Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

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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

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Q&A with Superintendent Don Austin regarding COVID-19 related school closures

Q&A with Superintendent Don Austin regarding COVID-19 related school closures

Joshua Yang and Jessica Wang March 20, 2020

Responses have been lightly edited for clarity.  Gunn Oracle: What primarily will drive your decision to resume school on April 13? Superintendent Don Austin: At this point, we're taking opening and not opening orders from the Santa Clara County Public Health Department and the governor of the...

Q&A with special education teacher Courtney Carlomagno

Q&A with special education teacher Courtney Carlomagno

Eric Epstein, Sports Editor March 1, 2019

The Oracle: What type of courses and students do you primarily teach at Gunn? Courtney Carlomagno: I currently teach Conceptual Physics with [Science De-partment Instructional Supervisor] Laurie Pennington. Ever since we became a full- inclusion school, all of our graduation requirement classes,...

Physics teacher Bill Dunbar: Themed lessons and sound effects

Physics teacher Bill Dunbar: Themed lessons and sound effects

Andrew Zhao, Online Editor October 9, 2018

The Oracle: How did you get the idea to do themed lectures? Bill Dunbar: I had some topics in my physics classes that I dreaded teaching. For instance, consider simple harmonic motion. Every time I taught that topic in the physics class, my students looked super bored and it was really no...

Artist of the Month: Senior Lauren Priest

Artist of the Month: Senior Lauren Priest

Andrew Zhao, Online Editor September 7, 2018

The Oracle: How and why did you get into drawing? Lauren Priest: Drawing has always been a skill that I’ve had, but I never decided to pursue it any more than something that I did in my free time. I never tried to improve until a couple years ago when I started self-studying and teaching...

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