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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
A graphic illustration displays a physical art portfolio. Seniors pursing art majors for college have begun curating portfolios, with the help of the college guidance team. (Graphic Illustration by Lola Thomas)

Seniors submit art portfolios to colleges, receive support from college guidance

By Lola Thomas, Features Editor
September 3, 2025
Sophomore Olivia Broock sings "Mamma Mia" from her most recent musical, "Mamma Mia!". Broock played the role of Tanya in this year's musical directed by Samara Kelly. 

Behind the curtain: Sophomore’s journey to becoming a ‘triple threat’

By Izzie Erickson, Multimedia Reporter
January 24, 2025
Musical theater director Samara Kelly leads her Theater Arts: Introduction class through an improv game as freshman Lena Sakhnini holds out a hairbrush as a makeshift microphone. Kelly said her own high school theater community helped her explore her identity. "I loved the making something out of nothing," Kelly said.

An explosion of color and life: Through the eyes of Archer’s musical theater director

By Vivianne Arnold, Science Editor
December 10, 2023
Piper Rutman leads the Unaccompanied Minors in a rehearsal before the winter concert preview. Rutman is the a cappella group manager and has arranged many songs for the group. "I want my music to be spark emotions in a good way and be that sad or happy or whatever," Rutman said.

Pandemic pursuit: how Piper Rutman explored passion for music composition, plans for future

By Oona Seppala, Editor-in-Chief
January 20, 2023
Ella Poon (’23) takes a breath outside the Zeller Student Center while the middle school choir rehearses behind her. Moments before, Poon had been taping up the windows behind her with black paper in preparation for "Kaleidoscope," the 2022 Winter Concert. "This is my arm workout for the day," Poon said.

Bringing it backstage: Ella Poon shares experience stage managing upper school productions

By Siena Ferraro, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
January 7, 2023
Upper school students split up into groups based on their particular art disciplines and interests to brainstorm ideas for the Visual Arts Festival and how art can be better represented at Archer. The ACA had their first meeting of the second semester Jan. 12 in the photography room during lunch.

‘A place where every single art has the ability to shine’: Archer Council of Artists highlights creativity in community

By Audrey Chang, Editor-in-Chief
January 21, 2022
Glory Chase (‘22) dips Isabelle Verdery (‘23) during an upper school musical rehearsal of the “Hanky Panky” number in the amphitheater courtyard. On Nov. 1, members of the musical had their costume parade outdoors, which consisted of the performers all trying on their costumes so they knew what the actual show would look like.

‘An exchange of energy’: Upper School Musical ‘Leader of the Pack’ sparks ‘connection’ and ‘enthusiasm’

By Audrey Chang, Editor-in-Chief
November 7, 2021
Pictured is a scene from the first showing of the upper school play entitled "Radium Girls." Justine Moore '22, Bess Frierson '22 and Ruby Horton '21 are shown on a pre-recording stream on Vimeo.

‘Radium Girls’: Fighting for rights amidst a pandemic

By Thea Leimone, Features Editor
December 6, 2020
The musical cast sings a song to the upper school in the Dining Hall. The show will make its debut Dec. 8.

Buzzing, buzzy, singing bees: Upper school musical cast gives preview of ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’

By Lola Lamberg, Chloe Richards, and Thea Leimone
November 29, 2018
The Kroks warm up their voices in Archer's orchestra room before their performance on Jan. 12. The Kroks originated in Harvard's Hasty Pudding Club, founded in 1770.

‘The Krokodiloes’ teach singing workshop to Archer a cappella groups

By Cat Oriel, News & Features Editor
January 20, 2018
Grace Dieveney '21, adviser Kristin Taylor, Cybele Zhang '18, Maya Wernick '18 and Nelly Rouzroch '18 collect our fourth place award at the JEA/NSPA conference. This year's convention was held in Dallas and had the theme "Go Big." Image courtesy of Taylor.

Letter from the Editor: Farewell to a big 2017

By Cybele Zhang, Editor-in-Chief
January 9, 2018
Nellie, played by Gwyneth Williams '22, and her daughter Lolly, played by Mia Ronn '23, argue over Nellie's new doll named Edward. Edward finds himself in many households throughout the show, learning lessons of love and loyalty in each.

Blackbox’s final show, ‘The Mysterious Journey of Edward Tulane,’ closes

By Grace Dieveney, Staff Writer
December 12, 2017
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