools in the U.S., and our very own University High School has landed the No. 8 spot.

IUSD students who have excelled in the classroom and on the athletic field were honored this week at the 38th annual Irvine Senior Scholar Athlete Awards Banquet, sponsored by Irvine Valley College and hosted by The Exchange Club of Irvine.

Woodbridge High School’s athletic boosters have announced two recipients of a scholarship honoring the late Kent “K.J.” Bentley. 

Memorial services for Ashton Sweet, the Northwood High School freshman who tragically passed away this week, will be held at 5 p.m. on Monday, June 6, at the Chinese Baptist Church of Central Orange County in Irvine.

The Woodbridge High School baseball team will take the field against Beckman High this afternoon, with nothing short of a CIF title on the line.  

Fifteen students from Irvine, Northwood, University and Woodbridge high schools have earned prestigious scholarships through the National Merit Scholarship Corp., the