By Elysse James A group of well-informed students have a mission at San Clemente High School: Registering all juniors and seniors to vote — even those who are not yet 18.…
By Elysse James and Rebecca D’Auria She couldn’t have known. After all, she didn’t apply. She wasn’t nominated by coworkers or school officials. The Milken Family Foundation discovered math teacher…
By Greg Mellen Next stop “Shark Tank?” Well, maybe not quite yet. But students in the San Juan Hills High Business Program recently proved they have what it takes to…
By Elysse James Capistrano Unified surprised its three districtwide Teachers of the Year on Thursday, Feb. 6, as a caravan of district officials, colleagues, friends and family arrived en mass…
Empowering students to communicate openly. Holding schoolwide activities. Providing opportunities for students of all levels to develop friendships. These are a few of the many ways Capistrano Unified School District…
By Elysse James When second-grader Bodhi Boul returned to school after a year of battling leukemia, her classmates wanted to do something special. “In our classroom we always try to…
