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*Class of 2019 print editor Ellie Marshall is a copy editor for the Maneater.
*Class of 2008 news editor Kate Midden is the communications director at the Global Health Advocacy Incubator.
*Class of 1978 ECHO staffer Russ Mitchell is an anchor for WKYC in Cleveland.
*Former technology columnist Roxie Mullins is senior editor at "Faces Magazine."
*Former web editor Phoebe Mussman is a videographer/photographer at Lindenwood University and won the Jury Award for Best Cinematography and Sound at the Stronger Than Fiction Film Fest for her documentary "Qualm and Quietus."
*Class of 2021 entertainment editor Addie Palmquist is working for the University of Arizona's The Daily Wildcat.
*Class of 2018 Social Media Manager Rosa Parks is communications coordinator for Action St. Louis!
*Class of 2019 editor-in-chief Cole Schnell is a data reporter for the Memphis Business Journal.
*Class of 2001 photographer Andrea Speth runs Speth Photography and photographs for the Emissourian.
*Class of 2009 web and podcast editor Kathryn Wolterman is a senior consultant at CGI

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Echo News Roundup: Feb. 7, 2022
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Echo News Roundup: Feb. 7, 2022

Print editor Ava Musgraves shares this week’s headlines: late start Monday, end of progress reporting, ACT test, Presidents’ Days off, women’s wrestling, women’s swim team, men’s basketball and men’s wrestling.  Continue reading Echo News Roundup: Feb. 7, 2022

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Student safety impacts school life
Features, Mental Health Issue

Student safety impacts school life

On Tuesday Dec. 7, “administration became aware of a concerning text sent to a WGHS student by an unknown number.” Continue reading Student safety impacts school life

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Echo News Roundup: Jan. 24, 2022
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Echo News Roundup: Jan. 24, 2022

Print editor Ava Musgraves shares this week’s headlines: winter activities assembly, late start Monday, women’s swim team, women’s basketball, men’s basketball and wrestling team. Continue reading Echo News Roundup: Jan. 24, 2022

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Echo News Roundup: Jan. 18, 2022
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Echo News Roundup: Jan. 18, 2022

Print editor Ava Musgraves shares this week’s headlines: late start Monday, Winter Webster Reads Challenge, All Write Festival submissions deadline, women’s swim team, women’s basketball, wrestling and men’s basketball.  Continue reading Echo News Roundup: Jan. 18, 2022

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Echo News Roundup: Jan. 10, 2022
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Echo News Roundup: Jan. 10, 2022

Print editor Ava Musgraves shares this week’s headlines: MLK Day, COVID-19 protocols, Winter Formal cancellation, All Write submissions deadline, men’s basketball, wrestling, women’s swim and dive team, and women’s basketball.  Continue reading Echo News Roundup: Jan. 10, 2022

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Women’s swim hope for Conference champions
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Women’s swim hope for Conference champions

Women’s swim team has recently kicked off its season with a 1-3 record. The team placed sixth at the 2021 State meet last season at the Saint Peters Rec Plex on Feb. 20. Continue reading Women’s swim hope for Conference champions

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Echo News Roundup: Jan. 6, 2022
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Echo News Roundup: Jan. 6, 2022

Print editor Ava Musgraves shares this week’s headlines: the new interim lunch schedule, MLK Day, women’s basketball, women’s swim and dive, and wrestling. Continue reading Echo News Roundup: Jan. 6, 2022

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Echo News Roundup: Dec. 13, 2021
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Echo News Roundup: Dec. 13, 2021

Print editor Ava Musgraves shares this week’s headlines: this week’s schedule and exams, choir concert, jazz band concert, DECA movie night, women’s basketball, women’s swim, wrestling and men’s basketball.  Continue reading Echo News Roundup: Dec. 13, 2021

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Video: Local teens rally support for Planned Parenthood
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Video: Local teens rally support for Planned Parenthood

Contributing writer Luca Giordano reports on the Teens for Choice STL rally to support Planned Parenthood. Continue reading Video: Local teens rally support for Planned Parenthood

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Echo News Roundup: Dec. 6, 2021
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Echo News Roundup: Dec. 6, 2021

Print editor Ava Musgraves shares this week’s headlines: this week’s EOC schedule, orchestra concert, band concert, ACT testing, women’s basketball, men’s wrestling, women’s swim team and men’s basketball.  Continue reading Echo News Roundup: Dec. 6, 2021

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Men’s soccer team recovers from playoff run
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Men’s soccer team recovers from playoff run

Men’s soccer team just capped off its season on Nov. 4. Its final record was 10-8-2 and ended with the District championship game against Ladue. Continue reading Men’s soccer team recovers from playoff run

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Echo News Roundup: Nov. 22, 2021
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Echo News Roundup: Nov. 22, 2021

Print editor Ava Musgraves shares this week’s headlines: Tuesday schedule and events, fall break, EOC testing, SAT, Turkey Day Game, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s swim and dive, and wrestling.  Continue reading Echo News Roundup: Nov. 22, 2021

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Echo News Roundup: Nov. 15, 2021
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Echo News Roundup: Nov. 15, 2021

Print editor Ava Musgraves shares this week’s headlines: next week’s schedule, pep assembly, Chili Fest, community pep rally, bonfire, State diving champion Bennet Loving, men’s basketball and the Turkey Day Game.  Continue reading Echo News Roundup: Nov. 15, 2021

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Echo News Roundup: Nov. 8, 2021
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Echo News Roundup: Nov. 8, 2021

Print editor Ava Musgraves shares this week’s headlines: National Honor Society blood drive, men’s swim team, women’s and men’s basketball, cross country, men’s soccer and the Turkey Day Game.  Continue reading Echo News Roundup: Nov. 8, 2021

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Trick or treating gets ‘green light’ from expert
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Trick or treating gets ‘green light’ from expert

Children have the green light this year for trick or treating. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are ‘allowing’ children nationwide to partake in trick or treating this October. Continue reading Trick or treating gets ‘green light’ from expert

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