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Holiday season calls for religious awareness

Editorial Board
December 14, 2018

Every year during Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, junior Yasmeen Mohammed Rafee has playful fasting competitions with her sisters. On Eid al-Fitr, the last day of Ramadan, millions of...

illustration by Gigi Cepeda

New PE policies have right idea, require refinement

Editorial Board
September 28, 2018

This year, the PE Department decided to change some rules and expectations, specifically concerning dress code and grading. The Oracle’s Editorial Board believes there is room for improvement in both...

illustration by Riley Gunderson

Workload compels students to disregard health

Oracle Editorial Board
November 10, 2017

Throughout the years of elementary school and middle school, many students earn a reputation for notoriously faking sick. Whether it be heating a thermometer under a warm faucet, drawing red polka dots...

Missing class calls for student, teacher action

Oracle Editorial Board
February 10, 2017

Your alarm rings on Thursday morning and you sigh with dread. Another day of tests and quizzes that you know you should have studied for, but didn’t. It was an off week, and you just didn’t have the...

Student social media presents potential for positive practice

November 4, 2016

In light of college application season, many students may suddenly realize that the way they represent themselves on social media is not the way they want admissions counselors to see them. Some students...

Distracted driving: ingrained habit poses serious threat

Distracted driving: ingrained habit poses serious threat

The Oracle Editorial Board
February 6, 2015

Emma Hartman, former South student and daughter of South Social Worker David Hartman, is thought to have been in the middle of sending a text message when her car crossed a highway median into oncoming...

Content filtering invites student input, potential to change

Content filtering invites student input, potential to change

Editorial Board
December 19, 2014

As South has become an increasingly technology-based environment, students and teachers alike have become more familiar with the content-filtering system, known as Securly, that is used to limit material...

Current events inclusion benefits classroom

Current events inclusion benefits classroom

The Oracle Editorial Board
October 3, 2014

Even though the outside world buzzes with activity and the state of important world affairs is constantly fluctuating, many students are lacking this up-to-date part of their education inside the walls...

Parents: contribute opinion to present, not future, enrollment situation

Parents: contribute opinion to present, not future, enrollment situation

Editorial Board
April 21, 2014

Last fall, when District enrollment projections predicted that South would surpass its 3,100-student capacity by the 2016-17 school year, parents started talking about the possibility of redrawing boundaries...

Teachers’ hurtful classroom behavior requires student intervention

Teachers’ hurtful classroom behavior requires student intervention

Editorial Board
April 21, 2014

When a student talks about being embarrassed or teased at school, most would assume the provocation is coming from a peer. However, according to a non-scientific Oracle-conducted survey of 221 students,...

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Career happiness results from following personal definitions of success

Editorial Board
March 14, 2014

As South students plan and organize their future academic goals, according to an Oracle-conducted survey, 47 percent of 202 South students said that they plan to pursue a certain field because of money. The...

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Students: utilize mental health support system at school

Editorial Board
March 14, 2014

Life is full of different struggles, including fights with friends and family, stress from schoolwork, loss of loved ones and mental disorders like anxiety and depression. Although some of these issues...

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