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Exploring The Great Outdoors: Oxford and CVA students traversed El Dorado Regional Park on Oct. 19, on an Explore More field trip, connecting with nature. (Photo by Ms. Silberman)

Explore More field trip launches adventure, new memories

Justin Le, Editor in Chief November 16, 2023

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 to take a breath from life’s daily stresses....

A Cross-County Catastrophe: The Anaheim Union High School District oversees eight junior high schools and nine high schools across Anaheim, Buena Park, Cypress, La Palma, and Stanton; all affected by the Wi-Fi outage on Oct. 18. (Photo by Celine Park)

Oxford caught in district-wide Internet outage

Celine Park, Opinion Editor November 16, 2023

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 miles away from the Anaheim Union High School District...

Standing up: Similar to the Ebony alert in California, protesters in Minnesota advocate to create their own task force for Black and missing individuals, addressing historical underrepresentation. (Photo by Fibonacci Blue)

Ebony Alerts enacted to find missing Black youth

Lavanya Shyamsundar, Managing Editor November 16, 2023

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 AMBER Alerts and will be issued via phone notifications,...

Scholastic Fair: Oxford Academy sets up its annual Scholastic Book Fair for April 2023. (Courtesy of Mrs. Fitzsimons)

Scholastic removes collection of diverse titles

Theoden Melgar, Digital Content Editor November 16, 2023

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 Voice” to cover diverse topics, including racism...

Oxford Forestry Team members Lynn Jun, Marissa Lee, Adeline Vo, Stephanie Barajas, and Victoria Tran placed 2nd in the recent Forestry Challenge. The team worked in the San Bernardino National Forest to support Upper Big Bear Mountain Club in doing post-fire treatment assessment.

OA Forestry Team places second in San Bernardino

Jimena Beltran, Senior Staff Writer November 16, 2023

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 the four day event, students participated...

Virus Vaccinations: Vaccinations are crucial to preventing illness and viruses, including Hepatitis B and other viruses.

The Asian Liver Center makes strides on on Hepatitis B

Athena Xing, Staff Writer November 16, 2023

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 about HBV has been an important mission for...

End of Paper Test: Starting Jan. 2024, SAT exams will be fully digital, as well as feature adaptive module testing. (Photo by Andrii Vergeles)

SAT exams go fully digital, introducing new changes in 2024

Lavanya Shyamsundar, Managing Editor October 30, 2023

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 SAT centers and, since Fall 2023, through...

Israel-Hamas War Ongoing As Crisis Intensifies In Gaza

Theoden Melgar, Digital Content Editor October 30, 2023

On Oct. 8, Israel formally declared war on Hamas, retaliating after the Islamic militant group situated in Gaza launched a large-scale surprise attack on Israel. The offensive began after Hamas fired thousands of rockets on the morning of Oct. 7, followed by Hamas forces invading 22 Israeli towns and...

Hope staff member and her daughter playing Target Tiger for prizes like slap bands.

Oxford, Hope Students roar with tiger pride at Hope Hoco

Michelle Choy, News Editor October 30, 2023

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 games, sparkling gold decorations, and cheerful...

College Board announces changes to AP Exam rubrics, courses

Sydnee Cho, Digital Content Editor October 30, 2023

College Board, the governing body for standardized college tests and courses, made numerous changes to core AP subjects for the current 2023-24 school year and beyond, namely three AP  History courses, four AP Physics courses, and AP United States Government and Politics.  Multiple changes to the...

Showing Support: SAG-AFTRA members striking in Hollywood to stand with the WGA. (Courtesy of Genie Music/Pexels)

Writer’s Guild strike Ends but SAG-AFTRA Remains On The Picket Lines

Nandita Bussa, News Editor October 30, 2023

On Sept. 24th, the Writers Guild of America (WGA),  struck a tentative deal with Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, a trade association that represents the major producers of Hollywood after months of striking for better wages and secure employment.Despite the WGA reaching a deal,...

Monumental Moment: Former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy becomes the first speaker in the U.S. to be ousted from the job through a House vote. (Photo by Tom Brenner)

Congress faces fiscal deadline amid conflicts

Rachel Yoon, Managing Editor October 30, 2023

Failure to negotiate funding bills for the U.S. federal government leaves Congress just three weeks until it must navigate through the partisan divide and replace the temporary stopgap spending measure with a comprehensive plan for the new fiscal year. With the Nov. 17 deadline approaching, the reelection...

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