West Springfield High School Newspaper

The Oracle
West Springfield High School Newspaper

The Oracle
West Springfield High School Newspaper

The Oracle
Sophomore Ben Bradfield works through the process of page design in InDesign.

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Christina Nies, Features Editor
May 26, 2022
Senior Mimi Deliee visits the Krewe de Chewbacchus parade in Louisiana for the first time to check out who what exactly she will be working with after her time in high school.

Post-grad plans

Abigail Beyene, Editor-in-Chief
May 26, 2022
Through events such as International Night, Asian American and Pacific Islander culture is recognized in the school community. Programs like this help students in these minorities feel seen.

AAPI community celebrates its rich culture

Leah Abraham, Staff Writer
May 26, 2022
Senior year festivities continue with the creation of a winner-take-all water gun tournament.

Senior assassins

Robert Morrison, Staff Writer
May 12, 2022
The WS chess club is open to players of all skill levels. Everyone who comes can expect to have a grand time and make new friends!

WS chess gambit pays off

Arjun Srinivasan, Contributor
April 13, 2022
Thrasher now lives in Colorado Springs and has a social media following, with 10k on Instagram, where she gives shooting tips and promotes her business.

Women of Sparta

Anne Foote, Sports Editor
April 12, 2022
An unexpected but notable component of the DC rallies was the creativity of the signs. Some signs took a comical approach making puns with Putin’s name while others evoked emotions as they detailed the horrors happening in Ukraine.

Parallel lives of the Ukrainian nightmare

Anne Foote, Sports Editor
April 12, 2022
At the end of the show, students came together holding up flags from the countries they represented. The school community includes students coming from 79 different countries.

Cultural clubs unite to host International Night

Leah Abraham, Staff Writer
April 12, 2022
Jennifer Freidman said that ever since she took a marketing job straight out of college, she always had teaching in the back of her mind. When the COVID-19 Pandemic hit, Friedman realized that it was time to pursue her dream.

Staff Spotlight: Jennifer Friedman

Luke Yates, Entertainment Editor
April 12, 2022
The Oracle through the years

The Oracle through the years

Emma Goldkopf, Scoop Editor
April 12, 2022
Junior Lexi Stein and sophomore Aidan MacGrath spent a chunk of their time digging out trash from the frozen lake. They smashed through the ice with sticks so they could pull out beer bottles and containers.

Spartans bring home victory

Anne Foote, Jr. Sports Editor
February 28, 2022
A standard AP US History textbook cover censored to remove the prominent male figures. Of the more than 1500 historical figures listed in this textbook’s index, less than 15% are women. Although this marks a much larger percentage than the national average, that rate is far from equitable.

Down with the patriarchy

Robbie Kugler, Viewpoint Editor
February 28, 2022
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