Oracle Overview: Week 1

Have you ever made a decision to do something because someone inspired you to do so? Andrew Fuller is a senior at Delphi Community High School and has been inspired by Mrs. Brummett to take on the art of photography. Art can come in multiple forms such as painting, sculpting, photography, music, and poetry. Starting about three years ago during his sophomore year, Andrew discovered a passion for a new ...

For many high schoolers, there is nothing better than a Friday night football game. At every home game you see the marching band, half of which is composed of senior members. Rain or shine, these seniors are there. These skilled individuals have dedicated a part of their lives to the rigorous task of being a part of the marching band. Enduring hours of marching practices and band camp, they have been s...

Every school year during homecoming week, each class decorates a golf cart to show their school spirit in an innovative and creative way. The freshman class had a “Jurassic” theme including several dinosaurs that made an appearance. The sophomore class’s theme was “Sailing Our Way to Victory!" The juniors had a “Scooby-Doo” theme that included several classmates dressed up as the easily-recogn...

FFA has been very active these last few weeks. The district kickoff was just last week, and Delphi had 23 members attend the event. Junior Lydia Hensley said, “There were seven schools involved, Delphi, Rossville, Clinton Central, Clinton Prairie, Hamilton Heights, and Sheridan High School.” Once they arrived at Sheridan, everyone sat down and got to know each other with a few icebreaker gam...

Speech is a class dedicated to enhancing the public speaking and communication abilities of its students. This skill development is accomplished through the telling of stories, vigorous debating, exchange of ideas and opinions, and, of course, speeches. The goals of a proper speech and/or debate depends entirely on the speaker’s intent; it could be to inspire, to intrigue, to entertain, or to persuade. W...

Last Friday, Sept. 14, Delphi teachers Mrs. Pickering and Mrs. Brummett took 23 students to the Convention Center in Indianapolis for the NBM show. Students were able to see lots of different businesses in the industry of digital graphics. They were also shown different applications in the industry, from t-shirts and apparel all the way to vinyl. According to graphic design teacher Mrs. Brummett, “...

If you’ve ever walked into Mr. Gaspar’s room, you will immediately know that besides being a history buff, he is a comic book nerd. Beaded comic book characters line the walls, from Spiderman to Link and Cyborg to Hawkeye, Mr. Gaspar has gathered quite a collection. He makes them on his own. “I first saw them at the Chicago Comic Book Convention. I was going to buy some, but then I said, ‘Why...

Your Delphi dance team started working on their hip-hop routine on Sept. 15, 2018.  They were dancing their hearts out from 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m learning their dance. Their first competition is just around the corner in December, so they are drilling the dance day in and day out.  They haven’t yet started on their pom routine for competition, but it will be coming to the floor soon. This year, t...

Twin Lakes’ Spanish teacher, Mrs. Manahan, has been bitten by the travel bug. In 2020 she and a group of students are going to go to Italy, Spain, and Bulgaria. They have invited Delphi students to join along. Mrs. Manahan has been doing these school trips for twenty years. She focuses on what students want to do, and then she makes it happen. This amazing opportunity is ten days long and costs $3,395. The ...