The Newspaper of McDaniel High School

The Oracle
The Newspaper of McDaniel High School

The Oracle
The Newspaper of McDaniel High School

The Oracle
Non Binary Girlfriend’s singer Anaïs Genevieve grimaces. Their performance was moving and lots of seniors gathered around to hear them play. Genevieve pauses between songs to talk about how graduation is a big accomplishment and showed a lot of support.
Seniors Mercedez Berduo-Flores (left) and Maleigha Canaday-Elliot(right) prepare to sign their contracts. Canaday-Elliot is going to the University of Oregon for track and field, and Berduo-Flores is going to Clackcamas Community College for softball.
As they approach their senior year, juniors Santana Apodaca (left) and Benny Wilson (right) get ready to take on their role as senior class presidents, wanting to make an impact on the school with events surrounding the community that will last for years to come.
Track team breaks records

Adrian Cook, News Editor | June 14, 2024

Ernest Hemmingway once wrote, “there are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” However, he must never have put on spikes. Track and field has been the pride of Mountain Lion athletics since the school's founding in 2021. In the preseason, sprints coach Archer Williamson had an ambitious outlook on the year.  “My hopes for the...

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Softball team winning games, fighting for top spot in PIL
Softball team winning games, fighting for top spot in PIL

Jackson Mailey, Sports Editor | May 30, 2024

With a promising future ahead and powerful leadership by the upper-classmen, the softball team has been very successful so far and is looking to keep it up as the season reaches its end.  The team is 15-3 against PIL teams and 24th in the state ranking, earning them the top seed in the PIL. In almost every PIL match this year, the team has won by more than six runs, even against their toughest...

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Columns
LGBTQ+-friendly movies with sentimental tones to hyperfixate on
Sebastian Gracie-Fultz, Print Editor In Chief • June 14, 2024

  Ever want movies a little more sad, melancholy or sweet and simple? If you said yes, then I have the perfect thing for you. Here are...

Reviews
New EP strains boundaries of electronic music
New EP strains boundaries of electronic music
Harvey Spindor, Copy Editor: Literary Magazine • June 18, 2024

First conceptualized in October of 2023 and truly formed in December of the same year, Kisspink and the Boobies is a self-described “Avant...

Photo Essays
Podcasts
Oracle Out Loud
Calvin Cannard, Reporter • April 9, 2024

Social Justice
Local film brings forward racial equity in media
Sebastian Gracie Fultz, Social Justice Editor • November 28, 2022

During September, the production of Outdoor School took place within the Cully district. The movie conducts racial equity in the Portland film...

Robotics team competes in fast-paced state competition, wins multiple awards

Recent News Stories

March Mammal Madness ends in some fabulous fishy fun
March Mammal Madness ends in some fabulous fishy fun

June 13, 2024

If you or a friend is enrolled in (or has been enrolled in) Biology class, you probably have heard of...

AP testing wraps up
AP testing wraps up

May 30, 2024

As AP exams are upon us, and questions regarding AP scores and students' levels of preparation after...

Budget cuts to Pre-K art affect students, staff
Budget cuts to Pre-K art affect students, staff

May 24, 2024

The free, low-income supporting, early education organization Head Start had to accommodate for a 2.5...

Recent Feature Stories

Meet Marisol Rodriguez: an upbeat spanish teacher
Meet Marisol Rodriguez: an upbeat spanish teacher

June 14, 2024

Marisol Rodriguez has been teaching Spanish here for a while, and she sees each year as a new opportunity...

SUN tutoring creates quiet, learning, listening place
SUN tutoring creates quiet, learning, listening place

June 14, 2024

Tutoring helps students get work done, so there is an after school program here through SUN that students...

Oregon’s best high school tuba players journey to number one
Oregon’s best high school tuba players journey to number one

June 14, 2024

  Being the best is a feeling only a few people will experience. Luckily for a junior here, ...

Social media has negative effects on young teens who use it

Social media has negative effects on young teens who use it

April 25, 2024

SAFER club creates shirts, sends needed message on harassment

SAFER club creates shirts, sends needed message on harassment

January 4, 2024

Gender-affirming care absolutely a necessity for transgender youth

Gender-affirming care absolutely a necessity for transgender youth

May 31, 2023

Recent Sports Stories

Softball team winning games, fighting for top spot in PIL
Softball team winning games, fighting for top spot in PIL

May 30, 2024

With a promising future ahead and powerful leadership by the upper-classmen, the softball team has been...

Softball team excels, focuses on season goals
Softball team excels, focuses on season goals

May 30, 2024

The spring season is here, and JV softball team has performed well through the season with a 6-2 record. The...

Schaefer finishing strong
Schaefer finishing strong

May 30, 2024

As spring season comes to an end, senior captain Madison Schaefer, a multi-sport varsity athlete, has...