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The news site of Glenbrook South High School.

The Oracle

The news site of Glenbrook South High School.

The Oracle

Vibrance lights South

Vibrance lights South

Anna Ivanov, asst. sports editor
December 22, 2023

A mix of traditional Indian music, rap, Spanish pop, hip-hop, and lyrical pieces filled South’s auditorium. With dancers from all grades and all backgrounds, South students came together for...

Cheer flips into competition season

Cheer flips into competition season

Kate Rogula, asst sports editor
December 22, 2023

As winter kicks in, so does South’s cheerleading competition season. With the end of football season, basketball starts up, marking a transition cheer must make. Fall cheerleading, considered...

Girls gymnastics leaps to success

Girls’ gymnastics leaps to success

Kate Shambo and Conor Burke
December 22, 2023

The balance beam is not the only thing Girls’ Gymnastics will be balancing on this upcoming season. The team looks to create a healthy divide between the mental and physical aspects of the sport, as...

Running for replenishment

Running for replenishment

Kate Shambo, asst. sports editor
December 22, 2023

The sun begins to set, and the sound of tennis shoes against pavement echos off of the houses nearby. Groups of students shuffle back to South, as this marks the start of winter running club. Senior Grace...

Take off

Take off

Danielle Joseph, sports editor
December 22, 2023

Forever friendships, international competition, and a once-in-a-life-time experience are all characteristics Scott Nemecek, Varsity Girls’ Basketball Head Coach, used to de- scribe the opportunity...

Photo by Alex Dardynskiy

Wrestling into new season

Jonnie Devine, staff writer
December 22, 2023

This year saw a record breaking number of 110 students try out for the wrestling team, Pat Castillo, Varsity Wrestling Head Coach, said.  Not only has there been a profound increase in the number of...

Illustration by Erika Li

Injury causes athletes’ setbacks

Reese Foxman, staff writer
December 22, 2023

Sophomore Jessica Traub was about to finish one of her dances for Varsity Poms. When getting up from her final pose, her knee popped out of place. She froze in pain. After about 30 minutes of anguish and...

Australian travel program impresses

Australian travel program impresses

Danielle Joseph, sports editor
December 22, 2023

Since 2007, Showtime Basketball Tours has taken dozens of Australian club and school basketball teams across the globe to play international competition in the U.S., Show- time director Kelvin...

Cross Country Lends a Hand

Cross Country Lends a Hand

Sara Rahman, Brigitte Sisto
November 25, 2023

In the fall of 1998, runners on South’s boys’ cross country team were looking for a special goal to end their summer running, Hasenstein said. The team realized that donations to the Northfield Food...

Swimming at South: Souths original pool (pictured above, circa 1960s) once hosted both gym classes and swim teams. It was not until the Glenbrook referendum in the summer of 2007 that the second pool was added for the swim team.

South’s Pool hold History and Value

Queen Moshi, Staff Writer
November 20, 2023

The smell of chlorine fills the air as water splashes echo around the pool, with small puddles of water on the ground from people entering and exiting the pool. Not every high school in America has two...

Erika Li, Anna Ivanov

South hires new coaches

Jonnie Devine, staff writer
November 17, 2023

This year, South’s athletic department saw 37 coaching vacancies, and 17 spots have yet to be filled, Athletic Director Tom Mietus said. The district added new coaching positions and coaches...

Crossing the finish line

Crossing the finish line

Conor Burke, staff writer
November 17, 2023

Kurt Hasenstein is retiring as South’s Cross Country and Track and Field Head Coach. Hasenstein has had an incredible career coupled with multiple state awards in individual track events and seven state...

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