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The Oracle

West Springfield High School Newspaper

The Oracle

West Springfield High School Newspaper

The Oracle

Maya Pope

Maya Pope, Features/Opinion Editor

Maya is a junior and this is her third year doing journalism. She is the Features/Opinion Editor of The Oracle.

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Left to right, juniors Cleo Castillo and Mat Hemmer are pictured. “Emo” fashion can look like anything from Hot Topic band tees to cargo pants and a plain t-shirt. Although these two students dress in different styles, both of them associate themselves with the emo subculture.

Emo is evolving faster than ever

Maya Pope, Viewpoint Editor
April 11, 2024
“Piccolo” is not the start of Martineau’s filmmaking journey. In the beginning of his high school career, Martineau decided to enter the filmmaking scene in an attempt to discover more about himself. “My mom’s Jamaican and there’s not very many Jamaican movies, but [when] I would watch ‘The Harder They Come,’ [that] got me interested in the Nouvelle Vague Cinema,” said Martineau.

Lights, camera, “Piccolo”

Maya Pope, Viewpoint Editor
February 14, 2024
Candy cane lane

Candy cane lane

Maya Pope, Viewpoint Editor
December 13, 2023
“I’m still honestly adjusting,” said Lang. It’s not that I dislike my new advisory teacher, I just don't know them in the same [way] I did my old one.” Although this change was quite the adjustment for some Spartans, it was something that needed to be done in order to accommodate all 2,600+ students.

Adjusting to new advisories

Maya Pope, Viewpoint Editor
October 6, 2023
Malibu Beach day was both a great day to show off spunky pink outfits and spread awareness about breast cancer.

Spartans dig pink

Maya Pope, Viewpoint Editor
October 3, 2023
Werner’s grandfather, who escaped Tibet when the Chinese Communists invaded, made this dress for her mother.

Saving my homeland

Maya Pope, Online Senior Spotlight Editor
March 15, 2023
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