The Irvine Unified School District’s four year-round campuses are getting ready to welcome students back for the first day of the 2011-12 school year.
As we first reported back in January, a new California law requires students entering grades seven through 12 to get immunized with a pertussis booster shot.
The California Legislature adopted a budget this week that calls for flat funding for K-12 education, but schools remain vulnerable to midyear cuts that would be automatically triggered if an anticipated spike in revenue doesn’t materialize.
Canyon View Elementary School will be the site of an Irvine Child Safety Fair from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 25. Hosted by the Joyful Child Foundation, the event will feature informational booths and demonstrations from a number of child safety organizations.
The IUSD Board of Education voted unanimously this week to adopt a budget for 2011-12, and, in the same motion, directed staff to forward all appropriate documents to the Orange County Department of Education.
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.
A few months back, we were introduced to members of a running club at Woodbury Elementary School called the Mustang Milers, and they had a pretty lofty goal.
Congratulations to University High School Principal John Pehrson, who has been named a “Champion for Character” by the California Interscholastic Federation’s Southern Section.
Unless you were around for the end of Tuesday night's Board of Education meeting, you may not be aware that board members authorized issuing $25 million in school construction bonds, which will be subsidized in part through a federal stimulus program designed to spur shovel-ready construction projects.
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.