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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
Gemma Wyles ('25) sings and plays the guitar on the Rose Room veranda in the courtyard. Wyles, a singer-songwriter, won a YoungArts distinction award under the voice and songwriting categories for the 2025 year. Wyles looks to pursue a career in music. (Photo courtesy of Archer Communications).

Empowered by music: YoungArts award-winning singer-songwriter brings her voice to the spotlight

By Graysen Gregory, Staff Reporter
March 3, 2025
Elyse Harris (‘29) stands with a microphone pressed to her mouth, in the Blackbox, beatboxing. Harris has loved music and beatboxing since she was little and hopes to continue doing it throughout her life. “I feel like music is one of my strong suits,” Harris said. “It's one of my biggest passions.”

Behind the beat: Student beatboxer shares her journey

By Graysen Gregory, Staff Reporter
January 17, 2025
2024 graduate Micaela Boxer Wachler serves at a beach volleyball match. Boxer Wachler has been playing indoor volleyball since fifth grade, but started playing beach volleyball this past year. Photo courtesy of Archer Athletics.

Senior volleyball player reflects on community, learning to collaborate with teammates

By Vivianne Arnold, Senior Reporter
May 30, 2024
Gabrielle Cain stands at her graduation in Naval Academy outfit. She graduated from flight school and became a Naval Aviator in 2023. Photo provided by Gabrielle Cain.

‘Unicorn’ in her field: Life in the military as a Black woman

By Sydney Tilles, Outreach Editor
March 24, 2024
Film teacher Andrew Ruiz instructs his Advanced Film class in the courtyard and teaches about cine lenses. Visual Arts Department Chair Marya Alford observed one of his classes, watching students take on collaborative positions to create a film. "It was really fun to see students enter different roles like cinematographer or director and just jump into those roles and take them seriously even if it wasn't their first choice," Alford said. "It is all working towards the final result of the film."

Lights, camera, action: Film teacher inspires, pushes students to be best filmmakers they can be

By Charlotte Burnap, Senior Reporter
January 11, 2024
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, Senior Reporter
December 10, 2023
Jane Davis uses her computer to work in her office, room 129. Davis is the associate head of finance and operations and has been at Archer for 14 years. "Ms. Davis has a fiery and passionate commitment to ethics and justice," Pavliscak said. "She is a balance of prudent financial stewardship and this feisty, politically active dog rescuer. That's Ms. Davis."

Associate Head of Finance and Operations Jane Davis shares a look inside her time at Archer

By Sydney Tilles, Outreach Editor
June 1, 2023
Laura Borstien (26'), Eman Said, Sophia Shin (25') and Francie Wallack (25') pose together in the amphitheater. Said says the best part about coming to work is seeing the students because they are "so friendly."

Eman Said is a servery employee by day, accountant by night

By Ella Schwartz, Managing Editor
January 25, 2023
Sophomore Carrie Xue tosses a tennis ball while she holds a tennis racket. 2022 was Xue’s first year at Archer and she joined Archer’s tennis team. “something very fun to be a part of.”

Weil tennis player Carrie Xue aces through first semester

By Claire Doyle, Staff Reporter
January 24, 2023
Janet Lyon and Jane Davis celebrate Lyon's retirement at an after school faculty and staff party. "She deserves to retire because she’s worked so hard at this point over these years, but it’s like I feel like I’m losing a piece of myself,”  Davis said. Lyon is retiring from her role as Director of Operations after 22 years at Archer.

Into the limelight: Director of Operations Janet Lyon retires after 22 years at Archer

By Thea Leimone, Features Editor
October 31, 2021
Middle School President Rachel Chung leads the newly elected sixth and seventh grade representatives along with the eighth grade representatives through their first virtual meeting of the school year. During the Zoom, the young leaders planned for future middle school gatherings. “I love these meetings so much [...] because all of us work together to do the best for our grade,” Rachel said.

Rachel Chung leads middle school through pandemic

By Greta Irvine, Editor in Chief
November 16, 2020
Senior Billi Newmyer speaks at a meeting with Lissa Muscatine (Hillary Clinton's head speechwriter) last spring in D.C. at the School for Ethics and Global Leadership. Newmyer said she was able to engage in conversation with "crazy people who she would never get to talk to before."

A year away: Newmyer reflects on unique junior experience

By Rose Sarner, Culture Editor
November 15, 2020
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