Hi everyone! My name is Caroline Ohlandt and I am an Editor-in-Chief of The Oracle this year! I am a senior and this is my fourth year on the paper. Outside of The Oracle, I am a dance captain for Orchesis and am a part of Interact, German Club, and Book Club. Looking forward to a great year!
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....
If there is ever a Wednesday to wear pink, it is April 26, the opening night of Mean Girls, this year’s Glenbrook Musical, which begins a four-day run of performances in South’s Norman E. Watson Auditorium.
In...
As the lights of Norman E. Watson Auditorium dim, voices hush, and anticipation fills the air. Spotlights shine, colorful aerial silks drop from the ceiling, and the stage comes to life in a world of wonder....
South student journalism publications, The Oracle and The Etruscan, were awarded state and national titles from journalism competitions, Oracle Advisor Bob Wysocki said.
The Oracle was named the Best...
Cafeteria prices at South are rising as sanctions are placed on Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, Tim Almy, Quest Foods General Manager, said. Additionally, he noted ongoing supply chain issues due...
Test-optional policies and increased numbers of college applicants have caused this year’s college admissions cycle to be especially difficult for students applying to colleges, College Counselor Annie...
South’s Foreign Language Department intends to resume the Spanish foreign exchange trip next school year after two trip-less years due to Covid-19 overseas travel limitations, Mark Bauman, Spanish Teacher...
As a resource at South, the voluntary program Puentes individually mentors Latino students, Danita Fitch, World Language Department Instructional Supervisor, said.
Created five years ago by Spanish Teachers...
No longer will students enjoy snow days huddling indoors spending their day off watching movies as senior Madeline Gifargas once did. Now, when any Illinois public schools close due to inclement weather,...
Trigger warning: this story contains descriptions of gun violence and school shootings.
In another devastating incident of gun violence, two students were shot on Feb. 1 in an attack on South Education...
In every sport, at every game and every practice, there seems to be at least one athlete sitting on the sidelines, unable to play. These players are plagued with an athlete’s greatest fear and inevitable...
Returning to the high school where his engineering aspirations began, 2019 South alum Amil Dravid hopes to empower the next generation of students. Now a junior at Northwestern University studying computer...
As junior Alyssa Yagelski arrived at her server job at Pizano’s Pizza and Pasta, she witnessed an all too familiar scene: waitresses and waiters dashed around the dining room, simultaneously trying to...
As rain washed over the turf of New Trier West’s field, girls in field hockey uniforms collided in the cold air. Ponytails were drenched in not just sweat as the scoreboard slowly ticked down during...
Peering out into the hundreds of faces, senior Sebastian Zimmer stepped onto the stage, taking in one last moment of silence before his performance began.
As the lead singer and guitarist of his band,...
As the sun set, students in dresses and suits flooded the West Lot with unmatched adrenaline, feeling the excitement in the air. On Sept. 25, students gathered at South’s Homecoming dance for the first...
Amongst countless books and studying students in the library, Mike Boyle, head of the Chrome Depot—a resource for technology troubles—and World Language Lab, hunches over a student’s malfunctioning...
Hours after school, South’s vacant hallways echo with witty lines, upbeat music, exuberant laughter and rhythmic snaps emanating from the cast of this year’s Glenbrook Musical, The Addams Family....
Masked-up and six feet away from her fellow performers, senior Grace Cullum executed the routines she had spent months rehearsing for this year’s Variety Show, “Rise”. As she struck that final fabulous...
District 225 announced an Adaptive Pause, the closing of school to teachers and students, that is issued through Jan. 18, with hybrid instruction resuming the following day. The pause was created in an...
The first week of phased-in hybrid learning was cut short a day due to confirmed and probable cases of Covid-19, according to an email Superintendent Dr. Charles Johns sent to students, staff and parents...
For senior Regina Papadatos and her family, who own local restaurant Plateia Mediterranean Kitchen, the COVID-19 pandemic has been detrimental for their business, as well as for their employees and overall...
The annual Variety Show is very well known at South, but what people aren’t familiar with is the secret basketball game between two groups a week before their performances: the Singer Dancers and the...
In the biggest game of her life, junior Grace Diehl remembered sprinting back onto the soccer field with a concussion and broken nose after a rough collision with an opposing player in front of Cornell...
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