Your ultimate guide to navigating news during Covid-19
By Allie Worchell, Voices Editor
May 7, 2020
Since the spread of COVID-19 began, it seems as if headlines are filled with an overload of bad news, which can be quite overwhelming. Digesting the news is an important part of being an informed citizen, but how do we strike a healthy balance between being informed and not inundating ourselves with co...
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...
New year, old you: It’s March…how are those resolutions going?
By London Sinclair, Staff Reporter
March 1, 2020
"New Year's resolution: drink less. Oh, and quit smoking! And keep New Year's resolutions," Bridget Jones says in the opening scene of "Bridget Jones's Diary." Sound familiar? January has come and gone, and the futility of setting resolutions has never felt clearer. The short-lived liberation of beginning wi...
Battling burnout? Try these study tricks.
By Anna Brodsky, Editor-in-Chief
February 20, 2020
While schools in New York City and elsewhere on the East Coast will soon have a mid-winter break known as "ski week," the grind doesn't stop for us West Coast folk. Luckily, there are strategies that can help fight lack of productivity — and they're scientific, too. I've always been fascinated by the ...
Baby, it’s cold outside: An Angeleno’s tale of woe
By Nicki Rosenberg, Managing Editor
February 3, 2020
Los Angeles, winter, weather, ICE, beach, sun
Teachers go wild in new Ferocious Friday tradition
By Chloe Fidler, Staff Writer
December 12, 2019
Super swag tracksuits with golden stripes gleam in the sunlight. Perky cat ears and leopard print scarfs are spotted in the halls, and intricate tiger patterns catch eyes across the courtyard. It all started with a simple text from Wendy Deming, an English teacher, who purchased one of these tracksuits...
Just Brew It: Best coffee shops to study on the Westside
By Anna Brodsky, Editor-in-Chief
October 17, 2019
I was sitting on the synthetic blue seats of bus 804 two years ago when I got the email that changed my life. The subject line? "Why you're more productive in a coffee shop." In a linked article, Kat Boogaard (aka the woman to whom I owe my entire existence — sorry, Mom) discusses the "coffee shop effect." Relocating to a café or another other public pla...
These former Oscars contenders on Netflix are ‘As Good as It Gets’
By Rio Hundley, Staff Writer
May 6, 2019
Though most use Netflix for their daily fix of reality TV, '90s movies and comedy sketches, the streaming service serves a new purpose during awards season: reminiscing about the best movies of the past. Though they can be hard to find amid the vast jungle of films available to stream, these Academy Award-n...
#EverydayJournalism: Impactful Oracle stories through the years
By Lola Lamberg, Thea Leimone, and Chloe Richards
February 22, 2019
As the Archer student publication team celebrates Scholastic Journalism Week with an abundance of First Amendment appreciation and multiple hashtags, we, as members of the Oracle staff, reflect back on how #EverydayJournalism has impacted the Archer community throughout the years. 2014 "Archer Abroad Group Reflects on 'Truly Transformative' Trip to Guatemala" By Sy...
18 of ’18: Oracle staff’s top songs of 2018
By Oracle Staff
February 2, 2019
Some of the songs featured on this list contain explicit language and subject matters. We recommend the "clean" playlist below for younger readers. As the first month of 2019 wraps up, the Oracle staff wants to share 18 of our favorite and songs of the past year for you to add to your playli...
Paws-itively perfect: Dogs bring joy, calm to community
By Rio Hundley, Staff Writer
January 19, 2019
During an Archer Peer Support meeting, one of the group's most valued members disappeared. This member was later found in the maintenance office, eating a sandwich off of someone's desk. This member was not a human, however, but a much fuzzier member of the community: an esteemed Archer dog by the name...
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
Review: South Korean film ‘Parasite’ touches on subjects of class, symbolism
June 7, 2020
‘We are the kids who are spearheading change’: Youth in Government fosters politically engaged youth
June 7, 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)
