Oracle Overview – Volume 2.2

This year, a brand new drama club is being sponsored by Mrs. Cotten. The club’s mission is set on developing students’ understanding of theater, as it will focus on theater techniques such as lights and sound, set design, direction, dialogue, choreography, music, costumes and props, hair and make-up, and publicity. Members will learn about these through hands-on experience, as students will be div...

Coke or Pepsi?  Pepsi.    Would you rather go skydiving or bungee jumping? Skydiving, but my dad has a deathly fear of skydiving, so I would have to do it in secret and then tell my family I did it.   If you could change one event in the past with no consequences, what would you change? Hitler getting into art school.    Is cereal a soup? Cereal is a br...

The Interact Club is already engaged in their mission of helping others this school year by hosting its first ever clothing drive. Clothing donations will be accepted all year long. At the end of the school year, Interact will host a clothing sale, with all of the proceeds going to a selected non-profit organization. Elijah Hudson, treasurer of the Interact Club, said, “This clothing drive has great...

Late last year Mr. Coyner started a mural on the back wall of the art room. His inspiration was found at Peru High School, walking into the art room and seeing walls decorated with the hand prints of all the seniors who had come and gone through the art department. Mr. Coyner then decided that he wanted to have something to break up the monotony of the classroom, something that would allow his students t...

Senior English teacher, Mrs. Kreiling, introduced the senior class to a project that will end up lasting their entire senior year. Students will be writing an eight chapter autobiography. “By the time everything is said and done, you could end up with a book that’s 50 pages long,” Kreiling informed one class period. Each chapter will cover a specific topic, with topics such as Early Childhood...

Mrs. Kinzie’s first hour Advanced Interactive Media class has started a new video series this year. This video series, called the Oracle Scoop, is going to be released on Friday of each week. For this series, they have two teams of students that alternate between researching and filming. The students find information from the sports schedule, activities schedule, announcements, and word of mouth and then they...

Mrs. Circle, who is currently working on her doctorate degree, recently presented her thesis in front of her dissertation committee. This presentation was the culmination of one and a half years’ work. She presented the first 3 chapters which consisted of 170 pages of research. The first chapter described her topic: student motivation. The next chapter included all of the research that has been c...

The tennis team is off to a strong start and a large part of that is the success of the #2 doubles team of Colt Spangler and Sam Schimmel. The duo is 6-1 so far, only losing to a very good Twin Lakes team. Colt Spangler said, “The key to us winning is keeping calm and playing consistent throughout the match.”

The Delphi drama club recently announced that its fall show will be High School Musical. Though most everyone already knows this beloved musical’s plot, here is a quick refresher. Basketball star Troy Bolten (Elijah Hudson) falls in love with science wiz Gabriella Montez (Jessica Powlen) as they bond over a hidden love for music. After auditioning for the school musical, the school goes haywire causing...