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• Voices of Webster: August 23, 2019

  By wgecho on August 23, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Junior editor Jaden Fields discusses the new late start schedule with Principal Matt Irvin.

• Voices of Webster: August 21, 2019

  By wgecho on August 21, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Over the summer, journalism camp students learned about the use of audio and podcasting as a news medium through interviewing each other. In this episode, Echo staff member Maeve Taylor interviews camper Phoebe Dunn.

• Photo of the Week: Student dresses to theme at Selma Street Dance

  By wgecho on August 21, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Junior Amelia Griesedieck rocks Elton John sunglasses during the Selma Street Dance where the theme was “throwback attire” Friday, Aug. 16. This was the first dance of the school year.

• Graduate wants to improve environment

  By wgecho on August 20, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Senior Emma Sellers poses with a cow at Gentle Barn Sanctuary.

  Senior Emma Sellers has a love for science and environmental issues. She will take her passion to the University of Denver next year where she will study environmental chemistry and German.

• High school begins ‘late start Mondays’

  By wgecho on August 16, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Starting this year, Webster will implement late start days. On a typical school day, classes start at 7:55 a.m., but with the new procedure they will start at 8:57 a.m on some Mondays.

• Newscast: Aug. 16, 2019

  By wgecho on August 16, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Junior editor Jaden Fields shares this week’s headlines: activities fair, pep rally, Selma Street Dance, Camp Wyman, a cappella auditions, step team and student sports passes.

• Poll: Will you audition for the fall play?

  By wgecho on August 16, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

• Editor visits with journalism campers

  By wgecho on August 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Webster-Kirkwood Times Editor Don Corrigan came to talk to the ECHO Journalism camp about squirrels. He talked on the prominence of squirrels in the media, stating that he thinks that it is saturated with squirrels, as is the thesis of “Nuts About Squirrels.”

• Junior journalists interview Parents Club member about Spirit Store and Coffee Shop

  By wgecho on August 13, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Parents Club and SSD have collaborated to create the Spirit Store & Coffee Shop.
  Once located near the Junior Entrance, the early morning pit stop has moved to the Drama Hallway.
  It’s open 7:30-7:55 a.m. Tuesday-Friday and 9-10 a.m. on Mondays.
  Junior journalists talk to Parents Club member Becky Hauser about the shop during the Echo’s journalism camp.

• Shrewcrew: Friends create influence

  By wgecho on August 5, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Friends seniors Trace Boglino, William Colton, Serdel Dela Cruz, T.J. Disbennett, T.Y. Disbennett, Finn Frese, Frankie Kelty, Grant Lehmann, Thomas Okamoto, Daniel Placke, Matthew Smegner, Briton Toth and Zach Mason make up the “Shrewcrew,” one of the largest friend groups at WGHS.

• Miss Webster to study criminal justice

  By wgecho on August 1, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Senior Nakailah Shields-Robinson described herself as “open-minded because I try to understand so much in different points of views.”

• Runner to bring mental strength to KU

  By wgecho on July 29, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Distance runner, involved in community service and aspiring architect are just a few ingredients that make up senior Cora Blackford.

• Junior journalists explore photography

  By wgecho on July 29, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Twenty junior journalists attending the Echo’s summer journalism camp on July 24-25, were asked to take photos using rule of thirds, interesting angles and perspectives, and a variety of photographic elements.  Here are some of their photos.

• Maneater copy editor visits with young journalists

  By wgecho on July 26, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Caroline Fellows, sophomore at the Mizzou School of Journalism and ECHO alumni, visited the ECHO camp to present about her freshman year of college and give advice about surviving journalism school. 

• Oil painter invites audience to create art

  By wgecho on July 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Senior Eavan O’Neil prefers not to describe herself as an artist, but that doesn’t mean art isn’t an important part of her life.
  “I feel uncomfortable calling myself an artist,” O’Neil said. “It feels like the term is associated with a level of success or expertise that can’t be personally assigned. Instead, I usually just say, ‘I paint.’”

• Cartoonist loses job

  By wgecho on July 17, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for: the first article in which I get to speak in first person. Contrary to popular belief, I know how to use the words “I” and “you.”
  I certainly hope this isn’t a boring read after four or five other senior columns- writing this type of article isn’t exactly my cup of ECHO tea- but then again, you paid for this with your hard-earned money dollars. You knew what you were getting into, so you’re stuck with me until you turn the page to read something else. Do as you please, we got your cash. (Don’t actually do that.)

• Eagle Award winner shares positive outlook

  By wgecho on July 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  “If I were to describe Olivia to someone who has never had the privilege of knowing her, I would use adjectives such as vivacious, kind, challenging, and hard-working,” senior Olivia Bickford’s Spanish teacher Lana Harter said.

• Activist, leader committed to making impact

  By wgecho on July 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Whether it’s working to end out-of-school suspension or studying in college to be able to increase access to healthy plant-based foods in low-income areas, activism is a prominent theme of senior Aysha Gray’s life.

• Entertainment columnist will impact wind turbine industry not today but someday

  By wgecho on July 8, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  I have always loved writing, but I laughed when my mom suggested taking journalism class as I entered high school. I probably said something along the lines of, “The newspaper is boring, Mom.”

• Runner, leader to study marketing

  By wgecho on July 2, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Senior Parker Bont approaches everything he does with dedication and hard work.

  Bont said his favorite part of high school was, “Getting involved with extracurriculars and getting to meet people of totally different backgrounds that I never would have known without the extracurricular opportunities.”

• Senior to continue photography

  By wgecho on June 28, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Senior Jenna Michalski is currently undecided on what she will study next year at Appalachian State, but one thing she knows for sure is that photography is in her future.

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