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  • May 11Archer Athletics Awards Night will happen Tuesday, May 13
  • May 11The Advanced Study Humanities Symposium will be held Friday, May 16
  • May 11The senior fountain jump will happen Friday, May 16
The student news site of The Archer School for Girls

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The student news site of The Archer School for Girls

The Oracle
Ari Borstein ('27) holds a sign in the middle of the courtyard during a Discover Archer event. Each group had a specific Archer mascot so applying students could find their group. "I love sharing my experiences and seeing the joy on the prospective students faces when they go into the classrooms," Borstein.

Discover Archer offers families a look into student life

By Shae Killam, Senior Reporter
December 5, 2024
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
World language teacher Talia Geffen displays a large bracket on her classroom whiteboard that presents the different songs competing against each other to win this year’s Locura De Marzo. Geffen started incorporating Locura De Marzo into her curriculum in 2020 to make online learning more exciting and interactive for students.

Locura De Marzo musically motivates Spanish teachers, students at Archer, around world

By Emily Paschall, News Editor
March 12, 2023
Chinese teacher Pei-Ying Gosselin teaches parents introductory Chinese phrases during the Archer School for Parents language learning event. She said the lesson gave parents a similar experience to connect to their child when their child has questions or struggles in class.

Archer School for Parents brings guardians into the classroom

By Lucy Williams, Voices Editor
February 21, 2023
Sophomore Abby Borstein looks through her student-led conference slideshow. Along with the rest of students in sixth through 11th grade, Borstein gave her presentation Friday, Feb. 10.

Students reflect, set goals during student-led conferences

By Francie Wallack, Features Editor
February 14, 2023
The illustration shows books and a laptop signifying the research students in the new advanced study curriculum delve into. Seniors who decided to take the advanced class equivalent of either their history or English course completed an individually designed semester-long project.

Seniors develop research skills, explore own interests through humanities advanced study curriculum

By Lizette Gonzalez, Features Editor
January 19, 2023
Junior Kayla Bruce uses Canvas to look at their English assignments. Sophomores, juniors and seniors accessed the Canvas technology training asynchronously on the first day of school.

Students, teachers switch to new learning management system, adjust to Canvas

By Audrey Chang, Editor-in-Chief
September 18, 2022
In senior Nicole Farmer's Systems Biology & Disease class, her fellow senior classmates Madis Kennedy, Gabriela Ayala-Becerra and Isabella Ionazzi dissect sheep brains on their second day back to in-person learning. As Los Angeles County enters the orange tier, more Archer students have been permitted to return to campus while also allowing those who'd prefer to stay home a hybrid option as well.

A return to connection: Upper school students reflect on arrival back to campus

By Nyah Fernandez, Multimedia Editor
April 27, 2021
Four year old Valentina Ghiacy does a cut and paste project in the "Pre-Archer" class. The class focused on colors, learning the alphabet and writing skills. Ghiacy is one of the many students in the "Pre-Archer" class, which seeks to provide a similar environment to pre-school, while the novel coronavirus remains at large.

Educational program aimed at children ages 3-5 emerges amid COVID-19

By London Sinclair, Senior Reporter
April 25, 2021
The sixth grade class sang to Head of School Elizabeth English on her birthday. English provided this photo to encapsulate the school's culture, which she said was the primary reason she decided to remain at Archer.

BREAKING: Head of School Elizabeth English will remain at Archer next year

By Anna Brodsky, Editor-in-Chief
October 31, 2018
A binder sits on a desk in Leila Chakravarty's math classroom. Her ninth and 10th grade Integrated Math III class completes practice problems on solving quadratic and linear systems of equations.

Ambitious, joyful learning: Archer educators work to instill ‘joy of learning,’ reduce stress levels

By Grace Dieveney, Staff Writer
May 16, 2018
Anna Brodsky '20 poses with awards at the California High School Speech Association tournament. Brodsky ranked among the top 60 in the entire state. Image courtesy of Brodsky.

Anna Brodsky ’20 ends Archer’s speech drought, qualifies for state championship tournament

By Cybele Zhang, Editor-in-Chief
May 4, 2018
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