Author Archives
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Breaking News: Students walkout for gun control, one month after MSD shooting
Cole Schnell Junior Editor Students gathered on Selma Avenue at the beginning of third hour “to protest the lack of gun control measures at the local, state and federal levels,” as written in a graphic advertising the protest. One month… Read More ›
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School continues its combat against segregation
Cole Schnell Junior Editor In 1956 after Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS, ruling, Douglass High School was closed, and resident black students started at Webster Groves High School in the fall. Simone Cunningham, academic lab teacher and… Read More ›
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Green’s new novel fails to meet expectations
Cole Schnell Junior Editor “Turtles All the Way Down” by John Green, author of “The Fault in Our Stars,” is thoughtful, but disoriented. The book’s front-flap is misleading. The book is very little about a 16-year-old girl, Aza, trying… Read More ›
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Op-ed: Sports should count as PE credit
Cole Schnell Junior Editor Riley Mullgardt Print Editor Picture someone who has been taking every AP class that Webster offers, has played two Varsity sports and has over 50 hours volunteering. Despite all these things, this student athlete must still… Read More ›
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Students recommend involvement despite challenges
Cole Schnell Business/Ads Manager WGHS wants its students to be involved as stated as the “I” for involvement in the school’s acronym “RRISE.” Some students really take this to heart and become very involved. Junior Jennifer Egley is a cheerleader… Read More ›
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Willie’s Comic by Cole Schnell
Cole Schnell Business/Ads Manager
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Drama department performs ‘Rabbit Hole’
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Most people set up for failed resolutions
Cole Schnell Business/Ads Manager Many people have made a New Year’s resolutions by now, and about 36 percent of those people have failed. In five months over 50 percent will fail if the trend does not change from previous years…. Read More ›
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Branch is new WGHS literary magazine
Cole Schnell Business/Ads Manager New literary magazine, The Branch, was released its first issue on Nov. 1. WGHS has had other literary magazines like Reflections, which ended in 2012. The Allwrite interns are trying to revive Reflections with The Branch,… Read More ›
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Student wins award at Lindenwood art show
Cole Schnell Business/Ads Manager Senior Stephen Welling won second best ceramic for a ceramic polar bear at the Lindenwood University Young Artists and their Teachers High School Art Show. This year is the 20th year that WGHS has participated. Lindenwood… Read More ›
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ECHO staff, friends fail Escape Room
Cole Schnell Business/Ads Manager Four students and a teacher died earlier this month in a bombing at England’s National Bank. On Sunday, four Webster Groves High School students and a teacher were tested to the death when my fellow students… Read More ›
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Hixson teacher takes administration position
Cole Schnell Contributing Writer Dr. Greg Fick taught social studies or world culture at Hixson for the past eight years before he came to the high school as its administrative intern. Dr. Fick graduated with a doctorate in educational leadership… Read More ›
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Slideshow: Class of 2016 graduates
Class of 2016 graduation ceremony took on Moss field at 6:30 p.m. on May 20. Photos by Cole Schnell.
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‘Religious Freedom’ or ‘LGBT’ bill passes Senate, goes to House for approval
Cole Schnell Contributing Writer After a 39-hour filibuster by the Democratic senators, Missouri Senate passed Senate Joint Resolution 39 or “anti-LGBT bill” on March 10. The bill is currently in the House. The Missouri Republicans (about 75 percent of the Senate)… Read More ›
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Two spots open on school board with three candidates running
Cole Schnell Contributing Writer Greg Frazier Contributing Writer Three individuals are in the running for two spots in the WGHS school board. Joel Oliver, who served on the board for three years, Steven Loher, serving a total of 6 years… Read More ›
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Slideshow: Authors speak at school-wide festival
Caroline Fellows Web/Video Editor Photos by Cole Schnell All Write Festival was Feb. 22-26, and for its second year it brought authors, comedians and songwriters to speak at the high school. According to English teacher Steve Leftridge, about 17-18 writers… Read More ›
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100 wins for Clark: Principal to guest coach basketball game
Cole Schnell Contributing Writer Dr. Jon Clark was the head coach of the Rolla High School for the 1992-1996 school years. He left coaching in 1996: leaving his record at 99 wins. Now this Thursday, Clark returns to the sidelines… Read More ›
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Search begins for new superintendent
Cole Schnell Contributing Writer Superintendent Sarah Riss announced her retirement on April 13. The search for a new superintendent started in early November. Riss will leave the district at the end on 15-16 school year after her fifth year as… Read More ›
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Slideshow: WGHS celebrates spirit at Turkey Day assembly
WGHS’s Turkey Day assembly was Nov. 25, during seventh hour in Roberts Gym. Photos by Cole Schnell
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WGHS has Spirit Week Wednesday off for the first time
Cole Schnell Contributing Writer WGHS has a two-day Spirit Week for the first time: going to have the Wednesday of Spirit Week off. KWHS has had the Wednesday of Spirit Week off for the last fourteen years. WGHS has Wednesday… Read More ›
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Slideshow: Thespians to bring ‘Hamlet’ to high school
“Hamlet” by William Shakespeare will be performed by Webster Groves Drama Department on Oct. 22-24 in the auditorium. See Also: Drama Dept. to perform “Hamlet.”
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Rasnic teaches ‘independent learners’
Cole Schnell Contributing Writer Beth Rasnic, academic lab teacher said, “Be independent learners.” Rasnic doesn’t want her students to be consumed with homework and school work, but to be involved and independent learners in and out of school. Rasnic, a… Read More ›
