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The student news site of The Archer School for Girls

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

The Oracle
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
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
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
Rising seventh and eighth graders elected Autumn Walker ('27) to be the middle school president for the 2022-2023 school year. They also elected Hana Cho ('27) and Sherry Zhang ('27) as class representatives.

Middle, upper school Student Council members share goals, excitement for next year

By Audrey Chang, Editor-in-Chief
May 30, 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
Fourth grader Daniel Cortez, who has down syndrome learning about a sunflower from his mother, Marisol Cortez at Avila Farm during quarantine. Dr. Douglas said through exposure and intentional education, different kinds of diversity can be explored. "Neurodiversity is just one of the dimensions of diversity, that we can experience," Vanderbilt said. "It's another diversity element that people should be thinking about and how do we learn more about that in addition to ethnicity and culture and gender and sexual orientation."

‘Another dimension of diversity’: Special-Education students engage in school communities

By Maia Alvarez, Features Editor
April 24, 2022
The Diversity Conference Student Leadership Team presents at a community connections meeting to preface this year's Diversity Conference. This is the first year a student team has helped plan the event.

Inaugural Diversity Conference Student Leadership Team reflects on planning process, importance of student voice

By Nicki Rosenberg, Managing Editor
January 27, 2020
Upper school orchestra prepares to perform the piece "Classical Symphony" by composer Sergei Prokofiev. The choir, a cappella, and orchestra ensembles previewed the concert for all of the upper school on Jan.15.

Annual Winter Concert promotes inclusion,’ ’empowerment’ among performers

By Vaughan Anoa’i, Editor in Chief
January 26, 2020
Rosetta Lee speaking at the diversity, equity and Inclusion leadership series. She is the Diversity Consultant for Archer this year. Photo Source: Dominque Cadenas '19

Diversity Consultant Rosetta Lee speaks to upper school

By Allie Worchell, Voices Editor
October 17, 2018
During the 2015 Academy Awards, "Selma" — the Martin Luther King Jr. biopic — won Best Picture. Other than the nomination of director Alejandro González Iñárritu, there were no people of color nominated in any other major category. Image source: Selma's Official Facebook Page.

‘There’s still a lot of work to be done’: Archer students, faculty reflect on racial representation in the media

By Molly Goldberg, Culture Editor
May 19, 2018
Three of the Archer faculty pages from recent yearbooks reveal a majority of white faculty and staff. According the school website, 16 percent of the faculty and state identify as people of color.

Op-ed: 16 percent — Why having more faculty of color matters

By Ella Frey, News & Features Editor
April 13, 2017
Archer Community Celebrates Annual Diversity Day Conference

Archer Community Celebrates Annual Diversity Day Conference

By Carina Oriel, News and Features Editor
February 6, 2015
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