The Oracle – The Newspaper of McDaniel High School

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

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

Kay Farrell, Review Editor

June 14, 2024 • No Comments

Back in early March, the McDaniel Robotics team headed to state to compete with their brand new robot. State consists of a new game each year, with new challenges to defeat and new tasks...

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...

Track team breaks records

Adrian Cook, News Editor

June 14, 2024 • No Comments

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...

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

Track team breaks records

Adrian Cook, News Editor

June 14, 2024 • No Comments

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...

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...