After five years in the role, Christiana Kraus will not return as LAHS principal for the 2026-27 school year. Los Alamitos USD Supt. Andrew Pulver, Ed.D., and former Los Alamitos High School Principal ...

Westminster High School senior Timmy Tran displays the pennant for his future college. Courtesy photo. Timmy Tran is one of the thousands of seniors in Orange County preparing for one of the biggest ...

Spotlight Schools is passionate about delivering hyperlocal education news from across Orange County. And now there is a day to celebrate that effort. April 9, 2026, is the first-ever Local News Day ...

Painting a mural at Murdy Elementary School. Photo by Emily Henderson. It is late spring, but the sun is beating down like it is already mid-July. There is, luckily, a breeze coming from the distant ...

A drone whirred overhead as nearly all of Mesa View Middle School’s roughly 850 students merged onto a field, filling up an area marked off by mulch. “We are going to create the largest animal on ...

The team from Parks Junior High School celebrates after winning the Fullerton School District's first K-Pop Battle of the Bands finale. Photo by Jeannette Andruss On a recent evening at an outdoor ...

Rachel H. Monárrez, Ph.D., started her job as Superintendent of the Orange Unified School District on July 1. (Photo courtesy OUSD) After years with interim leaders and divisions on its Board of ...

In Trustee Area B, current city councilman, and spouse of the current board president is running to replace her, facing a parent endorsed by the teachers' union. In Trustee Area C, an incumbent is ...

The annual Valedictorian Signing Ceremony honored 10 exceptional members of the Class of 2026 as they officially announced their post-graduation plans. Los Alamitos High School celebrates its 10 ...

Within the past few years, requirements to take the SAT and ACT, once seen as the deciding factor in college admissions, have been changing. When COVID-19 emerged, many schools decided to go ...

Students from the Grand Prize winning Nicolas Junior High team perform during the Fullerton School District's Second K-Pop Battle of the Bands. The following is a press release from the Fullerton ...