Oracle Overview – Volume 2.8

On Wednesday, Jan. 15, Delphi’s Quiz Bowl team travelled to Pioneer High School to compete against the last half of their schedule. The varsity team went 2-1, losing only to Culver Academy. The JV team went 3-0, beating North White twice and North Miami once. Overall, the varsity went 4-2, tying North White in record but clinching second due to their superior points per game statistic. The JV team...

Our theater program is at it again with a new spring production. This spring, Delphi Community High School is performing Anne of Green Gables. This play is about Anne Shirley (Aspen Moyer), an orphan who was sent to Green Gables to be adopted by Matthew ( Noah Red Elk ) and Marilla (Ensley Circle). While there, Anne’s quirky and stubborn personality leads to all kinds of troubles and adventures. Howe...

Mrs. Dennison’s anatomy classes are in the middle of their pig dissection unit. The unit lasts between four to six weeks and covers most aspects of the pig’s anatomy. Students cover the external anatomy first, then they move onto the internal aspects (muscles, organs, and blood vessels). The goal of the unit is to learn the locations and operations of different muscles and organs as well as how they...

Creative Writing Club is one of the new additions to Delphi’s after school clubs. It is an open environment for all the writers of DCHS to express themselves and get to know the English language all the more. In creative writing they learn valuable skills in writing short stories, or possibly that novel that has been in the back of their heads. Then the writers apply what the learned and share thei...

Last weekend, during halftime of the boys’ varsity homecoming basketball game, Cole Murray was recognized for his basketball career. Murray’s jersey number 25 was retired by the Delphi Community School Board of Trustees. At Delphi, he was a member of the 1,000 point club, recognized as 3rd team All State in 2013, along with leading the Oracles to a sectional championship. After graduating from Delphi, C...

Where were you from before you came here? School? Town? Before coming here I attended Jefferson High School in Lafayette. Do you have a favorite teacher so far? Who? No, not at the moment but the teachers I have are cool. Class is fun but educational at the same time so it’s kinda balanced. Are there any activities that interest you at Delphi? Yeah! Football, track, and soccer. Do you have any u...

This semester Mrs. Johnson and the custodians are teaming up on an impactful project. They hope to be able to spruce up the smaller fish pond in the library to make it healthy enough for fish to live in it. Along with the pond itself, they are planning to clean up the riverbed and rocks and replace all of the greenery which comes to an estimated cost of about $800.  According to Mrs. Johnson, “The custodians...

 Planning and writing is underway throughout the English Department for the 2020 This I Believe season. Started in 2017, This I Believe has become a tradition within the halls of Delphi Community High School, with each student submitting a written personal narrative. Delphi is unique in having this program, as other area schools have not adopted such a program into their schools. The top four ess...

On Jan. 16, Delphi Community High School hosted a community blood drive. Anyone from the community could donate, and all of the Delphi club presidents congregated to find ways to spread the word. In total, our community donated 39 units of blood, with 9 being double red. Over 15 adults in our town came in and donated. The school partnered with Versiti Blood Center to set this drive into motion. Thi...