By CUSD Insider staff Ava August is going to Hollywood. The 15-year-old Dana Hills High School freshman appeared on the

By Lou Ponsi  The seventh and eighth graders at Ladera Ranch Middle School who attend the culinary design education class

By Lou Ponsi Elementary school students entering the fourth grade in the Capistrano Unified School District get the opportunity to

By Cathi Douglas  About 350 students from 32 schools participated in the 2021 virtual Orange County Academic Decathlon – and

By Greg Mellen In the hubbub of daily life, of school and home and family, not to mention pets, it

By CUSD Insider staff School life is full of many challenges and changes, from adjusting to new teachers, to new

By Lou Ponsi With strict coronavirus protocols in place and high school sports competition on hold since March 2020, the

By Lou Ponsi The first taste of high school football for the roughly 80 San Juan Hills freshmen who’ve been

Students at John S. Malcom Elementary found a creative way to celebrate the annual Super Bowl — and help others

By Elysse James  Capistrano Unified School District’s teachers, parents, administrators and community members joined together on March 2, 2021, to