Oracle Overview: Week 5

Last year, the Delphi Interact Club started to collect books for the African Library Project (ALP). They quickly amassed a wide selection of books and soon were able to send it to the ALP headquarters. In mid-June, the books arrived at Bondo Township Primary School in Kenya. The school is located right near the shores of Lake Victoria. The books were not sent directly to the school, , and the boxes ...

Many of us wonder what the world looks like close up?  Many people view nature through different forms of art. Which expresses nature's beauty. One person who takes advantage of what nature has to offer is Alison McKinzie.      “Taking pictures has always be a hobby of mine. I love being able to go out and take pictures of nature and people doing their natural thing. I have been taking Ph...

On Saturday, Dec. 8, the Delphi dance team including freshmen Kori O’Daniels, Maddie Prickett, Elyse Perry, Elaina Flores, Mazilyn Wilson, Sydney Ross, and Ariana Roman: sophomores Cynthia Rossi and Jessica Powlen; junior Angel Prince, and senior Madisyn Jacobs, will be having their first dance competition at Crawfordsville Middle School.  They will be performing a hip hop routine with a combina...

The DCHS wrestling team has placed first in their first two tournaments this season. To begin, the Oracles competed against eight surrounding schools in the Winamac Super 8 tournament on Dec. 1, and came out the victorious team. A week later on Dec. 12, they partook in the Logansport Invitational in which they beat out the three other wrestling teams to place first. Delphi will be a force to r...

Delphi’s Entertainers group traveled to Purdue’s campus on Wednesday, Dec. 5 to spread holiday cheer and perform Christmas music. They sang for passersby at Purdue Memorial Union on campus and proceeded to sing for nursing home residents. Each performance took between 20 and 25 minutes. They performed seasoned classics, such as “Angels We Have Heard On High”, “Fruitcake”, and “Jingle ...

In response to the low turnout for Battle of the Books last year, Ms. Lawton decided to form a book club instead. Seventeen students and three teachers joined the club, which held its first meeting on Thursday, Dec. 6.  The first book they are reading is If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson, and it is about two star-crossed lovers. Well-known Indiana young adult author John Green is hosting a ...

English classes conducted by Mr. Mroczkiewicz have started their winter book projects. The students are to select a novel from any genre or author, and then read and analyze the books. The students have been instructed to delve deep into the intertwining plots, mechanics, and characters of their selected stories, and compose a multimodality project that corresponds with their novels. Mr. Mroczkiewicz ...

On Wednesday, Dec. 5, the band had their annual Christmas concert. In the middle of the theatre they had ornaments to sell to raise money for the band. The band is getting ready for their trip to Florida in March, so they’ve been fundraising by making ornaments, working concessions at basketball games, and working Monical’s tip night.  The concert was comprised of the middle school and high s...

1.If animals could talk, which would be the rudest?   I believe the rudest animal would be the alpaca. They already spit on people without being able to talk, so the talking would just add to their rudeness.   What inanimate object do you wish you could eliminate from existence?   I would like to eliminate fidget spinners from existence because they became such...

On Nov. 28, the Quiz Bowl team traveled to Pioneer High School and ultimately took home some impressive achievements. The varsity team started out by losing against Peru, but brought it back together by beating Culver and North White. The junior varsity team went 4-0, decimating the competition. The JV was led by freshman Elyse Perry and seniors Kalena Shidler and Liliana Martinez, while the varsity was ...