Nina Sperling joined the Oracle in 2021. She became a senior reporter in 2022 and continued in that role for the 2023-24 school year. She loves spending time with family and friends, dancing in and out of school, reading and playing with her labradoodle Georgie. She is also passionate about politics, history, international relations, social justice and Spanish. Nina graduated in 2024.
![Then sixth graders Mina Mohammed, Letti Oetker, Alyssa Ponrartana, Avery Weingarten and Carla Martinez Rivas stand in front of the maypole after participating in the traditional sixth grade maypole dance. "Now that we're seniors, we've realized it's our last year and we should cherish the time we have with each other," senior Alyssa Ponrartana said. "It's almost over, [so] it's just really sad."](https://archeroracle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/seniors-6th-grade-mod.jpg)
![Track and field team members Coco Takessian ('28), Nissara Shah ('28) and Mia Goldberg ('28), get in their positions to start running in a track event at Brentwood School April 20. "It is a really tiring sport, but I love the team so much," Farah Sandoval ('28) said. "We all were equally exhausted and worn out, so [the team] all had fun and joked about it after."](https://archeroracle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ms-tf-fi-900x600.jpg)
![Graduating seniors from the Oracle Staff, Sports Editor Gracie Doyle, Editor-in-Chief Vaughan Anoa'i and Features Editor Thea Leimone, show off their college spirit together. "I think from here on, it's only exciting things," Doyle said. "We have a really, really fun end of the year. We get to participate in all these traditions. Then we have summer, which is always fun, and then freshman year [of college], which is so exciting and new. But I'm really ready for the next chapter."](https://archeroracle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9940-900x600.jpg)
![Dance teacher Andrea Locke gives dancers notes after a run-though during a Night of Dance tech rehearsal. This year, Locke organized the Night of Dance to take place in the main courtyard at Archer, Feb. 23, 24 and 25. She chose the theme, "Transformation," as an ode to the impact the pandemic had on people all around the world and the return to in-person life. "No matter what's being created on stage, even what the intention might be, the audience [brings] another intention or another perspective or another kind of feeling that connects," Locke said.](https://archeroracle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Locke-featured-image-900x600.jpg)
![Left: A view of colorful houses on a mountain in Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Italy. Right: A view of colorful buildings and grassland in Denmark. "Copenhagen is a really amazing city to learn and [be in] as a student, because there's a lot of opportunities to get new perspectives on systems and ways of doing things," Madis Kennedy said. "Then, being able to bring those those new, unique perspectives back to the U.S. felt like it would be really beneficial."](https://archeroracle.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/abroad-feature-featured-image-oracle-2-900x600.jpg)
![Archer's varsity soccer team poses for a group picture before a game against Brentwood School. "It's a fun mix of people for sure. [I like getting to know] people I don't usually get to know because they're in different grades," Childers said. "[One of my goals is] continuing to connect with the whole team and become a closer team."](https://archeroracle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/8136F153-6C9F-46C5-93EE-6F4B68E02889-2-900x600.jpg)
