Oracle Overview – Volume 3.16

Over the past week, Mr. Mroczkiewicz’s speech class has been preparing their demonstrative speech presentations. These are speeches that use the help of a visual aide to teach the class about a chosen topic. According to Mr. Mroczkiewicz, “This assignment was all about pointing the students in a general direction, giving them a little push, and then seeing where that journey took them.” The spe...

Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman is a dystopian novel that takes place during a major drought in southern California that results in the taps running dry. Two of the main characters are Kelton, whose family has been preparing for the end of the world for ages, and Alyssa, the girl next door who had previously been freaked out by Kelton. Their fates bring them together, and on their jour...

Just over a week ago, Miss Crowel decided to upload her first TikTok video as a way to interact with students. Before she knew it, she had over one million views. “My phone would get ninety-nine plus notifications every time I would open it. I had to turn off notifications from the app altogether,” she says. Miss Crowel’s TikTok community seems to have a soft spot in their heart for her cat, Frank,...

To start off this spring on a happy note, the drama department of DCHS will be putting on a performance of Mary Poppins. Auditioning for roles will be held on Feb. 8-10, from 5:30-6:30. Due to COVID-19, auditions will be held virtually during a 10 minute slot with Mrs. Cotten. If interested, go pick up an audition sheet from the piano on the stage, and email Mrs. Cotten to set up an audition time. For your au...

With graduation fast approaching, Parnassus took a poll of the plans of our seniors following this school year. The results are in, and broken into three categories the most picked category is college bound students. This makes up 82% of the responses with the most common college among the seniors is Indiana’s very own Purdue University, with a close second being IUK (Indiana University of Kokomo)....

Presely Munson loves her pet ferret Barry Jo who turned two on Dec. 22. Since Presley and Barry have been together for so long, they have developed quite the bond, and just like any other animal Barry likes to give kisses to his favorite human. Presley said, “There’s never a dull moment with [her] weasel!” So, if you see Presley, ask her about Barry, and I am sure that masked weasel will steal y...

Let’s forget about our 2020 fashion sense that consists almost solely of athleisure. Looking forward into the spring season, we can spot some trends that have been solidified on the runways. “Monochrome Magic,” as referred to by Vogue, has been all over the runways. Monochrome had a small comeback last year, but it is coming back with a bang! The easiest way to participate in this trend is we...