Virtual graduation ceremony, surprise performance creates ‘gratitude’ among graduates

By Vaughan Anoa'i and Nyah Fernandez

June 8, 2020

As the soon-to-be graduates and family members took their seats, Archer's class of 2020, the Girls on Fire, dressed in their formal graduation attire with flower wreaths on top of their heads, now prepared to close this chapter of their lives and start anew. However, families and graduates were n...

Archer sixth grader Yasmine Haddad shares global insight on COVID-19

By Nyah Fernandez, Multimedia Editor

May 31, 2020

Sixth grader Yasmine Haddad knew how she was being impacted by the novel coronavirus, but she wondered how other children around the world felt. To find an answer, she completed a project where she interviewed children around the world to see how COVID-19 has impacted their lives. On Jan. 31, 2020, Pres...

Photo Essay: Through the eyes of Addison Lee

By Celeste Ramirez, Multimedia Editor

May 21, 2020

This photo essay is a part of the Oracle photo essay series called “Through the eyes of.” This series features students, faculty and staff at Archer and uses photo, audio and video to depict their individual experience at Archer. This particular photo essay uses text, images and video.  Last year, ju...

Take a walk: Archer community during social distancing

By Celeste Ramirez and Allie Worchell

April 27, 2020

Since the implementation of mandatory stay-at-home orders through May 15 and Archer's shift to remote learning, many community members are spending more time at home than ever before. Walking outside, which is permitted by city orders, has become one of the main ways that students, faculty and staff ge...

Photo gallery: COVID-19 closures

By Sabrina Kim

April 23, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has temporarily shuttered many businesses around the country, including those near Archer. The signs that businesses have posted to announce their closures had various ways of sharing the changes to their businesses. They all had similar messages wishing their customers safety ...

Saddle up: Equestrian members leave their hoof-print on athletics program

By Vaughan Anoa'i and Nyah Fernandez

March 22, 2020

As freshman Lucy Lassman gathered her saddle, blanket, bridle, helmet, safety stirrups and tendon boots, she was ready to hit the course and begin her equestrian show. But, just one thing was missing: her pony, Wall-E. Once he was properly prepared and attended to, Lassman was finally ready to per...

Black History Month: Student perspectives

By Cydney Johnson, Staff Reporter

March 12, 2020

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‘What a character’: Students dress up as movie, television show characters for TV Tuesday

By Nicki Rosenberg, Managing Editor

March 4, 2020

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#WhoWeAre: The faces behind the Oracle reflect on scholastic journalism

By Molly Goldberg, London Sinclair, and Avery Fox

February 28, 2020

“Big Questions, Big Results” is this year’s theme for Scholastic Journalism Week. #WhoWeAre is the theme for this Friday, Feb. 26, showing the students and faces behind scholastic journalism and why students chose to participate in scholastic journalism.  The video above showcases staff writers ...

#press4education: Community weighs in on press freedom

By Chloe Fidler, Vaughan Anoa'i, Allie Worchell, and Grace Doyle

February 27, 2020

"Big Questions, Big Results" is this year's theme for Scholastic Journalism Week. #Press4education is the topic for this Thursday, Feb. 25. highlighting the importance of scholastic journalism with the Society of Professional Journalists. The video above showcases students and their opinions regardi...

A changing game: Varsity basketball talks new coaches, players and leadership

February 26, 2020

#Askedandanswered: Impactful stories of 2019-2020

By Anna Brodsky, Celeste Ramirez, Nyah Fernandez, and Jessica Jimenez

February 24, 2020

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