2018-2019 school year culminates with skits, dance, celebration
By Chloe Richards and Rio Hundley
June 8, 2019
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The community celebrated Moving Up Day on Friday, June 7, with advisory and meetings, awards ceremonies, faculty skits, and the customary maypole dance, performed by the sixth grade class. The Oracle documented the final day of the 2018-2019 school year through a series of photos....
Eighth grader Karen Garcia wins California State Science Fair for research on microplastics
By Anna Brodsky, Editor-in-Chief
June 6, 2019
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When Karen Garcia '23 joined a middle school science X-block that helped students prepare for the LA County Science Fair, she was "excited." But she did not know that her research on the presence of microplastics in sea salt would qualify her for the state science fair and eventually propel her to a...
Soviet Union exhibit hits its ‘Marx’ with sophomore history class
By Rio Hundley, Sports Editor
June 2, 2019
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In the 1950s, the only thing most students were told about the Cold War was to "duck and cover." In recent years, Russia's approval ratings in the U.S. have dipped to 36%, the lowest since the USSR was disbanded. However, sophomore world history teacher Nick Graham sought to include the Cold War into his course, called "Questioning the West," by giving his students a glimpse "behind the Iron Cur...
Archer students complete AP exams
By Thea Leimone, Staff Writer
June 2, 2019
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Students across the nation enrolled in Advanced Placement [AP] classes began the AP exams at the beginning of May. At Archer, the process began with girls clad in sweatpants and sweatshirts filing into one of the testing locations on campus. The exams took place from May 6 to May 17, and the individu...
‘Women are the future in film’: Archer holds eighth annual film festival
By Emma London and Nicki Rosenberg
May 30, 2019
In the film elective class, students learn more than cinematographic elements or how to use a camera. Each year, students have the opportunity to curate and showcase student films from around the globe at their very own film festival. On Wednesday, May 22, students, faculty, families and friends flooded...
Speech and debate team wraps up record-breaking season
By Amelia Stone, Staff Writer
May 30, 2019
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Whether are qualifying for state championships or taking home first place trophies for Lincoln-Douglas debate, the speech and debate team has been breaking records this year. For the first time in Archer history at the La Costa Canyon tournament in November, sophomore Jessica Tuchin advanced to t...
We Day ‘celebration’ of student changemakers
By Liz Haltrecht, Culture Editor
May 29, 2019
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Upper school and middle school students traveled to the Forum in Inglewood to participate in WE day on Thursday, April 25. WE Day is an event that celebrates people who are making a difference in today's world. According to we.org, the day is important because "standing in a stadium full of change...
Sophomores research, ‘develop historical interest’ in inquiry project
By Amelia Stone, Staff Writer
May 29, 2019
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Tenth-grade history teacher Nick Graham said that "developing a broader interest and curiosity" was his goal for the historical inquiry project he assigned to the sophomore class. Graham asked his students to write a paper about any historical concept they were interested in, so long as it took place ou...
Annual STEM Symposium ‘inspiring,’ ‘important’ experience
By Nicki Rosenberg, Managing Editor
May 29, 2019
After a year of experimenting with fruit flies and learning how to code, students from four Los Angeles area high schools presented their research in the fields of molecular biology, chemistry, physics and engineering at Archer’s annual STEM Symposium on May 18. This year, the participants included...
‘I am channeling my inner Archer girl’: Middle School Director, Assistant Head Pavliscak to become Associate Head
By Amelia Stone and Celeste Ramirez
May 15, 2019
Fear. Excitement. Dogs. These are three things incoming Associate Head of School and current Middle School Director and Assistant Head Karen Pavliscak said are important to her new role. On March 5, community members received an email that announced Pavliscak's new position and stated that she would...
Breaking News: Executive Board election results
May 1, 2019
Cheers filled the Dining Hall as 10 freshmen, sophomores and juniors gave speeches in hopes of being elected to the Student Council Executive Board for the 2019-2020 school year. After hearing from the group candidates, the Archer student body voted via a Google form in advisory. The rising senior with t...
Literature & Conference brings students together for exploration of literature
By Liz Haltrecht, Culture Editor
April 21, 2019
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Once a year, Archer's English department facilitates the Literature & Conference in the library. This conference invites Archer students and students in the greater Los Angeles community to share essays or pieces of artwork that comment on literature with an audience. This year's conference, which...
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On January 2, 1973, in the landmark case of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled “restrictive state regulation abortion as unconstitutional,” according to Encyclopedia...
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Community members reflect on gun violence, gun control activism
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2018-2019 school year culminates with skits, dance, celebration
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