IUSD is pleased to announce Bob Curley has been named Principal of Beacon Park K-8 School, which is scheduled to open August 2016. His start date is July 1, 2016.

Irvine’s Sierra Vista Middle School students, Frances Kroll and Michelle Kroll, received first-place honors in the Junior Group Documentary Category during the Kenneth E.

The time has come, once again, to honor three Irvine educators that have been selected as IUSD’s elementary, middle and high school Teachers of the Year. ***

Some innovative student inventions will be featured later this month at the 28th annual Astounding Inventions contest.Greenberg Traurig LLP and the Irvine Valley College Foundation, the event will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24, in Irvine Valley College’s Hart Gymnasium.

During the last school year, as IUSD was in the process of creating a sweeping new accountability plan, feedback from parents, staff and other stakeholders made it clear that mental health was a high priority.

IUSD is proud to announce Sierra Vista’s Music Teacher Henry Miller has been named, by the GRAMMY Foundation, one of 10 finalists for

IUSD leaders are hoping parents and students will take about 10 minutes to complete an online survey that will help identify organizational strengths and opportunities for growth.

Listen up, middle school math enthusiasts -- especially those of you who happen to be fans of college hoops.

You may have already heard about the Orange County Register’s laptop program, which enables supporters of local schools to dispatch a Chromebook to their favorite K-12 campus every time they purchase a new annual subscription to the newspaper.

Just a friendly reminder that all IUSD schools and offices will be closed on Tuesday, Nov. 11, in honor of Veterans Day. The federal holiday honoring the men and women who have served in the military is observed annually on Nov. 11.