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Alex Goldbeck, Graduated Editor-in-Chief May 5, 2020

During this time, we are all grieving something. Whether it be the loss of graduation, a summer trip or just time spent with friends — there is some feeling of loss we’re experiencing that makes this...

MLB hopeful to start season

Alex Goldbeck and Atmika Iyer May 5, 2020

Major League Baseball could be coming back as soon as June and as late as July 2 of this year.  On April 7, the MLB released a contingency plan for how they predicted the season would go in order to...

Finding music in the pauses

Shoshana Medved, Graduated Ombudsman May 5, 2020

It was my first week of quarantine when I heard the noise. I can’t tell you exactly what started the cacophony, but once it was there, it became endless. It echoed in my ears as I scrolled through...

After Holocaust survivor Edith Frankie discusses the idea of hate, Leslie Millers preceding English II students consume bagels, potato chips and Edith Frankies stories.

Holocaust survivor Edith Frankie cancels speaking engagement due to COVID-19

Hannah Malik and Matthew Sun May 5, 2020

Holocaust survivor Edith Frankie was to bring her experience and stories to the Oak Park High School campus. And while the opportunity to hear Frankie is gone for the 2019-20 school year due to her assisted...

Colleges adapt their application process due to COVID-19

Rebecca Oddes, Senior Staff Writer May 5, 2020

With the postponement of SAT and ACT tests country-wide, many incoming juniors and seniors are left wondering how COVID-19 will affect the application process as well as seniors making  final decisions...

Got toilet paper?

Toilet paper is just one of the many products that have become hard to find during the COVID-19 crisis.  WireCutter is an online news source that embeds links to hard-to-find products to help customers...

College Board makes all AP test open note

Emily Francis, Graduated Editor-in-Chief May 5, 2020

Following the Stay at Home restrictions and closure of schools, the College Board decided to survey students to see if they still wished to take the AP exams. After surveying 18,000 AP students they received...

 Dr. Ken Jones instructs his students in his final days at Oak Park High.

Physics and engineering teacher Ken Jones to retire

Navya Batra, Graduated Digital Media Manager May 5, 2020

Upon entering room F-8, one can see a group of boys playing cards in the back right corner and a few single kids dispersed throughout the room, studying. Physics and engineering teacher Ken Jones sits...

Dr. Leslie Heilbron  has decided to retire after 16 years of serving as an administrator at OPUSD.

OPUSD Assistant Superintendent Heilbron retires

Shoshana Medved, Graduated Ombudsman May 5, 2020

After sixteen years as an administrator in the Oak Park Unified School District, Dr. Leslie Heilbron is retiring at the end of June this year. Heilbron spent six years as the principal of Oak Hills...

College Board makes all AP test open note

Emily Francis, Graduated Editor-in-Chief April 30, 2020

Following the Stay at Home restrictions and closure of schools, the College Board decided to survey students to see if they still wished to take the AP exams. After surveying 18,000 AP students they received...

Exer Urgent Care makes antibody testing more widely available

Atmika Iyer, Graduated Editor-in-Chief April 30, 2020

COVID-19 testing throughout the U.S. was behind in comparison to the rest of the world as only and according to many health experts, the United States only has enough tests for 2% of each state’s population...

Creation and isolation: how students spend time under lockdown

Sawyer Nicoll, Graduated Photo Editor April 30, 2020

Staying at home for days at a time has allowed many to pursue projects they’ve always wanted to. ‘Safer at Home’ has supplied people the time to follow their passions such as drawing, baking, making...

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