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The news site of Glenbrook South High School.

The Oracle

The news site of Glenbrook South High School.

The Oracle

PROFICIENT PATEL: Practicing a speech after school, senior Maya Patel emphasizes her point with hand gestures. Of all the GBS Speech Team members, Patel was the only one to advance to the State tournament, which was held in Peoria on Feb. 19-20.

Speech team qualifies for regionals, Patel for state

Lauren Benson, staff reporter
March 11, 2016

Speech team members competed in all 14 events at the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Regional Tournament on Feb. 6 at Warren Township High School, according to Nancy Schultz, new team head coach. Seniors...

TESTING CHANGES: As part of the new furniture pilot at South, seniors
(left to right) Grace DuBois, Grace Pulos and Diana Perez participate in their classroom activity at desks that double as whiteboards.

South plans to replace desks in classrooms, test effect on learning environment

Mary Grace Reynolds, staff reporters
February 5, 2016

GBS and GBN students will be running a trial of new desks from Feb. 21 to March 19 in preparation for their eventual placement in classrooms. According to Michael Field, director of educational technology,...

New Year, New Laws

John Schurer, co-news editor
February 5, 2016

As 2016 begins, here are three of the 237 new Illinois state laws everyone should be aware of. PET PROTECTION PROGRAM The state’s Humane Care for Animals Act was recently amended to provide that “no...

New courses added to 2016-2017 school year

Gigi Cepeda, staff reporter
February 5, 2016

New and modified courses and a redesigned course offerings list will be implemented in the coming school years. There will be two major additions for next year: a new business course, Entrepreneurship...

Illinois School Board debates ACT vs. SAT

Illinois School Board debates ACT vs. SAT

Anushka Kalra and Alex Ladan
February 5, 2016

Late in 2015, the state of Illinois ended its three-year, 14.3 million dollar contract with the ACT, allowing the College Board, creators of the SAT, to propose their own contract. This contract was 1.37...

Math Department reconsiders calculator usage

Math Department reconsiders calculator usage

Tommy Barrett, staff reporter
February 5, 2016

South’s Math Department is in the initial stages of deciding whether a gradual shift towards less calculator use would be beneficial for students. While South still remains committed to the  calculator,...

Illinois Lifeline Law protects underage drinkers

Illinois Lifeline Law protects underage drinkers

Maeve Plunkett, staff reporter
February 5, 2016

The Lifeline Law, of Illinois, which gives immunity from legal prosecution to underage drinkers who call 9-1-1 for themselves or a friend, will take effect on June 1. The legislation had been brought...

South pilots student growth component of teacher evaluation

South pilots student growth component of teacher evaluation

John Schurer and Grace Shin
February 5, 2016

After the Illinois State Board of Education formally mandated the Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) in February 2014, public schools began preparations for a “student growth component” as part...

Old News: Watergate Scandal

Katie Cavender, co-news editor
February 5, 2016

The media is always buzzing with activity, trying to capture attention with urgent taglines and pushing to ensure that their content gets the most views. In the process of accomplishing this, however,...

CONCUSSION DISCUSSION: Lying face down on the basketball court during a game on Jan. 13, sophomore Lauren Meier struggles with a head inury, later diagnosed as a concussion. By the next school year, Illinois middle and high schools must fit concussion management to state standards, according to the Youth Sports Concussion Safety Act.

State requires new concussion regulations

CASSIDY FORONDA and SAVERA ZULFIQAR
February 5, 2016

Illinois middle and high schools will be required to adjust their concussion management to state standards, by the 2016-2017 school year, as mandated by the Youth Sports Concussion Safety Act. The act’s...

Old News: The Confederate Flag

Dani Tuchman, co-editor-in-chief
February 1, 2016

If you were alive 155 years ago today, you would have witnessed headlines that read, ìAbraham Lincoln elected 16th president of The United States.î Not only was he the first Republican candidate elected...

Gotschewski donation aids woodworking program

Tommy Barrett, staff reporter
January 16, 2016

The children and widow of long-time Glenview resident Paul Gotschewski made a donation to South's Woodworking Program to commemorate their late father's passion for woodworking. Gotschewski was an avid...

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