When photojournalist Tiffany Esters came to speak to the ECHO journalism campers, two teams of campers wrote stories about her visit. Junior journalists Noah Lodes, Diego Dugue de Estrada, Anderson Take and Raphael Maurice with guidance from ECHO counselors Colin… Read More ›
Caleb Bolin Sports Columnist/Editor Films inspire people and change lives. Senior Shane Dioneda is one of the many people who has been inspired to pursue the art of filmmaking. Dioneda’s first attempts at making films were in the sixth grade… Read More ›
Ashli Wagner Video Editor Fire fighters and police responded to a burning century home on Fairview Avenue about 2 p.m. No one was at home at the time of the fire, and civilians managed to get a dog out of… Read More ›
Story by junior journalists Marcie Buescher, Mae Brent, Katie Irish, Iris Rycenga, Noah Lodes, Kathryn Clark, Hunter Farish, Anderson Take, Therese Schuster, Diego Dugue de Estrada, Raphel Maurice and Michael Cook with help from ECHO guides Ashli Wagner, Riley Mullgardt,… Read More ›
Cole Schnell Business Manager Senior Matthew Herber had to work harder for good grades and success than his classmates. A reading disability hasn’t stopped Herber, though. He is a hard-working student and devoted manager of the men’s basketball team for… Read More ›
Greg Frazier Sports Editor Senior Bennett “Benito Dennis” Durando is one of seven people nominated for the 2017 Eagle Award. Durando is known in part for his musical ability, playing lead saxophone in Jazz I as well as the All-Suburban… Read More ›
Josie Krueger Entertainment Columnist Senior Madeline Allen is widely respected by students and teachers alike. She is one of seven Eagle Award nominees. According to her friend and fellow nominee Elizabeth Ochoa, whom she’s known since fifth grade, Allen is… Read More ›
Ashli Wagner Video Editor Senior Kelly Komotos is a part of multiple clubs and activities throughout the school and local community. Her senior year, she has been the design editor of yearbook, and she has had an internship with the… Read More ›
Sean Mullins Technology Columnist Senior Adi Johnson is the current vice president of Student Council and on the student board for federal reserve, and she was the first runner-up in Missouri Girls State, a mock government in which she served… Read More ›
Abby Botan Entertainment Columnist Blake Fields, senior, plans to attend Vanderbilt University after graduating in hopes of studying electrical engineering. In 2016 the acceptance rate of Vanderbilt was 10.7 percent. Fields described his acceptance into Vanderbilt as a, “weight off… Read More ›
Natalie Johnson Social Media Editor Senior Elizabeth Ochoa has shown exemplary dedication to academic achievement. Over the course of her four years as a Statesman, Ochoa has been an active student, playing in the Silver Strings, leading cello choir for… Read More ›
Caroline Fellows Editor-in-Chief Meredith Westrich, a 2017 graduate of St. Joseph’s Academy, was crowned Miss Webster 2017 tonight at the annual pageant held at Webster Groves Aquatic Center. Westminster Christian Academy senior Chloe Wimpfheimer was the runner-up and fellow participants… Read More ›
Andy Kimball Editor-in-Chief Senior Megan McClure loves to create things. She plans to play Division I soccer at Arkansas State and to major in fine arts. She enjoys having “the freedom that you have to create whatever you want. I… Read More ›
Andy Kimball Editor-in-Chief Senior Tamir Caldwell saw his father with doctors time and time again while he suffered from type two diabetes. Caldwell saw something that he wanted to change. “I saw my dad, and I’ve seen other members of… Read More ›
Andy Kimball Editor-in-Chief “Quirky,” “energetic,” “fun” and “kind of crazy” is how students described physics teacher Dr. David Schuster. After being the founder of the high school AP Physics program, Schuster is leaving to teach physics at Clayton High School…. Read More ›
Abyana Botan Entertainment Columnist Nia Kaanagbara, senior, is the first generation of Nigerian American in her family meaning that both of her parents were born in Nigeria, and she’s the first of her family be born and raised in America…. Read More ›
