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Mae Kuchimanchi

Mae Kuchimanchi, Co-Sports Editor

Hi! I’m Mae Kuchimanchi, a junior, and a Co-Sports Editor this year! This is my third year in The Oracle but my second as an editor. Outside of The Oracle, I play multiple instruments and I love to play tennis!

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TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK: Girls’ Varsity Soccer Head Coach Cassidy Price coaches and cheers on her athletes during the Girls’ Varsity Conference match. The game took place on May 8 against Evanston Township High School.

Cassidy Price returns to Girls’ Varsity Soccer

Mae Kuchimanchi, asst. editor
May 23, 2025

Charging across the field, a soccer player played aggressively, trying to win the game. Six years later, South welcomed a familiar face onto the soccer field as Cassidy Price returned as Girls’ Varsity...

Understanding impacts of microaggressions

Understanding impacts of microaggressions

Mae Kuchimanchi, asst. editor
April 25, 2025

"I don’t see color.” This phrase is often used with good intentions, but it is a common microaggression heard throughout everyday life. Initially, it may sound like a call for equality, when really,...

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Moritz to lead World Languages

Mae Kuchimanchi and David Schleicher
March 14, 2025

French Teacher Amanda Moritz has been named Instructional Supervisor (IS) of World Languages starting in the 2025-2026 school year following the retirement of current IS and Spanish Teacher, Danita Fitch. The...

Multi-talented Titans

Multi-talented Titans

Mae Kuchimanchi, asst. editor
February 19, 2025

Once she found her passion for music and dance, sophomore Emi Lewis, Bel Canto and Chamber singer, Orchesis dancer, and violist in the Glenbrook Symphony Orchestra (GSO), found herself joining different...

DYING TO DEADLIFT: Senior Rylie Kalinsky deadlifts in the weights room after school. As a participant of the Powerlifting Club, Kalinsky and others meet on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Lifting up community

Mae Kuchimanchi, asst. editor
December 20, 2024

As the barbell rises off the rack, senior Rylie Kalinsky takes a steadying breath. The clang of weights echoes through the room, but her focus is singular—on herself and the lift ahead. The Powerlifting...

Art Forms Connections: Senior Cece Biank’s mixed media piece about her mother, who is a psychologist, features a mixture of photography and painting to represent disconnection in her artwork.

AP Art Show dives deep into themes

Mae Kuchimanchi and Audrey Reid
April 25, 2024

Advanced Placement (AP) Art students have worked tirelessly throughout the year on 15-piece portfolios which were showcased at the AP Art Show on April 22. Within the portfolio, students develop a Sustained...

Oracle After Hours: Free college: ideal, not realistic

Oracle After Hours: Free college: ideal, not realistic

Mae Kuchimanchi, staff writer
April 22, 2024

College is like a strong, passionate feeling. Some students think about it throughout their high school years. Those who wish to go to college often face high tuition costs. While some believe tuition...

Successful Conference: South’s Model U.N. team leaves Boston with 13 individual awards,
students winning Best, Outstanding, Honorable, and Verbal Delegate. BOSMUN was an invite
only conference, with 21 students attending.

Students win BosMUN for the second year

Mae Kuchimanchi, staff writer
February 16, 2024

For the second year in a row, South’s Model United Nations (Model U.N.) competed and won best large delegation at the Boston University Model United Nations conference (BosMUN), Rahm Sheinfeld, Model...

Argonne National Laboratory: South students research how carbon affects climate change.

Students, scientists participate in ESRP

Sarah Park and Mae Kuchimanchi
December 22, 2023

Exemplary Student Research Program (ESRP) is a co-curricular program allowing South students to participate in college-level research at the Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois, Jeff Rylander,...

Languages speak volumes

Arwa Ghomrawi and Mae Kuchimanchi
November 17, 2023

Each fall, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) holds the World Languages Expo, a professional development event attended by approximately 7,000 educators, according to the...

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