The student news site of The Archer School for Girls

The Oracle
The student news site of The Archer School for Girls

The Oracle
The student news site of The Archer School for Girls

The Oracle
Ava Lucas (’29) and Lila Berg (’29) design possible logos for Iris’ Insight, the eighth grade news magazine. Journalism adviser Kristin Taylor started a news magazine elective for eighth graders interested in journalism. In the semester-long course, they explore aspects of print design and the basic of journalism.

Iris’ Insight: Spotlighting middle school stories from a new perspective

By Sydney Tilles, Outreach Editor
March 20, 2025
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Vice President JD Vance meet in the Oval Office Feb. 28. While the meeting began peacefully, it descended into chaos. (Graphic illustration by Emily Paschall).

Oval Office chaos: Community members, Ukrainian citizen respond to Trump, Vance, Zelensky meeting

By Emily Paschall, News Editor
March 19, 2025
Junior KJ McPherson holds a trophy and wears a medal around her neck. The medal and trophy are from the state qualifiers March 8.

Q&A with junior on preparing Speech and Debate state tournament

By Izzie Erickson, Staff Reporter
March 18, 2025
Senior Lily Grouf presents a slideshow for the Neurodiverse Club. Grouf is a leader of the club along with eighth grader Lucy Dinerstein.

Building community: Neurodiverse Student Club creates space for connection, educates others

By Izzie Erickson, Staff Reporter
March 18, 2025
An upper school student walks in the front of the school, wearing a transgender flag on their back. In President Trump's inauguration speech, he declared that "there are only two genders: male and female." During this time, transgender and nonbianary Archer students aim to educate the community and fight against gender inequality.

Accuracy, activism: Archer students navigate Trump anti-transgender policy

By Oona Seppala, Multimedia Editor
March 17, 2025
A section of charred mountainside stands next to unburnt Chaparral along Sepulveda. "It doesn't matter what's burning when you have the conditions like we have in California often," Director of the California Chaparral Institute Richard Halsey said. "Strong winds, low humidity, long term drought, you know. Grass, shrubs, trees, houses — doesn't matter. Once it gets started, it's not going to stop until it either hits the ocean or the weather changes."

Experts reflect on how to manage chaparral ecosystem after LA fires

By Vivianne Arnold, Senior Reporter
March 16, 2025
Science Fair students Sabrina Rifkin ('28) and Jaya Srinivasan ('28) discuss their experiments in class. "I think [Science Fair] is fun," Rifkin said. "I'm definitely more in it, not for the competition, but for the experience."

A deep dive into the annual science fair: Q&A with two Archer scientists

By Georgia Lebowitz, Staff Reporter
March 16, 2025
RedNote and TikTok's logos are displayed next to sophomore Snow Zhou's RedNote account. In the aftermath of the TikTok ban, many American users went to RedNote in search of a new social media platform similar to TikTok. (Graphic illustration by Melinda Wang)

Rise of RedNote: Diving into RedNote’s increased popularity

By Melinda Wang, Photo Editor
March 13, 2025
Associate Director of Admissions Amy Chen sits at her desk. Chen began working at Archer in 2018, and she took on her current position last year. Her responsibilities as the Associate Director of Admissions include managing admission events and interviewing potential applicants.

Behind the enrollment: Q&A with Associate Director of Admissions on admissions process

By Lucine Stephan, Staff Reporter
March 13, 2025
English teacher Kathleen Keelty laughs and points to a whiteboard with “Poetry Out Loud” projected on it. Natsnet Habtu ('25) said Keelty’s passion for literature comes out through her teaching, which positively impacts her students to want to learn.

From English to creative writing, Poetry Out Loud coordinator is ‘incredible’ teacher

By Uma Nambiar, Senior Reporter
March 10, 2025
Stylist Flor Hernandez stocks clothing at Elyse Walker's Calabasas Commons Location. Elyse Walker was founded in 1999, and currently has three locations around the Los Angeles area. They lost two locations due to the Palisades fire, but are hoping to rebuild.

Rising from the ashes: Elyse Walker, other small businesses recover from Palisades fires

By Lola Thomas, Culture Editor
March 6, 2025
Pictured above are the history senior seminars offered in the 2024-25 school year. These courses include ethics and social justice, gender studies, art history and the history of genocide. (Graphic illustration by Sydney Tilles)

Q&A with history teachers on insight into Archer’s senior history seminars

By Sydney Tilles, Outreach Editor
March 5, 2025
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