Here’s an opportunity for K-8 students we thought we’d pass along: Registration for the Irvine Public Schools Foundation’s 2013 Summer Enrichment Academy kicked off this week.

Six-member teams from University and Woodbridge high schools won second place in their respective divisions Saturday at a day-long mathematics festival hosted by Cal State Long Beach’s math department.

Good afternoon. Here’s a Friday roundup of some recent IUSD-related stories you might have missed from the Orange County Register’s website:

Art students at Sierra Vista Middle School were recently tasked with illustrating some of the concepts behind a schoolwide program that promotes positive behavior.

Accompanied by a handful of teachers and district leaders, 23 high school students from IUSD are in Sacramento today to discuss education issues with state legislators and other influential policymakers.

“Scherzo.” That was the word that officially clinched the Orange County Spelling Bee for Sierra Vista Middle School’s own Alan Shi, who will go on to compete in the 86th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee at the end of May.

A pair of high school newspapers from Irvine took first and second place at this year’s Orange County Journalism Education Association Write-Offs, which were held March 2 at Fullerton College.

Plaza Vista School recently found itself in the pages of the Irvine World News after celebrating a successful jogathon fundraiser with some good ol’ fashioned pie-throwing and beard-dying.

Irvine High School’s drama department tells us that it has nearly sold out its performances of “The Wizard of Oz” on Friday, March 8 and Saturday, March 9. But that doesn’t mean you’ve missed your chance to follow the tornado-induced adventures of Dorothy and her little dog too.