The student news site of The Archer School for Girls

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
The Security Council Chamber lies empty on a June afternoon. During a guided tour of the United Nations Building in New York, I was lucky enough to go into the General Assembly, Security Council, ECOSOC and Trusteeship Council and learn about the purpose of each council.

Op-Ed: Is the UN still relevant?

By Oona Seppala, Multimedia Editor
February 1, 2024

S4E5 – The Scoop on student journalist Avital Sojcher’s experience with censorship

By Melinda Wang, Photo Editor
December 14, 2023
Culture Editor Rose Sarner (’23), Voices Editor Cadence Callahan (’23), Features Editor Lizette Gonzalez (’23) and Editor-in-Chief Greta Irvine (’23) hold mugs given to them by journalism adviser Kristin Taylor during The Oracle’s senior celebration and new editor induction ceremony May 16. “It speaks volumes that we can say, ‘I want to write about this,’ and no one says no,” Gonzalez said.

Q&A with features editor and voices editor on freedom of speech and censorship

By Nina Sperling, Senior Reporter
June 1, 2023
These featured images are from articles representing in-depth reporting. Staff Reporter Ella Schwartz ('25), Staff Reporter Meredith Ho ('26) and Senior Reporter Allie Yang ('25) wrote a variety of thorough stories focusing on specific people or opinions within the Archer community. (Photo compilation of featured images created by Audrey Chang)

#InDepthReporting: The Oracle highlights past features, writers share value of process

By Audrey Chang, Editor-in-Chief
February 24, 2023
Nyah Fernandez ('22), Vaughan Anoa'i ('22), Thea Leimone ('22), Chloe Fidler ('22) and Gracie Doyle ('22) embrace each other during their celebration in one of their final classes. The former editors reflected on their time writing for The Oracle and the life lessons they learned along the way.

Graduating editors reflect on experience writing for The Oracle, discuss “bittersweet feeling”

By Cadence Callahan, Voices Editor
May 27, 2022
Graduating Editor-in-Chief Vaughan Anoa'i poses for her kindergarten graduation photos (top left) and smiles in her Archer polo during her first day of senior year. After seven years at Archer, Anoa'i reflected on her journey through middle and high school, more specifically what her role as Editor-in-Chief meant to her.

Letter from the Editor: And that’s all she wrote

By Vaughan Anoa'i, Editor in Chief
May 17, 2022
#DemocracyInAction: Community members share thoughts on freedom of press

#DemocracyInAction: Community members share thoughts on freedom of press

By Greta Irvine, Editor in Chief
February 25, 2022
The Archer Oracle, Marlborough Ultraviolet and Harvard-Westlake Chronicle comment on collaboration. Scholastic Journalism Week celebrates student-journalism, choosing a theme each year. The 2022 theme is Amplifying Voices.

#MakingConnections: Los Angeles student-journalists highlight necessity of collaboration

By Chloe Fidler, Voices Editor
February 21, 2022
The Oracle Editorial Board and staff reporters work independently in the Publication Lab on campus. As the 2021-2022 school year begins, we are thankful to have the opportunity to learn and connect with one another in person, as journalists everywhere felt the repercussions of the pandemic as it affected their reporting.

Editorial: The first time we’ve felt like student-journalists in a long time

By 21-22 Oracle Editorial Board
October 4, 2021
In honor of Student Press Freedom Day, editors were asked to reflect on the importance of student journalism.

Oracle editors reflect on scholastic journalism for Student Press Freedom Day

By London Sinclair and Rio Hundley
February 28, 2021
Wednesday of the 2021 Scholastic Journalism Week highlights the significance of local journalism. The Oracle takes a closer look by asking community members to reflect on the impact of local journalism on the Archer campus.

Local journalism matters: Q&A with community members on importance of local journalism

By Thea Leimone and Greta Irvine
February 24, 2021
For Scholastic Week 2021, Sunday's theme is entitled "Diversity Matters," and discusses the importance of diversity and inclusion within student-journalism.

Diversity matters: Community members reflect on representation within scholastic journalism

By Vaughan Anoa'i and Andrea Ramirez
February 21, 2021
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