Dear IUSD Community, I recently wrote to you about the Irvine Unified School District’s (IUSD) plans to update our aging schools to a similar standard as our newer schools, so that all of IUSD’s more than 32,000 students have access to 21st-century instructional technology and learning tools.

On Saturday, January 30, more than 230 Irvine Unified School District students in kindergarten through eighth grade will participate in the

On Saturday, January 30 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., the Irvine Unified School District will host a free electronics recycling event at the District Office, located at 5050 Barranca Parkway in Irvine.  

During the Irvine Unified School District’s annual organizational meeting on Tuesday, December 8 — the final session of 2015 — the Board unanimously voted to elect Paul Bokota to a one-year

The IUSD Board of Education has unanimously approved the name for Irvine’s next K-6 elementary school.  In accordance with the district’s policy to assign names based on nearby landmarks, communities and historical references, the campus will be known as Eastwood Elementary and will serve the Eastwood Village community near Jeffrey and Irvine…

Dear IUSD Community, The 2016-17 school-funding survey, which is part of the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) process closes Monday, November 16.  If you haven’t already, please take a moment to participate in this brief survey, which kick

Irvine Unified’s preschool program still has space available for the 2015-16 school year.  The program, open to children ages 3 and 4 who live within the district’s attendance boundaries, is run by the staff of professional educators at IUSD’s Early Childhood Learning Center.  A variety of options are available, including subsidized funding for…

After winning competitions at the local and regional levels, Rancho students advanced to the finals in Louisville, Kentucky from May 22-24.  

Sierra Vista Middle School Student Sarika Rau was the only Orange County student to qualify for the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Maryland.  Sarika participated in a written vocabulary test and two rounds of preliminary oral examination.  She was one of only 285 students nationwide to participate in this prestigious competition.