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  • November 17No school for students Friday, Nov. 20, for parent-teacher conferences.
  • November 17An earthquake drill will take place at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19.
  • November 17Love Your Body Week activities will happen in the courtyard during lunch Tuesday, Nov. 18.
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 Olympic rings symbol is displayed at the Olympic House, ahead of the Executive Board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in Lausanne, Switzerland, December 3, 2024. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

LA28 provides opportunity to address L.A. transportation, housing issues following wildfires

By Lucy Williams, Voices Editor
April 16, 2025
Middle school students rehearse their dragon performance minutes before the courtyard fills with community members during the annual Lunar New Year celebration in the courtyard. The celebration took place Jan. 29 and included sustainable Taiwanese night market games, Chinese song and dance performances and different Asian foods.

Annual Lunar New Year festival encourages sustainable celebration, shares cultural traditions

By Oona Seppala, Editor-in-Chief
February 3, 2025
A group of seventh graders gather together for a picture in the dining hall during the seventh grade social Friday, Jan. 27. The social had an Old Hollywood theme, and students and dance committee members provided pizza, snacks and games for attending students.

7th grade bonds with night of pizza, paparazzi

By Nina Sperling, Senior Reporter
March 17, 2023
Freshmen Sara Salehi and Julia Ong watch the USA v Iran World Cup game Nov. 29 in the dining hall. The Archer community has been closely following each bracket of games in anticipation of the winning team.

World Cup inspires Archer’s diversity, connectivity

By Lucy Williams, Voices Editor
December 12, 2022
Director of Athletics Kim Smith watches her team compete in a game at night. After coaching Archer soccer for 11 seasons, Smith has decided to step down this year.

Kim Smith steps down from coaching Archer soccer, focuses on role as athletic director

By Audrey Chang, Editor-in-Chief
November 29, 2022
Student Body President Rose Chuck ('23) dances with seniors Eliza Tiles, Georgia Ehrlich and Azel Al-Kadiri in the courtyard on the kickoff First Friday event of the year. Many students, from sixth graders to seniors, ran around, ate candy and taped magazines to Student Council’s Archer vision board.

Dance parties and visions: Student Council kicks off First Fridays event, celebrates community

By Lucy Williams, Voices Editor
September 21, 2022
Sophomore Camila Blank sprays seventh grader Nicole Svendsen after moving during a game of Red LIght, Green Light. To commence Asian American and Pacific Islander Month, APSU hosted a celebration on May 16 where students could participate in games and enjoy food from different Asian cultures. "It's no small thing to consume Asian and Asian American media and make an Asian presence in the media more common and more mainstream," Fester said. "Whether that's music or movies or books, it's a really big thing to increase exposure."

‘Not just one Asian tradition’: APSU hosts game-filled celebration for AAPI Month 

By Maia Alvarez, Features Editor
May 29, 2022
The varsity softball team poses for a team photo after their game against Marymount. The team won with a score of 16-6. "I love our team because of how supportive everyone is of each other," Apor said. "We always pick each other up after a loss because softball is a big game of mistakes, and it’s the only way we will get better."

Varsity softball ends season with ‘sense of togetherness’

By Nyah Fernandez, Multimedia Editor
May 8, 2022
The chess team and chess coach Jay Stallings stand in front of a poster advertising the tournament before competing in their first rounds of matches. At the tournament, each player earned at least one point by winning a match for the Archer chess team.

‘A uniting experience’: Chess Club members compete in All-Girls National Championships in Chicago

By Audrey Chang, Editor-in-Chief
May 2, 2022
Sophomores Alejandra Cortes ('24), Lacey Thompson ('24), Ijeoma Nwafor ('24) and Laila Charles ('24), play Spot It. Other activities in the library included board and card games for students to play before or during the movie "10 Things I Hate About You."

A sleep under: Freshmen, sophomores attend joint social

By Jullie Cach, Staff Reporter
March 30, 2022
Encouraging Women and girls through chess.

The lopsided-gender imbalance in chess: What players are doing to make chess more inclusive

By Liora Ginzburg, Staff Reporter
May 27, 2021
Watching from the sidelines, head soccer coaches Kim Smith and Amelia Mathis observe a varsity soccer game against the Brentwood Eagles on Dec. 6. Smith is currently serving as Acting Athletic Director of the upper school, while Mathis is filling the equivalent postition for the middle school.

New Team Captains: After Lennon’s departure, coaches Mathis, Smith serve as acting Athletic Directors

By Molly Goldberg and Anna Brodsky
April 11, 2019
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