On Dec. 8, the Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA) concluded its seventh semester of the ROOTED Youth Leadership and Development Fellowship. ROOTED educates on social justice, civic engagement, career development, and...

Oxford Academy’s First Robotics Competition (FRC) robotics team, Quantum Leap, came out on top at the Beach Blitz robotics competition on Nov. 3-5 in their first overall competition victory since 2019. With the blue victory banner and commemorative...

In November 2023, Common Application, the undergraduate admission application for more than 1,000 colleges, sent direct admissions offers from 70 U.S. colleges to nearly 200,000 high school seniors. The direct admissions program, initially assessed...

The Explore More field trip is calling all adventurers to traverse the great outdoors. On Oct. 19 at El Dorado Regional Park, a group of Oxford and Cambridge Virtual Academy (CVA) students engaged in its first field trip to observe nature and step outside...

Oxford Academy faced a campus-wide Internet outage from Oct. 18 to Oct. 20, causing major disruptions to classes, club meetings, office duties, and other campus activities.  After a reported vandalism of fiber-optic cables located approximately 1.5...

On Oct. 8, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 673 into law, creating the new Ebony Alert System for missing Black youth and young women which will be put into place by the California Highway system starting Jan. 1, 2024.  The Ebony Alerts will work like...

Scholastic Books Fairs discontinued its newest collection on Oct. 25, titled “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice.” Founded in 1920, Scholastic holds book fairs in schools nationwide and had recently added “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every...

After months of preparation, Oxford’s Forestry Team participated in the first annual forestry challenge of the school year on Nov. 8th through the 11th in San Bernardino. A great milestone for the group, Oxford placed second in high schools overall. Throughout...

When winter approaches, a peak point for many diseases and viruses, the need to get vaccinated is crucially important to improving the health status of people, especially when it comes to getting the hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination. In fact, spreading awareness...

Starting spring of 2024, all SAT Suite of Assessments, including the SAT and  NMSQT, will go fully digital and feature an adaptive testing model. The College Board began their online transition in March 2023 through proctoring virtual tests in international...

On Oct. 6, Friends4Hope hosted Hope Homecoming, a light-hearted basketball game in Oxford’s gym and a delightful dance in the quad for Hope School students and parents. With the theme “Forever a Tiger” to mirror the school’s mascot, the carnival...