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The news site of Glenbrook South High School.

The Oracle

The news site of Glenbrook South High School.

The Oracle

ASL students host deaf storyteller Peter Cook

Katherine Schurer, staff reporter
January 10, 2018

South ASL students hosted Peter Cook, world-renowned deaf storyteller, on Nov. 17 and Dec. 1 in the SAC for the third time in the last 5 years. They have been actively fundraising for this event since...

Key Club hosts annual GBSRAK to spread positivity

Anne Ribordy
December 23, 2017

This year, Key Club’s Random Acts of Kindness (GBSRAK) campaign, which took place from Dec. 11 to Dec. 22, added new projects to appeal to a variety of different audiences, Katheryn Woo, Key Club co-administrative...

LADIES AND LEAVES: Examining a plant in the greenhouse, seniors Riley Gunderson, Victoria Fedorko and Tess Flores work to aid the plant in its growth. Gunderson, Fedorko and Flores are members of the GBS Horticulture team which competed in the National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Convention and Expo, with sophomore Laura Schonken earning a silver medal in nursery landscape and the overall team winning a bronze medal.

Horticulture receives third at Nationals

Dany Herrera, staff reporter
December 22, 2017

The GBS Horticulture team participated in the National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Convention and Expo and placed bronze as a team with one silver individual medal from sophomore Laura Schonken. According...

Titans Helping Titans assists fellow students in need

Titans Helping Titans assists fellow students in need

Mary Grace Reynolds, co news editor
December 22, 2017

The implementation of Titans Helping Titans (THT), a program created to spark a sentiment of compassion and service- oriented awareness among fellow GBS students, has proved seamless and continues to showcase...

Graphic by Rachel Nwia

Angles unites with Youth Services for Pride Youth Program

Sheila Fogarty, staff reporter
December 22, 2017

Youth Services of Northbrook and Glenview recently merged with Angles—an organization for sexual health, identity and education—to create Youth Service’s Pride Youth program. In years past, Youth...

KATE THE GREAT:   Smiling as she works, sophomore Kate Stack spends time after school in the MakerSpace to improve a robot. This year, Stack was awarded a $10,000 grant from Infosys, which she gave to the Glenview Public Library to foster engineering interest in the community.

Stack’s passion for engineering goes beyond classroom

Chaerim Park, staff reporter
December 22, 2017

Sophomore Kate Stack has explored the engineering field through various means such as South’s Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Glenview’s Got STEAM, and Epi-Spot. Earlier this year, Stack received...

Administration jump-starts identity initiative

Administration jump-starts identity initiative

Imra Tajuddin, co-news editor
December 22, 2017

Starting this school year, identity will be the organizational focus for the faculty and staff, according to Principal Dr. Lauren Fagel. The initiative is designed to help students feel secure in their...

Illustration by Sophia Lau

Administration strives to improve South’s accessibility

Isabella Albrecht
December 22, 2017

In an effort to make South more accessible to students with physical disabilities, the administration is looking to add several new features to the building. The most recent was the installation of a push...

Sorting cans, senior Abby Grant, student body president, and junior representative Matthew Baumstark work to box donations from students and staff. This year, instead of accepting both money and cans, Student Council is moving toward only food donations.

Canned Food Drive adopts point system for donations

Mary Grace Reynolds, co-news editor
November 10, 2017

GBS Student Council replaced the numerical structure of the Canned Food Drive from a dollar being worth four cans to a hierarchal point system to restore values of humanity and service back into the annual...

PASSIONATE PROFESSOR: Smiling at one of her classes, Yearbook Advisor Brenda Field goes over the deadlines with her students. Field was honored for her journalistic achievements in and out of the classroom with the NSPA Pioneer Award.

Field receives Pioneer Award for educational achievements

Chaerim Park, staff reporter
November 10, 2017

Yearbook Advisor Brenda Field received the 2017 Pioneer Award from the National Scholastic Press Association, or NSPA, on Sept. 11. The Pioneer Award is the highest honor journalism educators can receive...

Graphic by Rachel Nwia

Community reacts to student protests

Sofia Snyder, co-sports editor
November 10, 2017

After members of the marching band and cheerleading squad knelt during the national anthem at the home football game on Sept. 28, anonymous community members have reached out to the school in reaction...

KOO KOO FOR HOCO PUFFS: Beaming at the camera, Josh Koo, assistant principal of student
activities, celebrates on the stage at Homecoming on Oct. 21. This was the first Homecoming that South
has held using the company BOOM Entertainment. Photo courtesy of BOOM Entertainment

South reflects on revamped homecoming

Katherine Schurer, staff reporter
November 10, 2017

South held its first Homecoming using BOOM Entertainment last month. The school sold 2,200 tickets as opposed to 1,500 last year, according to Abby Grant, student body president. According to Josh Koo,...

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