The Oracle

Key Club hosts, attends multiple service events

Hope Carrane & Sasha Vassilyeva, staff reporters
May 29, 2015

Key Club participated in a variety of events this past year, with their last event taking place on May 29 for South science teacher Linda Kocian. One of the recent service events that Key Club hosted...

STAND brings awareness to Armenian Genocide

Sasha Vassilyeva, staff reporter
May 23, 2015

The Armenian Genocide is one of many massacres caused by cultural violence and mass murder. STAND had its annual Peace Advocacy Week on April 13-17 to raise awareness about human rights, refugees...

South staff, students respond to vaccination controversy

Hope Carrane & Sasha Vassilyeva, staff reporters
March 21, 2015

The recent measles outbreak in California, along with several confirmed cases in Illinois, led to controversy among the public about whether or not children should be vaccinated. According to the Illinois...

The Season For Giving: The Youth Services of Glenview and Northbrook host an annual holiday gift drive for families in need. Through this program, South students join in the spirit of giving.

Olivia Sotirchos & Sasha Vassilyeva, staff reporters
December 19, 2014

The holiday season, typically commencing with the post-Thanksgiving food coma and ending only when the very last glass from the New Year’s day gathering has been returned to the back of the cabinet,...

South studies parking lot, drives toward improvements

Sasha Vassilyeva, staff reporter
November 7, 2014

The expansions of South’s parking lots this summer have not only increased parking spaces for students, but created traffic problems that are currently being resolved by the administration. Currently,...

PARCC test to replace PSAE

Sasha Vassilyeva, staff reporter
October 3, 2014

Students taking Algebra 2 and/or students who are enrolled in Junior English will be required to take the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) test this spring. The...

Peer Group reworks plan to best support freshmen

Sasha Vassilyeva, staff writer
May 23, 2014

South’s Peer Group Program will be expanding next year by adding classrooms, teachers and senior leaders, according to Joy Cooper, Peer Group coordinator. Peer Group started in the 1970s as a transition...

Senior writes her way to Carnegie Hall with national award

Sasha Vassilyeva, staff writer
April 22, 2014

Senior Carolyn Kelly won a National Gold Medal in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for her short story “The Harvard Hopeful’s Handbook.” Kelly will receive her award at Carnegie Hall in June. Kelly...