Congratulations to our Orchestra Class of 2021! We are so proud of you all for graduating and being such amazing seniors to look up to in the orchestra program. This program would not be the same without you. Here is the Arcadia Orchestras Class of 2021!

SCSBOA is a non-profit organization that provides student musicians with the opportunity for musical development. A branch of this...

The Dan Stover Music Contest is a program within the Rotary District 5300. Talented musicians are invited to participate in the contest...

Since 1954, the Arcadia Orchestras have stood as a strong performing arts force on campus––that is, the Arcadia Orchestras were part of the Arcadia High School since the school’s founding. Ms. Chen, one of the current orchestra directors, states “‘Many Southern CA school orchestra programs had been cut when state budget cuts happened and were brought back later, but Arcadia has always valued orchestra.’” Up until the 1990s, the school simply had one orchestra. However, as

National PTA or PTSA’s Reflections program allows students across the country to express their artistic creativity through dance...

Many Arcadia students are known to actively participate in extracurriculars, inside and outside of school. These students must work...

This fall, three Arcadia Orchestras Students were named National Merit Semifinalists: Margaret Lin, Charisse Liu, and Henry Zeng. To become a semifinalist, you must take the PSAT/NMSQT (a test similar to the SAT) in your junior year of high school and receive a top score. Millions of students compete to enter this program, but only those that score among the top 1% are selected. Margaret, Henry, and Charisse did just that and received the special honor of being named semifina

This year, one of our conductors and one of our students were selected to be part of this year's SCSBOA Annual Conference. Here's more...

Early this Fall, two of our own orchestra members placed in the top 1% of all students who took the PSAT, also known as the NMSQT. Here,...

This year, three of our students were nominated as homecoming royalty in their respective classes. This post includes some highlights...