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Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

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Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

The Oracle

Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

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Bell schedule, homework policy discussed

The Oracle March 20, 2015

Written by Aayush Dubey The administration and the Palo Alto Board of Education are working on new proposals for students in response to the recent tragedies. According to Principal Dr. Denise Herrmann, the administration hopes to accomplish both short-term and long-term goals. One of the main focuses...

Model United Nations

Model United Nations

The Oracle March 11, 2015

Written by Aayush Dubey The Model United Nations (MUN) club has taken recent success in attending the Stanford conference and hosting their own conference at Gunn in October. According to club president senior Varun Narayan, the club faced delegates coming from schools around California and schools...

Students orchestrate Gunn’s fourth annual TEDx event

Students orchestrate Gunn’s fourth annual TEDx event

The Oracle March 11, 2015

Written by Aayush Dubey On Fri. Jan. 16, Gunn organized the fourth annual TEDx conference. The event was hosted in the Gunn Spangenberg Theatre and featured 12 presentations with 14 speakers, five of whom were Gunn students. According to their website, Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) is...

Fall sports dominate CCS championships

Fall sports dominate CCS championships

The Oracle December 11, 2014

Girls Water Polo The girls’ water polo team made it to 2nd place in Central Coast Section in a close 9-7 game against St. Francis. “In our minds it was a one point game because we purposely let them take their final shot undefended in an attempt to get a last minute counter,” co-captain Bianca...

Teachers reflect on their risky high school experience: Mr. O'Connell

Teachers reflect on their risky high school experience: Mr. O’Connell

The Oracle December 11, 2014

Written by Aayush Dubey Science teacher Casey O’Connell remembers himself as a good high school student who rarely broke the rules. However, he does regret an activity that occurred in a popular party spot around a bridge spanning over the Hudson River. “I didn’t drink or do drugs, but I did do...

Seniors place regionally, nationally in Siemens competition

The Oracle November 17, 2014

Written by Aayush Dubey Senior Joy Jin was named a regional semi-finalist in the Siemens Competition for Math, Science and Technology. Jin competed at Siemens once before as a sophomore with partner Thomas Luh from Leland High School and Dr. Hu Li at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)....

Athlete of the Month: Freshman Adrian Lee

Athlete of the Month: Freshman Adrian Lee

The Oracle October 16, 2014

The Oracle: How long have you been playing badminton and what inspired you to play?  Adrian Lee: Since I was four or five I’ve been playing but I got into more training when I reached eight or nine. My dad is a big fan of badminton; he’s been playing since he was young, so he introduced me to...

Ratemyteacher.com: accurate evaluations of  teachers or biased reviews from unhappy students?

Ratemyteacher.com: accurate evaluations of teachers or biased reviews from unhappy students?

The Oracle October 9, 2014

Teacher statistics 101: Ratemyteacher.com *Ratings are out of five stars English Department (21 Teachers Rated) Range: 1.3-4.3 Mean: 2.7 Median: 2.7 Math Department (21 Teachers Rated) Range: 1.3-4.3 Mean: 3.0 Median: 3.0 Science Department (16 Teachers Rated) Range:...

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