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Esports guide for parents: Here are 5 answers to common questions
The 2019-20 North American Scholastic Esports Federation is beginning across many Orange County high schools and a few middle schools. The league, now in its third season, brings together thousands of...
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Weekly roundup: Student uses engineering skills to build prosthetics, high...
At San Juan Hills High School, senior Ashlynn Mathews isn’t using her new engineering skills learned at her building trades class to design a building. Instead, she’s designing and printing prosthetic...
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Mijares: OC’s new esports league looks to power up interest in STEM fields
There was a time when video game consoles were considered incompatible with academics, based on the belief that they distracted rather than stimulated young minds. But many educators are now...
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OC students honing teamwork, problem-solving, communication skills in new...
Each of the five team members had their assignment. Two flanked the enemy from opposite sides. One served as a decoy. And the other two marched straight in for a direct attack. The melee lasted for...
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Final 4 teams to battle for Orange County High School Esports championship
After 12 weeks of intensive gaming, four teams remain in contention for the inaugural Orange County High School Esports League Championship that will be decided this Saturday. Teams from La Quinta High...
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Fountain Valley High wins inaugural Orange County High School Esports League...
The two teams made up of orcs, dragons, vikings, serpents and other virtual characters battled in front of a screaming crowd Saturday for the chance to win the first-ever Orange County High School...
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Yearly roundup: 10 of our top stories for 2018
Now that it’s the end of the year, we wanted to revisit some of our highest read and most notable stories our OCDE Newsroom staff produced in 2018. These stories highlight academic achievement, the...
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Esports community donates money, computers to victims of Butte County wildfire
High school esports players in the North America Scholastic Esports Federation have rallied to support their fellow gamers to the north who were impacted by last year’s Camp Fire, considered the...
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Esports conference highlights gaming’s connection with education
Incorporating gaming into the classroom not only helps engage more young people, it can also promote a school’s mission of preparing more students for college and careers, according to a group of...
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USA Today ranks Orange County high school esports teams on national list
Two high schools from Orange County were included in USA Today’s list of the top high school esport teams since 2019. It ranked both La Quinta High School from the Garden Grove Unified School...
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