Last week, the Board of Education recognized more than 100 certificated, classified and administrative employees who are set to retire on or before June 30.

As the administrative assistant to the principal at Stonegate Elementary School, Karen Roggero is usually the one to plan the fire drills. So when the alarm sounded early Wednesday morning, she was surprised to say the least. “I couldn’t figure out what was going on,” she said.

A number of altruistic acts have been quietly occurring around the Irvine Unified School District. At South Lake Middle School, a group of students drafted geology textbooks for children in Uganda. Deerfield Elementary kids spent time with residents of a local senior center.

The City of Irvine will generously provide up to $875,200 in matching funds to help IUSD ease the impacts of larger class sizes next year.

The rest of the county just learned what IUSD has known all along.

This week, five IUSD high school teachers were honored by their respective students for making a profound difference in the lives of young people.

No doubt there was a surge in local toga sightings on Saturday as Woodbridge High School hosted the Junior Classical League’s State Convention, drawing approximately 1,600 enthusiastic students, teachers and chaperons from 40 schools acr

More than 40 of Irvine’s brightest teaching stars were honored Friday night during the 24th annual Excellence in Teaching Awards Dinner at The Irvine Marriott.