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Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

The Oracle

Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

The Oracle

Staff Sports: Michael leaps through track and field

Staff Sports: Michael leaps through track and field

Michael Zhang, Lifestyle Editor March 24, 2023

Last September, Forum Editor senior Carly Liao took her swing at tennis, and in December, Lifestyle Editor junior Becca Wu tackled wrestling (and it tackled back). For the spring season, I wanted to find a sport I could simply survive—a task which proved to be surprisingly difficult. As a non-athlete...

Ofelia Smith

Ofelia Smith

Michael Zhang, Lifestyle Editor February 24, 2023

Up the P-building steps, straight into the College and Career Center and to the left is where students can find registrar Ofelia Smith and her understandably paper-laden desk. Like most school registrars, Smith acts as a recordkeeper, managing and updating official documents such as the ever-important...

AP Calculus AB and BC

AP Calculus AB and BC

Michael Zhang, Lifestyle Editor September 23, 2022

Love it or hate it, math is a tool utilized far beyond classroom doors and can be applied in a wide variety of fields. Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus AB and BC are the highest level math classes available, and many seniors elect to take these college-level APs as their final math course in high school. Senior...

SEC provides tips, tricks for homecoming

SEC provides tips, tricks for homecoming

Michael Zhang and Safina Syed September 23, 2022

Homecoming is only a few weeks away, and many students are starting to prepare for the most spirited week of the year. It is important for all those who wish to participate to understand how both how the week works and what exactly they should prepare for. How to Participate in Homecoming Out of the...

Upcoming summer school brings changes to offerings

Upcoming summer school brings changes to offerings

Michael Zhang, Lifestyle Editor May 23, 2022

This year, Palo Alto High School will host the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) summer high school sessions, featuring an array of changes from last year’s summer school, including an updated mask-optional policy and a return to primarily credit recovery courses. Since Governor Gavin Newsom...

Gunn Theatre brings Berlin spin to ‘The Comedy of Errors’

Gunn Theatre brings Berlin spin to ‘The Comedy of Errors’

Michael Zhang, Lifestyle Editor March 8, 2022

Twenty-four hours to be reunited. Two sets of long-lost twins. Four fates intertwined. All the wonderful misunderstandings that come from such an outlandish premise. Mistaken identities and misconceptions are at the heart of both the laughter and the emotions of Gunn Theater’s spring production,...

Pro—Should Students Pursue the Middle College Pathway?

Pro—Should Students Pursue the Middle College Pathway?

Michael Zhang, Lifestyle Editor March 8, 2022

The Middle College pathway is an invaluable opportunity that all Gunn students should consider. It presents a unique approach to learning with advantages such as flexibility, acceleration and independence over traditional schooling. Middle College students are grouped in cohorts of about twenty students...

Silicon Valley culture, course offerings undervalue humanities in favor of STEM

Silicon Valley culture, course offerings undervalue humanities in favor of STEM

Mia Knezevic and Michael Zhang, Forum and Photo Editor and Reporter February 11, 2022

Every February, students returning in the fall are tasked with choosing five to eight of the hundreds of courses offered. In doing so, students interested in the humanities may find their interests continually neglected by science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) culture—an imbalance...

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