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OCACS News
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”appear” css=””]2025 is shaping up to be another very successful year for all the members of the Orange County education community.
Click on the links to open the page that describes the event:[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”appear” css=””]The Teacher of the Year Award was presented during the Annual High School Chemistry Awards Dinner in May, 2025.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”appear” css=””]The Chemistry Olympiad attracted a large number of students for the first round held in early March, 2024. In April a select group of 11 high-performing students competed to attend the US National Chemistry Olympiad. One of them, Yufei Chen, made it all the way to the international competition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in June, where he won a gold medal!
The High School First Year Exam was conducted in April. The OCACS Chemistry Awards Banquet was held in May, and the winners in the Chemistry Olympiad, the High School First Year Chemistry Exam and the Orange County Science Fair were recognized.
The College Awards Dinner was held in April.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”appear” css=””]OCACS was selected as a finalist in two categories for the 2024 Chemluminary Awards – Applied Chemical Technology Professionals and the American Association of Chemistry Teachers. We won the latter for our annual Chemistry Teacher of the Year Award program.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”appear” css=””]National Chemistry Week was held at the Santa Ana Zoo on October 13th, 2024.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”appear”]The 2023 OCACS Volunteer of the Year plaque was awarded to Dr. Beverly Matsuda. A high school teacher in Irvine, Bev has served the ACS Orange County Section for many years.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=”sidebar-1″ el_class=”sideclass”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]
2024 Election
Congratulations to the following members of the Orange County Section on winning the 2024 election to the following positions:
ACS National Councilor from Orange County, 2025-2027 – Sanda Sun
Alternate Councilor, 2025-2027 – Dr. Mark Hanning-Lee
Local Section Secretary, 2025-2026 – Dr. Bev Matsuda
Click here to see all the Office-bearers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_column_text]If you are interested in becoming a member of ACS, click here for more information.
If you are already an ACS member and would like to join one of our Committees, please e-mail our Section Chair Dr. Rabin Lai at chair@OCACS.org.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]