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California Lieutenant Governor, Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis to Deliver 2025 Commencement Address at The Archer School for Girls
The Archer School for Girls is proud to announce that Lieutenant Governor of California, Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis, will serve as the 2025 Commencement speaker. A distinguished public servant, accomplished diplomat, and a steadfast champion for women's leadership, Ambassador Kounalakis will address Archer’s graduating Class of 2025 during the ceremony to be held on Friday, May 23, 2025 at Skirball Cultural Center. -
The Archer School for Girls Receives Grant from The Hearst Foundations to Support Access to Education for Girls across Los Angeles
The Archer School for Girls in Los Angeles is pleased to announce it has received a $150,000 grant from The Hearst Foundations towards the School’s Flexible Tuition program, which awarded $3.7 million to students in the 2024-2025 school year. -
Archer Students Unlock the ‘Keys’ to the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Archer had another strong showing at the Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards this year. In the arts category, Archer students won 15 awards, including five Silver Keys and eight Honorable Mentions. Isabella V. ’25 won a gold key and a National Silver Award for her photography. Meanwhile, in the writing category, Archer students won one Silver Key and two Honorable Mentions. Additionally, Viv A. ’26 and Sarah M. ’28 received national awards for 2024, and Sarah was also published. -
Archer Had ‘Grand’ Success at National French Contest
Archer students earned a record number of medals and honorable mentions in this year's National French Contest, or "Grand Concours." Two students earned platinum medals for their perfect scores, while Archer also took home 13 golds, 8 silvers, and 12 bronze medals. 38 students earned Honorable Mention. Félicitations to these students and their teachers. -
Maya K. ’29 Receives Honorable Mention at CA State Science Fair
Maya K. ’29 attended the CA State Science Fair last weekend, alongside 880 other participants from 350 schools. Maya received an Honorable Mention in the Behavioral & Social Sciences category for her project “Fit Flies” which studied whether exercise improves motor function in individuals with Parkinson's disease. You can read more about her research on Archer’s website. -
Amy Adams, Karyn Kusama, and Julie Huntsinger to Lead Crucial Conversations on Women’s Representation in Film at the Archer Film Festival
Golden Globe Award-winning actress Amy Adams, Director of the Telluride Film Festival Julie Huntsinger, and Golden Globe Award-nominated filmmaker Karyn Kusama will speak to students and aspiring young filmmakers at the fourteenth annual Archer Film Festival on Friday, April 11, 2025, at the Writers Guild Theater at 6:00 p.m.As the entertainment industry navigates a cultural reckoning over equity, inclusion, and representation, the Archer Film Festival offers an unmissable opportunity for aspiring filmmakers to hear directly from three trailblazing women—Adams, Huntsinger, and Kusama—who bring a wealth of experience from behind and in front of the camera.The Archer Film Festival, organized and led by students, seeks to empower female filmmakers and amplify the voices of those often overlooked in the industry. In addition to the Q&A panel featuring Amy Adams, Julie Huntsinger, and Karyn Kusama, the festival will screen a selection of finalist films. This year, the festival received over 300 student-produced film submissions from more than 30 countries worldwide. Esteemed sponsors of the event include Warner Bros. Television Group, Flawless, Mark Gordon Pictures, Paramount, Apache, Campfire Studios, and Paramount Pictures.Amy Adams is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress. After a breakout role in the independent comedy, “Junebug,” Adams rose to fame with her portrayal of Princess Gisele in the Disney musical film “Enchanted.” Her film credits also include “The Fighter,” “The Master,” and “Arrival.” Adams has received six Academy Award nominations and won two Golden Globe Awards, for her portrayals in “American Hustle” and “Big Eyes.” Adams is also an ambassador for the RightWay Foundation.Director of the Telluride Film Festival, Julie Huntsinger, has helped propel the Colorado-based festival to the top ranks of international film festivals over the past 18 years. The former producer began her career in the film business in 1993 when she worked alongside late Telluride founder and co-director Tom Luddy at Francis Ford Coppola’s film studio American Zoetrope in San Francisco. She served as producer for the first time on a project shot in China for Zoetrope’s Chrome Dragon Films. Huntsinger went on to produce a number of films, working across the globe with renowned, award-winning filmmakers. She advised Telluride for years before being appointed a Director in 2006. She has served on international film festival juries and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as well as British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Prior to her work in film, Huntsinger received a BA in French literature from the University of California, Berkeley, and completed the Mass Media Institute’s program in Broadcast Journalism at Stanford University.Karyn Kusama most recently directed the first two episodes of AMC’s horror anthology series, “The Terror: The Devil In Silver,” of which she is also an executive producer. The show is set to premiere in 2025. Karyn is also an executive producer of Showtime’s coming-of-age survival drama, “Yellowjackets.” The show has garnered ten Emmy nominations to date, including one for Karyn’s direction of the pilot episode. Prior to that, Kusama helmed the Golden Globe-nominated film “Destroyer” starring Nicole Kidman and written by her frequent collaborators, Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi. Her feature credits include indie thriller “The Invitation,” cult horror comedy “Jennifer’s Body,” sci-fi love story AEON FLUX, and her Cannes and Sundance-award winning debut, “Girlfight.” Kusama has also worked extensively in television, directing episodes for such series as “The Mysterious Benedict Society” (for which she won a Children’s and Family Emmy Award), “Dead Ringers,” “Halt And Catch Fire,” “The Outsider,” and “The Man In The High Castle.” In 2018, Kusama launched Familystyle Film, her production company with Hay and Manfredi, where they produce for film and television across multiple genres.The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University has studied gender disparities in the top 100 grossing films since 2002. This year, they examined over 2,000 characters appearing in the top performers in 2024. For the “first time in recent history,” the percentage of films featuring female protagonists equaled that of those featuring male protagonists. 37% of all speaking roles in top-performing 2024 films were held by women, up from 35% the previous year. Strides are being made when it comes to the lack of diversity and the gender gap, but there is still a ways to go. The Archer Film Festival aims to bridge these divides by providing a platform for students with unique perspectives to showcase their work. The festival strives to empower young creatives and advance the art of filmmaking.For more information about The Archer School for Girls and the festival, visit www.archer.org or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, or TikTok at @ArcherSchoolforGirls. -
Archer Hosts 17th Annual Lit &... Conference
Archer’s Lit &... Conference is an annual celebration of creative writing and literary and cultural analysis that invites students from across Los Angeles to present their research in The Tia Palermo Library. The conference is traditionally broken up into themed panels moderated by Archer students. This year’s panels explored topics such as gender theory and critique, perspectives on language and self-expression, and the political, philosophical, and social.
Stay tuned for the video recording of the event, which will be uploaded to the Lit &... website in the coming weeks. -
Archer Wins the First Amendment Press Freedom Award for the Tenth Time!
Archer has won the Journalism Education Association (JEA) First Amendment Press Freedom Award (FAPFA) for its 10th year. This year, only 16 schools nationally earned the award, and Archer was one of them. The First Amendment Press Freedom Award recognizes private and public high schools that actively support, teach, and protect First Amendment rights and responsibilities of students and teachers, with an emphasis on student-run media where students make all final decisions of content through policies and practice. Upper School Director Ms. Cenan and advisers and editors of Archer’s newspaper, yearbook, and literary magazine were all part of this application to win the award.
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