{"id":470735,"date":"2026-09-21T09:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T09:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/470735\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T09:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T09:20:09","slug":"leading-k-12-schools-guide-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/470735\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading K-12 Schools Guide 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/d27xrzeiyowx7g.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/K-12-Schools-2026-cover-scaled.png\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"965\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/K-12-Schools-2026-cover-696x965.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"K-12 Schools 2026 cover\"\/><\/a>            <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Orange County is home to some of the nation\u2019s most respected K-12 institutions \u2014 schools built on academic rigor, values-driven education, and communities strong enough to shape the leaders of tomorrow. The Orange County Business Journal\u2019s Leading K-12 Schools Guide brings that landscape into focus, profiling the independent, faith-based, and specialty institutions shaping the region\u2019s next generation.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This year\u2019s guide features Crean Lutheran High School, Harbor Day School, Illumination Health + Home, Sage Hill School, Santa Margarita Catholic High School, St. John\u2019s Episcopal School, St. Margaret\u2019s Episcopal School, St. Mary\u2019s School, Tarbut V\u2019Torah Community School, TGR Foundation, and The Pegasus School \u2014 a cross-section of Orange County\u2019s most distinguished educational institutions, each offering its own approach to academic excellence, character development, and community, from Jewish and Catholic to Lutheran, Episcopal, and independent secular traditions.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For OC\u2019s business leaders and families alike, the guide is a trusted starting point: a curated look at the schools shaping where, and how, the region\u2019s children learn. Each participating school shares its philosophy, programs, and what sets its community apart, giving readers a clear, credible resource for one of the most consequential decisions a family makes.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Explore the guide to discover the institutions defining K-12 education across Orange County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orange County is home to some of the nation\u2019s most respected K-12 institutions \u2014 schools built on academic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,12416],"class_list":["post-470735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-free-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}