University High School’s Mark Cunningham has been named Athletic Director of the Year by the California Interscholastic Federation’s Southern Section.

Three decades ago, the world was introduced to a yellow, pie-shaped anti-hero who snacked on dots and evaded ghosts (unless those ghosts were blue, in which case they could be eaten). Pretty soon, arcades everywhere were infected by Pac-Man fever.

A University High School sophomore has been selected to perform in a choir of musical all-stars at the venerable Carnegie Hall in Manhattan.

Approximately 16,000 of the nation’s best and brightest high school seniors have been named semifinalists in the pursuit of scholarships through the National Merit Scholarship Corp. – and 83 of them attend schools right here in Irvine.

As noted this week in USA Today and Education Week, SAT scores in 2010 remained relatively flat across the country when compared

This week, the state released its Academic Performance Index scores for 2010, and IUSD quietly earned the top spot among California’s larger school systems.

Richard Messenger, the longtime choral music teacher at Irvine High School who recently retired after 40 years as an educator, has been awarded the John Alexander Outstanding Choral Educator Award for his contributions to the community, according to a

The Orange County Register has once again used a formula that combines test scores, graduation figures, enrollment data and other statistics to compile its breakdown of the county’s top public high schools.

Congratulations to University High School's Chris Conlin, who has been named a “Champion for Character” by the California Interscholastic Federation’s Southern Section.