Dear Class of 2023,
As my final words in The Oracle, I want to thank this community for giving me a platform to be heard, express myself, and continue my passions during high school.
Every year...
This year was full of lasts for me. The last year of high school. The last year in Glenview. The last year of seeing people I’ve known since preschool every day at school. The last high school...
When I entered South as a freshman, I was terrified I would hate high school, only have two friends (my mom, a teacher at South, and my sister, who was a senior), and never find a community.
It took me...
Listen, I get it. College can be a terrifying process.
First, you have to decide what you want to do and what you’re even looking for in a school. What do you want to major in, spend the rest of your...
When I was a junior, all of my friends were seniors. While I was finishing my junior year finals, my friends were all graduating. While I was enjoying my summer, all of my friends were filling out housing...
At the beginning of senior year, I had my future planned out. I would go to my dream school, join a top sorority, and have an entire friend group all within the first month of college.
Would you believe...
Yo solía rechazar el concepto de aprender otra lengua; pensé que estaba fuera de mi capacidad. No fue hasta que tomé el tiempo de perseverar a través de los desafíos de aprenderla, que me di cuenta...
Ella Naugle, former co-editor-in-chief May 19, 2023
For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a teacher—it was my lifelong dream.
Growing up, my sister and I made seating charts for our Beanie Boos. We played school together and created projects,...
6,530 days.
I have lived in the same house for 6,530 days. This is the steadiness in my life.
I wake up, brush my teeth, walk down our 16 stairs, and step onto our bare wood floors where my feet...
“I can’t wait to go to college.”
This was a phrase I liked to throw in my family’s face a lot my senior year. But, by the time it was May 1, I wished I could shove those words back in my mouth....
I always wanted high school to be just like a musical.
I wanted to wake up, sing good morning to the birds, and dance through the school hallways in matching outfits with my best friends. After all, my...
I have always believed that no one thing defined who I am entirely.
While I have consistently been someone who works hard in school, I never consciously believed that my grades defined my self-worth....
