Since the website was launched in 2014 (by first reporting on students who were trapped in the building during “Snowmaggeddon”), the Oracle has reached great heights and audiences, and the job of teaching journalism to dozens of students has been rewarding beyond measure.

     I’m grateful to former sponsor Julia Raposo for generously entrusting me with the Oracle in 2016, to the friends and colleagues I worked with who sponsored the Oracle before that when I first came to North Springs in 2006 (Kate Pece, David Courtenay-Quirk, and Jill Melenacon), and to all the sponsors who came before them. Shout out to my super editors through the years: Seth Hochman, Zephyr Strosnider, Nathan Cummiskey, Isabelle Mokatov, Veronica Kogan, Courtney Suber, Sara Mielseman, Jordyn Newsome, and Carson Mayekse — and to everyone who has ever written for the Oracle.

And while we still have a little life left in this year’s Oracle with some remaining student content, this month marks the swan song of the Oracle in its current form. Look for an announcement about the NEW Oracle website, as this one will continue to host the Echo Literary Magazine and serve as an archive for all Oracle content published from January of 2014 until May 2026. I look forward to seeing the Oracle continue to grow and expand its reach under its next sponsor, Nicole Motahari. May it live long and prosper!                     

                                -Adam Throne, Oracle Sponsor, 2016-2026

Top row: Sponsor Mr. Throne

Middle row: Jose Zapata, Carson Mayeske, Maylah Bacham, Carolyn Turner, Lawson Brown

Bottom row: Shiv Vyas, Jordyn Newsome, Alicia Nava, Anneke Howard-Smith, Jaxon Hewitt-Zmich

Not pictured: Nazara Heath