The Oracle

South students choose gap year as alternative post-grad plan

Imra Tajuddin, co-editor-in-chief
May 24, 2019

While most seniors from South are heading straight to one of thousands of universities across the U.S.A. and beyond, senior Yvonne Fondrevay is taking a slightly different path. Beginning this summer,...

Gap year benefits self discovery, provides needed break

Eliza Schloss, co-editor-in-chief
March 15, 2019

I really should take a gap year, but I won’t. Having endured countless years in school, the past four being the most vigorous, nothing sounds worse than going back to school next year to have to be...

Gap year provides break from demanding school environments

Julia Marriott, staff writer
February 8, 2019

High school can go by in the blink of an eye, but what happens after that? College? Joining the military? Work? Many students at South leave the school without completely knowing what careers they wish...

South seniors to bypass conventional college route with gap year

Addie Lyon & Marley Hambourger, Senior Editors
May 29, 2015

Deciding where your steps out of high school will lead is, for many students, a four year-long decision making process. Many choose to take a typical route in selecting a university that suits them best;...

Locker room stench deems avoidable, change needed

Danny Fookson, Columnist
December 4, 2014

Listen up, Glenbrook South. How’s block schedule goin’ for ya? Don’t answer aloud, or you’ll look like a weirdo talking to your computer. Back to blocks, people! Blocks are long. This year we had...