Coinciding with the opening of a new health club, the Irvine Public Schools Foundation is encouraging the public to attend its latest “iShop” event from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb.

The winners have been announced from this year’s Astounding Inventions contest, which was held Saturday at Irvine Valley College. To access the complete results in a PDF document, click here.

Of the 27 Orange County high school seniors selected as candidates in the 2012 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, it turns out no fewer than 10 are from schools in IUSD.

Seven years ago, Allison Plette had an epiphany – and it came, oddly enough, after watching her older sister pretend to get caught in the drain of the family pool.

Way back in November, students from University and Woodbridge high schools put their knowledge of algebra, geometry, calculus, programming and other disciplines to the test in the 14th annual High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling. But this was no ordinary contest.

The Carrs are definitely going places. It wasn’t that long ago that Katherine Carr, an Irvine High School junior, and sister Jacqueline, an eighth-grader at Venado Middle School, were submitting news releases about school events to the IUSD NewsFlash.

A Northwood High School junior has been named a finalist in a global contest that challenged teens to design science experiments that can be performed in space.

We expect to see some pretty thought-provoking projects at IUSD’s 31st annual District Science Fair, which will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 29 at University High School.

Over the last few years, IUSD has grown accustomed to operating in an environment of fiscal uncertainty, as state lawmakers have often deferred decisions and provided little in the way of concrete information while grappling with California’s budget crisis.