Skip to Main Content
The news site of Glenbrook South High School.

The Oracle

The news site of Glenbrook South High School.

The Oracle

The news site of Glenbrook South High School.

The Oracle

Meet your Instructional Supervisors (continued)

Meet your Instructional Supervisors (continued)

Molly Tomczyk, co-features editor
March 14, 2025

From playing in a band to directing one, and now supervising programs, Cody Halberstadt, Instructional Supervisor (IS) of the Fine Arts Department, is driven by desire to share the community he found in...

A&W Detailing: Seniors Ammar Khan (left) and Will Weinstock (right) pose, showing off shirts with logos of their car-detailing business, A&W Detailing, on them. Khan and Weinstock are both student entrepreneurs.

Student-founded businesses

Maia Weissman, co-features editor
March 14, 2025

Starting your own business can feel appealing to high school students. From gaining financial independence to developing leadership skills, there are many different aspects of business owning that draw...

Ambassadors welcome, embrace new students

Ambassadors welcome, embrace new students

Zoha Suteria, Emily Browne
March 14, 2025

As soon as classroom doors fling open, students stream down the hallways, rushing in opposite directions down the well-worn paths they have traveled to dozens of times before, their voices bouncing off...

A FRANK DISCUSSION: Paraprofessional Frank Stankowicz (right) engaged in a conversation with students such as Mariam Iddir  (left) during lunch one day. Stankowicz surveys the lunch rooms in addition to State & Madison, the  halls, and other areas of South.

Frank’s Fond Farewell

Molly Tomczyk and Madeline Kim
March 14, 2025

In South’s parking lots, one man in neon yellow attire stands amidst the organized chaos of teens making the morning commute. Signaling them to stop, turn, and waving them forward, Paraprofessional Frank...

Breaking gender molds

Breaking gender molds

Maia Weissman, Sofia Cole, and Molly Tomczyk
March 14, 2025

Pink and dolls for girls, blue and trucks for boys’: Gender stereotypes that were planted from a young age persist through one’s life. However,  these stereotypes go beyond just colors and toys; they...

PRESS CONFERENCE: On Feb. 28, Congressman Mike Quigley visited The Oracle Editorial Board, Etruscan staff, and Civic students. He discussed the importance of political activism, especially
for students.

Get to know Congressman Quigley

When Congressman Mike Quigley, (D-IL 5th) visited South on February 28, he didn’t just talk about politics—he also talked about perseverance, responsibility, and the power of young people to make a...

Illustration by Anne Ladouceur

SASA brightens up Holi

Lauren Taylor, Staff writer
March 14, 2025

Each year, the South courtyard atmosphere is transformed for a day, filled with yellow, green, and red powders as well as laughter from the members of its South Asian Student Association (SASA), which...

Meet your Instructional Supervisors

Meet your Instructional Supervisors

Molly Tomczyk, Features Editor
February 14, 2025

Danita Fitch, Instructional Supervisor (IS) of World Languages, has been IS for about twenty years, starting in 2005 when her predecessor moved out of state. Fitch had never considered becoming IS, but...

At the heart of South

At the heart of South

Molly Tomczyk and Maia Weissman
February 14, 2025

For every ten cases of cardiac arrest that occur outside of a hospital, only about one will survive, the American Heart Association (AHA), said. A way to increase the chances of survival is bystander Cardiopulmonary...

Jacobson delves into doctorate

Jacobson delves into doctorate

Emma Winer, Assistant Editor
February 14, 2025

The library is a special place, a hub of research and knowledge open to all, but for librarian Dr. Kristen Jacobson, it's even more. Part of Jacobson's role as librarian is to help inquiring minds search...

IN THE ZONE: Junior Isa Arranz works the front desk at Twelve Tone Music School as an after-school and weekend job. Balancing work and school has proved quite the task for Arranz as she continues to juggle daily assignments and demands of
high school, extracurricular activities, and tasks at her job.

High school balancing act

Alyssa Ramirez, Assistant editor
February 14, 2025

As the bell rang, signaling the end of Block 4, the hallways flooded as students made a beeline toward the exits to get to their extracurriculars, athletics, or homes. For some students like junior Isa...

Honoring Black history through art

Honoring Black history through art

Evelyn Junia, staff writer
February 14, 2025

Carefully crafted stencils including Maya Angelou, Kendrick Lamar, and many other influential African Americans were intricately constructed by Public Art Collaborative (PAC) in collabora tion with the...

Load More Stories