The home football season for Garden Grove High School will start next week with an historic significance and observance. On Friday, Sept. 8 at 6 p.m., the Garden Grove Unified School District will […]
Dedication event for Monsoor Stadium set
Steering from punishment to solutions
By Jim Tortolano It’s 1967. Bobby has been sent to the vice principal’s office for fighting. The veep is a burly ex-football coach with a stiff brush haircut and bulging muscles in […]
Classes soon starting on local campuses
Students may moan, teacher may sigh and parents can relax, but there’s no getting around the fact that classes are starting soon in public schools and colleges in the Garden Grove-Huntington Beach-Westminster […]
Renovated Don Wash is open for business
By Jim Tortolano Long a landmark in the civic center area, Donald R. Wash Memorial Auditorium on Stanford Avenue on the Garden Grove High School campus has – for more than six […]
From red-and-white to Harvard Crimson
Garden Grove High School 2017 graduate Marissa Garcia will move to Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend Harvard University in the fall. The school’s co-valedictorian plans to major in Integrative Biology and English to […]
Sports facilities, auditorium modernized
Changes to athletic and other facilities at high schools in the Garden Grove Unified School District are coming, some of them within a month. According to Abby Milone, public information officer for […]
Vietnamese language program to launch
Plans to launch a Vietnamese dual language immersion program beginning in the fall of the 2017-2018 school year were highlighted at Tuesday’s meeting of the Garden Grove Unified School District’s Board of […]
New superintendent destined for role
By Jim Tortolano When you think of destinations, what might come to mind is a resort, an historic wonder, or perhaps a famous city. But would you envision a school district in […]
GGUSD grads heading for college now
The Garden Grove Unified School District on Monday and Tuesday graduated the Class of 2017 with more than 3,300 seniors who leave GGUSD’s eight high schools with plans for a bright future. […]
Graduation days are very underway
High school commencements for students in the Garden Grove-Huntington Beach-Westminster area are well underway, as thousands of newly-minted graduates get their diplomas, turn their tassels and head into the next phase of […]
