This article was originally published in a print edition of the Oracle in February 2024.  On June 29 last year, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that race-conscious college...

This article was originally published in a print edition of the Oracle in December 2023.  The COVID-19 pandemic. Climate change. The 2020 presidential election. The Israel-Hamas war. These distinct...

  This article was originally published in a print edition of the Oracle in October 2023.  * Indicates that a source's name has been changed in order to maintain their anonymity due to...

This article was originally published in a print edition in September 2023. Senior Kendall Lorton said that her struggles with body image began in the dance studio. From ages eight to 14, Lorton spent...

This article was originally published in a print edition in April 2023. Student Experiences: Every night, a male student in junior Perry Mirshafiei’s elective class would allegedly text her, making...

Pedro Alcazar, estudiante de segundo año y comisionado de desarrollo del idioma inglés en MVHS, dijo que el problema principal que enfrentan los estudiantes ELD en MVHS es el transporte. Algunos...

Pedro Alcazar, sophomore and English Language Development Commissioner at MVHS, said that the main issue ELD students at MVHS face is transportation.  Some students have to take two or three buses...

Danie Robledo, a social science and AVID teacher, said she felt like she was playing a “game of mental calculus” when she received an email about a threat of violence in the district on Jan. 7. “It...

Junior Miguel Jimenez said his household received an eviction notice in the first week of November. Jimenez, who lives with his aunt, great-grandmother, and brother, immediately began looking for alternative...

updated-grad-map-elianaDownload Each year, the Oracle contacts each member of the graduation class to seek information on their post-graduation plans, resulting in the creation of the “grad map”....

Surrounded by a different culture and language, English language learners forge new relationships and piece together a new language. Supporting these students from a variety of backgrounds is the English...