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

To All the Languages I’ve Loved Before: Learning Language through TV

To All the Languages I’ve Loved Before: Learning Language through TV

Rahm Sheinfeld, columnist
March 18, 2024

Just over a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, I found my 13-year-old self confined to my bedroom, yearning for something to break up the monotony of his quarantine. As I aimlessly scrolled through Netflix,...

South wins AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award

South wins AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award

Betsy Jarsoick, Staff writer
March 11, 2022

South has received the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award from the College Board for the 2020-2021 school year, according to Phil Gartner, mathematics instructional supervisor. The award recognized...

Illustration by Ella Prillaman

Racism at South prompts the need for discussions on sensitivity

The Editorial Board
November 15, 2019

While walking through the halls of South, one might hear conversations about weekend plans or homework complaints. However, Andrea Ball-Ryan, Black Student Union sponsor and South social worker, expressed...

Illustration by Patsy Carolan

Student environment requires conversation about diversity

March 15, 2019

As your eyes scan over the repetitive rows of your history textbook, you read something that should stop you in your tracks. 10.7 million enslaved people arrived in America between 1526 and 1867, according...

Counteracting disposition toward prejudice fosters empathy, understanding

Katie Cavender, co-editor-in-chief
December 16, 2016

When I went on a college visit recently and stayed overnight, one of the girls who stayed in the same room as me was quiet, high-pitched when she did speak and overweight. Almost instinctually, I neglected...

Illustration by Sarah Warner

Diversified friendships broaden understanding, perspective

Cassidy Jackson, co-sports editor
December 16, 2016

As I crossed Japanese customs in the summer of 2013 on my way to visit my best friend, Mio, I immediately entered my own version of Where’s Waldo? Except, instead of readers scrambling for hours to find...

English departments consider  implications of classroom diversity

English departments consider implications of classroom diversity

Cassidy Foronda, asst. news editor
December 16, 2016

GBN, GBS and feeder middle school English departments gathered for a professional development meeting about classroom diversity on Nov. 4. Dr. Tom Kucharski, English instructional supervisor, says...

Load More Stories