Junior year is notorious for elevated stress levels—a challenge that junior Rohan Kancherla faces. Kancherla, however, views stress as a driving force. “Stress can be really motivating, [because] it makes you feel an urgency and need to try,” he said.
Stress can often stem from societal pressures,...
The Oracle: How long have you been playing for Gunn’s swim team?
Cooper McKenna: I have been on Gunn’s swimming team, as well as water polo, since freshman year.
TO: What inspired you to begin your water-dominated athletic career?
CM: When I was nine or so, it was sort of the stage where...
Written by Amanda Lee
Prom’s sacred traditions are respected in almost every American high school, but in Principal Dr. Denise Herrmann’s town, they were especially important. Herrmann went to high school in Shabbona, Illinois, a town so small that she only had 33 classmates in her grade.
Despite...
Written by Mikaela Wayne
While junior year is notorious for being the worst year of high school, in my experience, junior year has been more difficult in some ways and much easier in others. Throughout my year so far, I have discovered a lot about how my past two years in high school have affected...
