OC superintendents look back, look ahead at 2021-2022 school year. Putting the weirdest school year in the nation’s history behind them, Orange County’s 2021/2022 school year remains a work-in-progress for staff, students and parents. At nearly the halfway point, things aren’t yet back to normal, and there are still unknowns ahead, but it seems a […]

Stratford School Unveils Its Plan for Fall 2021 At Stratford, we are excited to welcome students back for the upcoming school year with safety in mind and plans for a flexible learning environment — with robust educational excellence back on campus and Stratford’s Online Academy. As we reflect on what has been a monumental 2020/21 […]

YMCA of OC offers up five key tips for a successful back-to-school this fall.  The long days of summer are drawing to a close, and soon the beach days, summer camps and family road trips will seem like a distant memory. While many families continue to navigate the pandemic and the “new normal” that it […]

Ease some of the stress of this school year’s return to campus with these expert tips on getting your kids back to class. Parents and professionals agree, the best place for children to learn is in the classroom.  “We want to recommend kids start socializing again,” said Dr. Regine Muradian, a licensed clinical psychologist and […]

How STEM programs survived and continue to thrive in public schools and throughout the county. The massive, nationwide experiment that was the 2020-2021 school year is now essentially over. Whether parents, teachers or students liked it or not, every student got a taste of being home schooled. The ability to adapt — either financially, technologically […]

With a new year comes hope for a better tomorrow. This has never been more true. Here, we reflect on 2020 and anticipate the year ahead in education. In mid-March, Orange County students were sent home for what many parents and teachers assumed would be a two-week period, just until this COVID thing got sorted […]