The student news site of The Archer School for Girls

The Oracle
The student news site of The Archer School for Girls

The Oracle
The student news site of The Archer School for Girls

The Oracle
This graphic illustration depicts a hair pick and other hair tools. According to the Legal Defense Fund, 66% of Black girls in predominately white schools face hair discrimination. (Graphic Illustration by Lola Thomas)

Kinks, curls and culture: Challenging race-based hair discrimination in a predominately white school

By Lola Thomas, Culture Editor
May 6, 2024
Hermanas Unidas Board members present to families at Archer's annual Spanish-Speaking Families Night Tuesday, Nov. 28. Their presentation included campus news and information about the college application process, as well as resources for Spanish-speaking families at Archer. Photo by Talia Geffen.

A space to ‘feel seen’: Annual Spanish-Speaking Families Night promotes connection, highlights diversity within community

By Audrey Chang, Editor-in-Chief
December 3, 2023

S4E2 – The Scoop on Archer’s holiday spirit: Diversity in holiday celebrations among students, faculty lights up campus

By Lola Thomas and Emily Paschall
November 30, 2023
Students grab apples and honey from Spanish teacher and Jewish Student Union adviser Talia Geffen to embrace the sweetness of the Jewish New Year. Rabbi Jaclyn Cohen has been a rabbi for nine years and presented to middle school students Sept. 17 about Rosh Hashanah.

Rabbi Cohen, Rabbi Frimmer present to middle, upper school about Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

By Ella Schwartz, Managing Editor
October 4, 2023
A sign on the door of room 228 displays the names of the three middle school Deans of Culture, Community and Belonging. These new positions were implemented at the start of the year, and the DCCBs have further developed the mentorship curriculum and have started cultivating connection and belonging at each grade level.

Administrative, student life position changes emphasize belonging, connection post-pandemic

By Audrey Chang, Editor-in-Chief
October 1, 2023
Sophomore Sydney Curry wrote an opinion piece for her 10th grade English class about her experience being Black at a predominantly white school and the importance of affirming Black students' value in their existence. (Graphic Illustration by Maia Alvarez)

Op-Ed: Is it because I’m Black?

By Sydney Curry, Podcaster
May 27, 2023
This is a portion of my senior page and some of my favorite moments of the past year. My time at Archer has been a rollercoaster, and within my last piece, I wanted to dedicate it to those who have supported me throughout the past four years.

Commentary: How Archer became my imperfect second home

By Lizette Gonzalez, Features Editor
May 9, 2023
Two girls are split into two and each represent the two sides of a reporter: the human side and the inner reporter. Student-journalists across the country reflected on how they report on difficult topics and their experience.

Reporter vs. human: Student-journalists discuss approach to reporting on difficult topics

By Lizette Gonzalez, Features Editor
March 16, 2023
Paramount Global’s Executive Vice President of Entertainment Diversity and Inclusion Tiffany Smith Anoa’i, advocate for justice and equality Sofia Shield and Education Director at the Anti-Defamation League in Southern California Megan Nevels speak on the Anti-Bias Panel in the Zeller Student Center. The panelists gave suggestions for navigating difficult conversations surrounding bias Feb. 24.

EBAD hosts panel on anti-bias, presenters advise on having difficult conversations

By Lola Thomas, Culture Editor
March 12, 2023
Many of the current 2022-2023 staff of The Oracle sit for an all-staff photo. As the newsroom has increased in size, The Oracle created a diversity audit to examine the demographics that make up the publication.

#InclusiveReporting: The Oracle diversity audit reveals how unique perspectives ‘highlight stories hidden in the everyday’

By Maia Alvarez, Features Editor
February 22, 2023

The Scoop S3 Ep1 –The Scoop on Growing Up Archer: Sydney Curry

By Lucy Williams, Voices Editor
December 3, 2022
Hermanas Unidas holds an affinity meeting for Archer students who identify as Latina or Hispanic. Archer offered six different affinity spaces Nov. 1 to upper school students. 

Upper school students participate in first affinity space programming of school year

By Lizette Gonzalez, Features Editor
November 3, 2022
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