The intrepid journalists over at The Northwood Howler are pretty adept at covering the news.

Parents and staff members recently joined students from Rancho San Joaquin Middle School’s inaugural Chinese language class to celebrate the Chinese New Year. 

Dozens of IUSD students have earned honors for all sorts of creative projects in the 24th annual Astounding Inventions contest, which was held this past Saturday at Irvine Valley College’s Hart Gymnasium.

More than 200 students from Woodbury Elementary School are taking a shot at running an entire marathon.

Hundreds of IUSD middle school students explored potential science careers during a conference that was held at UCI this week. Here's a news release and a photo courtesy of Jacqueline Carr, who attends Venado Middle School.

For the third year in a row, IUSD students joined a national effort to break the record for reading the same book on the same day, taking part in Jumpstart’s annual “Read for the Record” campaign.

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

The California Department of Education has released the latest results of its annual Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program, and, once again, students in the Irvine Unified School District continue to post impressive stats in core subjects.

The Irvine Public Schools Foundation says tickets for its inaugural gala are selling briskly, and corporate sponsorships for the event are still available.  The Spirit of Excellence Gala and Auction, which will be held on Friday, Sept.