Archer School for Girls

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Archer School for Girls
Location
11725 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Information
Motto "Honestas Veneratio Conscientia"
Established 1995
Principal Elizabeth English
Faculty 79
Grades 6-12
Enrollment 495
Average class size 16
Student:teacher ratio 7:1
Color(s)         
Athletics Fall: Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Middle School Volleyball.

Winter: Varsity and Middle School Soccer, Varsity and Middle School Basketball.
 Spring: Equestrian, Varsity and Middle School Softball, Varsity and Junior Varsity Swimming, and Varsity and Middle School Track.
Mascot Panthers
Newspaper The Oracle
Website www.archer.org

The Archer School for Girls is an independent, nonsectarian, single-sex middle to high school in Los Angeles, California. Approximately 500 students are enrolled in grades 6-12. Students come from neighborhoods encompassing 85 different ZIP codes in the city. 17% of the school's students receive some form of financial aid, with nearly $2 million being awarded annually.[1]

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[edit] History

The Archer School was founded in 1995 by Dr. Diana Meehan, Victoria Shorr, and Megan Callaway. The school was named in honor of the mythological goddess Artemis, a hunter and protector of young women. It has also been said that Henry James's celebrated antiheroine Isabel Archer, of Portrait of a Lady, inspired the school's name; however, that book was not on any class syllabi at Archer during its formative years. The founding classes of the school, just over 30 students, graduated in 2001 and 2002.[2]

The school was originally located on a small campus in the Pacific Palisades, however in 1999 the school moved to its permanent location in Brentwood, which is situated on 8 acres (32,000 m2) on Sunset Blvd. Until the late 1990s, the building was the Eastern Star Home, a retirement home for widows of members of the Masons. The building, which was built in 1931 under the supervision of its architect, William Mooser III, is a historic landmark and was featured as a retirement home in the Roman Polanski film Chinatown[3]. It was also featured in the Eddie Murphy remake of Dr. Doolittle and in "Crazy as Hell," a television movie starring Sinbad.

For thirty years, the Maypole has appeared in spring. Originally a surprise for the residents of the Eastern Star Home, which formerly occupied the site, the Maypole was secretly put up by neighbors who remained anonymous. When Archer moved to the property in 1999, the school continued the tradition. Seniors and their fathers erect the Maypole, which stays throughout graduation and the end of the school year. On the last day of school, sixth graders perform a Maypole dance while the school has a picnic lunch.

[edit] Recent activities

Students from the school traveled to India help make a documentary about education for girls in northern India and the problems that women face in getting an education. [1]. The school will host an invitation debate tournament to other schools [2]. The school robotics team is sponsored by the JPL and will be participating in national robotics competitions. [3] [4] [5].

[edit] Notable past speakers

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  • "Global Nomads Group Relies on Videoconferencing to Connect Students Worldwide," Annamaria DiGiorgio. T.H.E. Journal. Tustin: Feb 2004.Vol.31, Iss. 7; pg. 8. PMID (ProQuest Media Identifier): 19693. (videoconferencing between Archer School, a school in New York, and a school in Israel during Global Perspectives: One World, Many Celebrations)
  1. ^ The Archer School for Girls - official website. Accessed 17 December 2008.
  2. ^ The Archer School for Girls - official website. Accessed 17 December 2008.
  3. ^ Information on Brentwood. Accessed 22 November 2006.

[edit] External links

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