Padlet perspectives: Archer’s Digital Bulletin Board reduces emails, not routinely checked
By Emma London, Staff Writer
December 3, 2018
Filed under FEATURES, SHOWCASE
Before administration announced the Digital Bulletin Board at the start of the year, freshman Shaunael Milton had an email inbox “clogged” with lost and found emails and club meeting notifications. The new Digital Bulletin Board limits the number of emails sent and provides one place for announce...
Record-breaking results: Midterms exhibit ‘progress’ for women, LGBTQ+ candidates
By Lola Lamberg, Voices Editor
November 26, 2018
Filed under FEATURES, SHOWCASE
An estimated 113 million Americans flocked to the polls on Nov. 6, marking the highest voter turnout for any midterm election in the past 50 years. However, these voter turnout results were not the only record-breaking factor of the 2018 midterms. Women this election season made history as a record number of females were elected to House seats. Thirty-six new fema...
Archer reacts to Kavanaugh confirmation: ‘Disappointed’ by decision
By Ella Frey, News & Features Editor
November 15, 2018
Filed under FEATURES, SHOWCASE
A year after #MeToo movement flooded Twitter screens, America watched as Christine Blasey Ford accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her as a teenager. In July of 2018, President Donald Trump nominated Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court seat. Following Trump's endorsement,...
ONE archive exhibit ‘educates’ Archer community on LGBTQ+ civil rights
By Nicki Rosenberg and Allie Worchell
November 14, 2018
Filed under FEATURES, MULTIMEDIA, SHOWCASE
In honor of National Coming Out Day in October, Archer hosted the ONE Archives LGBTQ+ Civil Rights history panels. According to its website, the ONE Archives Foundation is dedicated to telling the accurate and authentic stories, history and culture of the LGBTQ community through public exhibitions, e...
Sophomore Amanda Greene participates in NSLI-Y study abroad program, ’embraces challenges’
By Anna Brodsky, Editor-in-Chief
November 14, 2018
Filed under FEATURES, SHOWCASE
Though 93 percent of U.S. schools offer foreign language classes, less than 1 percent of American adults report being proficient in a language they studied in high school. Sophomore Amanda Greene, however, participated in a six-week National Security Language Initiative for Youth [NSLI-Y] study abroa...
InvenTeam students invent products, ‘make a difference’ in global issues
By Rio Hundley, Staff Writer
October 27, 2018
Filed under FEATURES, SHOWCASE
Students filled the IdeaLab on Oct. 16, 2018, each of them a part of an organization that aims to alleviate global issues through invention: the InvenTeam. To create an invention, students of all different skills have a place on the team, senior and the InvenTeam club leader Lola Wolf said. "[Y...
Students of Color at Archer panel provides ‘safe space’
By Lola Lamberg, Voices Editor
October 25, 2018
Filed under FEATURES, SHOWCASE
The Students of Color at Archer panel [SoCA] held its first official meeting Tuesday, October 11 at X-block. This discussion-based group, which plans to meet three times a year, attracted an estimated 25 students with different cultural backgrounds to the dining hall. The purpose of the pan...
Middle schoolers participate, learn in X-block sessions
By Ella Frey and Amelia Stone
October 24, 2018
Filed under FEATURES, MULTIMEDIA
Imagine a period in the day where students have an hour to put away homework and design their own website or learn how to make succulents in plastic containers. For middle schoolers, X-block is this period. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, middle schoolers select and participate in two out of 26 X-blo...
Head of School Elizabeth English announces upcoming departure, reflects upon time at Archer
By Anna Brodsky, Editor-in-Chief
October 3, 2018
Filed under FEATURES
An email arrived in every Archer community member's inbox on August 27 bearing the news that Head of School Elizabeth English will conclude her tenure at Archer and become Head of School at the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C. for the 2019-2020 school year. When asked to explain what promp...
Avani Shah goes from JPL to JPEGs
By Maya Wernick and Nicki Rosenberg
June 1, 2018
Filed under FEATURES
Though Communications and Strategic Marketing Manager Avani Shah can often be found behind the camera at school events, snapping the photos that get featured on all of Archer's social media accounts, her career journey started light-years away. Few people know that when Shah was the age of the stud...
‘I was mortified’: Archer students share sexual assault experiences, hope to continue dialogue
By Nicki Rosenberg, Staff Writer
May 28, 2018
Filed under FEATURES
A survey administered in 2011 by the American Association of University Women revealed that in any given school year, 58 percent of seventh through 12th graders will experience sexual harassment. Since The New York Times published a series of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Harv...
‘I’m happy to be here’: Gloria Swasey shares immigration journey from Belize to America
By Kamryn Bellamy, Staff Writer
May 24, 2018
Filed under FEATURES
In the interest of full disclosure, Gloria Swasey is the author's grandmother. When Gloria Swasey travelled to the United States in 1969, she didn't know that she would one day become an immigrant. When she did decide to move to America, the choice impacted not only her own life, but the lives ...
By Emma London and Rio Hundley
December 7, 2018 • No Comments
With the opposing team leading for the majority of the match, the Archer Panthers had just managed to tie the game. Then sophomore Caitlin Chen was passed the ball, ran up...
On the water: Junior Charley Griffiths participates in crew as coxswain, learns life lessons
December 7, 2018
Ask Archer: What are your favorite holiday traditions?
December 6, 2018
Students, faculty, staff travel to Nashville for NAIS diversity conferences
December 6, 2018
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