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The news site of Glenbrook South High School.

The Oracle

The news site of Glenbrook South High School.

The Oracle

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District switches to zero-based budgeting system

  Beginning this year, District 225 implemented a zero-based budgeting policy in which budgets are dependent purely on necessity. This policy affects the athletic, academic and student activities...

Administration jump-starts identity initiative

Administration jump-starts identity initiative

Imra Tajuddin, co-news editor
December 22, 2017

Starting this school year, identity will be the organizational focus for the faculty and staff, according to Principal Dr. Lauren Fagel. The initiative is designed to help students feel secure in their...

illustration by Raya Shoilekova

Student Services limits schedule changes

Mary Grace Reynolds, co-news editor
October 6, 2017

The GBS Guidance Counselors implemented a new policy that limits the reasons a student can change their schedule for the 2017-2018 school year. According to Guidance Counselor Matthew Drone, there are...

Civil Communication: Standing to the side, Oracle editors, Anne Marie Yurik (front) and Alexandra Sharp (back) interview a Trump supporter who attended the Trump resistance rally held in Indianapolis. The rally was used as a way for individuals to voice their concern of a Trump presidency. Photo by Yoon Kim

Trump resistance rally garners further Republican respect

Anne Marie Yurik & Alexandra Sharp, co-editor in chief, co-features editor
November 13, 2016

At a Trump resistance rally at Indiana’s capitol building on Saturday, Nov. 12, Republicans furthered our respect. We’re not going to lie; everybody has political bias; however, we wanted to cover...

Reflection vital for understanding of sexuality

Katie Cavender, co-news editor
October 2, 2015

When I was 14, during the summer of my freshman year, I was introduced to a girl who called herself “bisexual”. Though I knew what it meant, I had never met anyone who called themselves that before....

New club ‘LiNK’ seeks donations for refugees fleeing North Korea

New club ‘LiNK’ seeks donations for refugees fleeing North Korea

Georgia Arvanitis, co-news editor
April 24, 2015

South’s new club Liberty in North Korea (LiNK) has started a fundraiser to assist refugees attempting to flee North Korea. The purpose of the club is to raise awareness about the oppressive nature...

GBS Connects provides career exploration opportunities

GBS Connects provides career exploration opportunities

Georgia Arvanitis, co-news editor
March 13, 2015

On March 19, South will hold the second ever GBS Connects career day, which will provide all students the opportunity to consider a multitude of professions in presentations given by professionals who...

World Within Reach: Sydney Siege

Kali Croke, co-news editor
December 19, 2014

Shortly before 5 p.m. on Dec. 14, Iranian radicalist Man Haron Monis entered a chocolate cafe in downtown Sydney, Australia with gun in hand. In what would be a 17-hour hostage standoff, the so-called...

Students, teachers reflect on block schedule

Students, teachers reflect on block schedule

Georgia Arvanitis, co-news editor
November 7, 2014

Students and teachers alike continue to have differing opinions on the advantages and disadvantages of the block schedule. According to Dawn Hall, instructional supervisor of the Applied Technology...

World Within Reach: The Threat of Ebola

Kali Croke, co-news editor
November 7, 2014

As of Nov. 4, the United States has confirmed four cases of the Ebola virus within its borders, the last of which was reported on Oct. 23. Before the virus’s recent outbreak in West Africa, Ebola’s...

South graduate meets hopeful student in Kenya

Georgia Arvanitis, co-news editor
October 3, 2014

Lauren Ingebrigtsen, 2014 graduate traveled to Kenya for a service trip with an organization called Matanya’s Hope July 7 to Aug. 28. Ingebrigtsen had been a member of South club STAND for Peace for...

A day in the life of an Academy student

Charlotte Kelly, co-news editor
May 23, 2014

Academy Student Charlotte Kelly takes a look at the stereotype of an Academy student. The following is a parody of what South perceives as the average day of an Academy student. 4:30 a.m. Wake up....

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