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 hosts first virtual Moving Up Day
By London Sinclair and Thea Leimone
June 8, 2020
As the 2019-2020 school year came to a close, students in every grade prepared to progress to the next grade level in their middle or high school career. However, instead of celebrating from the courtyard, Archer students logged on to Zoom for the annual Moving Up Day on June 5. Despite its virtual ...
BREAKING: Archer announces virtual graduation for seniors
By Vaughan Anoa'i, Staff Reporter
May 21, 2020
The Class of 2020's graduation ceremony will be held on Zoom on the evening of Friday, May 29, at 6:30 p.m., administration announced Tuesday afternoon. Due to the amount of COVID-19 cases in California, Head of School Elizabeth English stressed the importance of following public health guidelines...
BREAKING: Francesca Cappello elected 2020-2021 Student Body President
By Oracle Staff
May 8, 2020
Executive Board elections on Wednesday determined that seniors Francesca Cappello, Tove Jegeus, Madis Kennedy and Aniyah Shirehjini will lead the student body next year. The rising senior with the most votes becomes the Student Body President, but Wednesday's elections ended in a tie between two candidates,...
BREAKING: Student Council Executive Board announced, runoff for president scheduled Friday
By Oracle Staff
May 6, 2020
Though Executive Board candidates usually give their speeches in the Dining Hall to cheering crowds of students, this year's aspiring student leaders gave their speeches to over 200 muted faces on Zoom. After hearing from the eight candidates, rising upper schoolers voted by Google form. Next year's...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) live updates: Archer
By Lola Lamberg, News and Features Editor
April 24, 2020
COVID-19, also known as the novel Coronavirus, is a respiratory illness that originated from the Hubei province in China in 2019 and has spread to over 100 countries including the United States which has over 576,000 confirmed cases. In the promotion of awareness of this outbreak, this is a live news feed of any COVID-1...
Archer to remain closed for remainder of school year
By Anna Brodsky, Editor-in-Chief
April 16, 2020
The Archer campus will be closed for the remainder of the school year, according to a video message by Head of School Elizabeth English sent out Thursday afternoon. English's announcement follows the LA County extension of the shelter-in-place order to May 15, which was announced last week. "It really is not prudent for us to return to campus before the end of the school year," she said in the vid...
College Board announces shortened, online AP tests in response to COVID-19 school closures
By Anna Brodsky, Editor-in-Chief
March 23, 2020
The College Board announced Friday that AP Exams will not happen as normal for the 2020 test administration. Instead, students will take 45-minute versions of each exam online, and the content tested will be limited to what would typically be covered in each course before March, when schools across the...
Ninth grade Arrow Week trip canceled due to coronavirus (COVID-19)
By Cadence Callahan, Staff Reporter
March 20, 2020
On March 12, the Archer community received an email from Head of School Elizabeth English regarding the cancellation of many Archer trips, including ninth grade Arrow Week. Many of the students planning on attending the trip were disappointed by the news. "I was really looking forward to experiencing...
Lit &… Conference postponed due to coronavirus (COVID-19)
By Lizette Gonzalez and Cadence Callahan
March 18, 2020
The Literature &... Conference was supposed to be held on March 12, but English Department Chair Brian Wogensen announced Wednesday that it will be postponed until further notice. Lit &... is an annual daylong conference where students from schools across LA discuss connections between literature...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) declared a pandemic, prompting travel bans
By Allie Worchell, Voices Editor
March 13, 2020
The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 or Coronavirus an official pandemic Wednesday morning. Three months ago, the then-unknown virus was detected, and since then, over 132,000 people from Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas have been infected. The U.S. State Department raise...
BREAKING: School to transition to online learning starting next week
By Anna Brodsky, Editor-in-Chief
March 12, 2020
Students will not come to campus starting next week due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19, according to an email from Head of School Elizabeth English sent Thursday afternoon. Instead, classes will be conducted remotely using tools like the PowerSchool Learning Hub and Zoom, with an orientation...
By Vaughan Anoa'i and Nyah Fernandez
June 8, 2020 • 1 Comment
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...
Archer hosts first virtual Moving Up Day
June 8, 2020
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![After hearing that Upper School Director Gretchen Warner had received the headship at The Madeira School, Head of School Elizabeth English and Warner’s mother sent her flowers, which currently decorate Warner’s office. “It’s been a lot of ’sorry to see you go, but we’re so excited for you’ [from the Archer community],” Warner said.](https://archeroracle.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_1444-300x225.jpg)
