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Newport Harbor High School drama students will make a classic comic strip come to life on stage next week through their production “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown: The Broadway Musical.” The show is based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his...

Sage Hill School welcomed the world to its Newport Coast campus last month during the school’s 14th Annual Multicultural Fair. The quad was full of smells, sights and sounds from around the globe on March 21 as hundreds of visitors from across Southern California experienced the...

History came alive last week as Corona del Mar High School students honored nearly 100 veterans during a special luncheon. The March 19 event was part of the Living History Program which pairs groups of four to six sophomore students with a veteran from The Freedom Committee of...

Cultures will be celebrated this weekend as a Newport Coast campus is transformed into a colorful global village. Sage Hill School welcomes the world on Saturday as it hosts the 14th Annual Multicultural Fair from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Guests senses will be delighted with the...

Sage Hill School hosted students from across the county on Saturday in their fifth annual Mathematics Invitational. Seventh and eighth graders from Orange County independent schools participated, many of whom do not have other opportunities to compete in mathematics, according to...

History Fun at Harbor Day Students from across Southern California gathered at Harbor Day School in Corona del Mar Monday for the regional round of the National History Bee. For the second year in a row, HDS sixth grader Jean Marie Wanlass earned a spot in the finals.  ...

For a small taste of three different shows from the most famous playwright in the world, check out Newport Harbor High School’s “Shakespeare by the Harbor” production this week. The performance will feature a selection of scenes from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Romeo a...

About 500 local kids worked up a sweat while raising funds for their school last week. Students at Newport Elementary School participated in the school’s annual Jog-A-Thon on Nov. 14. The event was held at the Balboa Peninsula campus and benefited the Newport Elementary School...

Aquatically minded students have a new home at Corona del Mar High School. About 50 people gathered Tuesday for the official unveiling of the renovated CdMHS Marian Bergeson Aquatics Center. It was a great facility to begin with, but it really is fabulous now, the former...

Five years ago, an OC-based company called Grow Green Industries, Inc, introduced a line of fruit and vegetable wash and wipes called Eat Cleaner that removes pesticides, waxes and surface debris that can carry bacteria from commercially and organically grown produce. It also...

Sage Hill School kicked off the year with a special celebration Monday. Following the school’s traditional welcoming convocation ceremony, officials held a ribbon cutting event for the high school’s new $8 million science center. “It’s a great way to start the year,” said Head of...

An Eastbluff teen has learned that simple hygiene products can make a big difference to those in need. So she’s decided to do something about it. Newport Beach resident Madeline “Maddy” Hall, 18, a senior at JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, founded Kits 4...

Now that school is out and summer is in full swing, there are a variety of activities for Newport Beach kids. Whatever the interest, there’s a program for it: Sailing, snorkeling, art, technology, science, nature and more. The city, as well as local organizations, offer a number...

Graduation Ceremonies Held Hundreds of students in Newport Beach celebrated this week as school ended and summer officially started. Both Corona del Mar and Newport Harbor high schools held their graduation ceremonies on Thursday. CdM on the school’s field and NHHS at their...

Records Show Party Bus CdM Girl Fell From Was Operating Illegally Charlotte Boyse, 17, a Corona del Mar High School senior fell out of a party bus on the 73 highway on her way to prom last weekend. Boyse had apparently been standing on a seat and leaning against a window when she...

More than three dozen local high school athletes and coaches were recognized for outstanding athletic achievement at the 53rd annual Athletic Awards Dinner held Wednesday, June 4, at the Radisson Hotel in Newport Beach. Hosted by the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce and the...

Following the success of the 31st Annual Newport-Mesa Spirit Run, the nonprofit public benefit corporation that presents the event will donate more than $60,000 in cash and services to the Newport-Mesa Unified School District. The funds and services are to be dispersed roughly...

A local teen has some survival tips for students interested attending boarding school. Justin Muchnick, 16, a Harbor Day School graduate and current sophomore at Phillips Academy Andover boarding school in Boston, wrote “The Boarding School Survival Guide” to give students and...

District Distributes School Calendar Survey Newport Mesa Unified School District is seeking input from the community determining the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school calendar. The big question in a survey distributed by the district is whether or not to start the school year earlie...

Students at a Corona del Mar school are trekking through Europe this month, sans passports. A National Geographic Traveling Map of Europe arrived at Harbor Day School on May 5, allowing students to learn about the continent in a whole new way. The large vinyl floor map measures...