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  • April 13There will be no school Friday, April 17.
  • April 13Thursday, April 17 is Color Wars. Students can wear themed dress according to their grade color.
  • April 13The 6th Grade Bowling Social takes place Wednesday, April 16.
The student news site of The Archer School for Girls

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

The Oracle

S1E2 – The Lab Bench: Nasa, private space industry

By Sofie Lavinthal, Contributing Podcaster
March 17, 2025
A section of charred mountainside stands next to unburnt Chaparral along Sepulveda. "It doesn't matter what's burning when you have the conditions like we have in California often," Director of the California Chaparral Institute Richard Halsey said. "Strong winds, low humidity, long term drought, you know. Grass, shrubs, trees, houses — doesn't matter. Once it gets started, it's not going to stop until it either hits the ocean or the weather changes."

Experts reflect on how to manage chaparral ecosystem after LA fires

By Vivianne Arnold, Senior Reporter
March 16, 2025
Science Fair students Sabrina Rifkin ('28) and Jaya Srinivasan ('28) discuss their experiments in class. "I think [Science Fair] is fun," Rifkin said. "I'm definitely more in it, not for the competition, but for the experience."

A deep dive into the annual science fair: Q&A with two Archer scientists

By Georgia Lebowitz, Staff Reporter
March 16, 2025
Maria Popova's first anthology, "The Universe in Verse," is displayed. The collection explores mysterious, scientific phenomenons through both essays and poems.

Review: ‘The Universe in Verse’ unveils magical intersection between science, poetry

By Lucine Stephan, Staff Reporter
February 11, 2025

Sexplained S2E1 – The science behind an orgasm

By Ella Dorfman, Podcaster
September 27, 2024
Tess Hubbard ('24) explains InvenTeam's outreach strategies of connecting with local and digital audiences. The team presented on campus to parents, students and teachers during the STEM Symposium's third breakout session presentation.

STEM Symposium offers platform to discover scientific solutions, explore global problems

By Allie Yang, Columnist
May 23, 2023
The Ologies episode "P22: Life and Death of an LA Cougar" plays on Columnist Eliza Tiles' computer. The episode was released shortly following the death of P-22 a cougar who called LA's Griffith Park Home.

Column: Five “Ologies” episodes you should listen to

By Eliza Tiles, Columnist
February 9, 2023
Sara Gil Sáiz, Monique Sim and Agustin Pacheco pose for pictures in their classrooms by books, games, posters and equipment for their classes. The Oracle sat down with the three new faculty members to discuss their first weeks at Archer.

Q&A with new teachers, Agustin Pacheco, Monique Sim, Sara Gil Sáiz

By Nina Sperling, Senior Reporter
September 22, 2022
Science fiction and fantasy books "Legend," "Klara and the Sun," "The Ocean at the End of the Lane" and "Boy, Snow, Bird" are stacked on a table. Students read these books in various clubs, activities and classes at Archer.

Science fiction, fantasy books ‘enhance empathy,’ develop ‘greater ability to change’ among readers

By Audrey Chang, Editor-in-Chief
May 20, 2022
Shanthi Seth ('27), Beyla Patil ('27) and Adella Travers ('27) present their poster showing their experiment to other middle schoolers. On Feb. 4, middle school students presented their research from their passion-driven science projects in the annual middle school science fair called Lil' SIS.

Middle school students present research from ‘engaging,’ ‘innovative’ experiments at annual Lil’ SIS

By Audrey Chang, Editor-in-Chief
February 11, 2022
As a new strain of coronavirus overtakes the world, one doctor leans on both her medical and religious backgrounds to address the situation.

Column: On science, religion and a faith-filled physician

By Lena Jones, Columnist
April 8, 2020
Karen Garcia '23 brought her project to the Archer STEM Symposium after winning the California State Science Fair. She researched the presence of microplastics in salt.

Eighth grader Karen Garcia wins California State Science Fair for research on microplastics

By Anna Brodsky, Editor-in-Chief
June 6, 2019
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