Ten jazz ensembles from IUSD’s middle and high schools will perform in the Palm Court Arts Complex at the Orange County Great Park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 10.

IUSD’s four comprehensive high schools have earned spots on yet another list of the nation’s best.

A Northwood High School senior was recently surprised with some good news in his computer lab, learning he had earned a $7,500 scholarship from the Disneyland Resort.

Congratulations are in order for University High coach John Kessler, who’s been named the Southern California Coach of the Year in Boys' Tennis by the California Coaches Association. The CCA has been honoring coaches throughout the state for the past 57 years.

Two years after introducing a new districtwide homework policy, IUSD is encouraging students, parents and teachers to weigh in on the policy’s impact by taking brief online surveys.

Two University High School students recently turned popular footwear into pieces of art for the Vans Custom Culture art contest, and we’ve just learned that their collective entry has placed them among 50 national semifinalists.

A half-dozen IUSD educators will be recognized at next month’s Orange County Music and Arts Education Awards program.

We just learned that a limited number of tickets are still available for the 31st annual Donald Bren Honors Concert, which will be held at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24.

For the third time in eight years, Northwood High has earned the state’s highest level of recognition for a public school.