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This is Cole Schnell’s third year on ECHO staff. Last year, he was the junior editor advertising/business manager his sophomore year and he made several contributions while taking journalism class his freshman year.

• Former teacher placed on 5-year probation for sexual contact with student

  By Cole Schnell on April 4, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Former English teacher David Mendelson pleaded guilty to sexual contact with a student, a Class D felony, and was placed on five-years probation on March 29. Mendelson was sentenced to four years of incarceration, but the sentence was suspended and… Read More ›

• Burchett removed from Chelsea Center

  By Cole Schnell on March 28, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Julie Burchett would not be returning as the Chelsea Center coordinator next year as of Thursday, March 14. “It was a shock…a total surprise,” Burchett said. Burchett said her contract ends at the end of the year, so she will… Read More ›

• Podcast makes depression hilarious

  By Cole Schnell on February 14, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Depression is hilarious, at least to John Moe and some of the comedians and celebrities who come on to his podcast, “The Hilarious World of Depression.” Every episode starts with Moe asking the guest(s), “Do you think depression is funny?”… Read More ›

• Dr. Matthew Irvin to become principal

  By Cole Schnell on April 27, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Cole Schnell Editor-in-Chief Dominic Grosvenor Contributing Writer Dr. Matthew Irwin will become the new principal for the 2018-19 school year. Irwin said he wants to be principal to have “an impact on a larger scale.” Irwin is currently the associate principal of Lafayette High School of the Rockwood School District.

• Photo of the Week: Student marches for gun legislation

  By Cole Schnell on April 26, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

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• Slideshow: Students protest against gun violence at MO Attorney General’s office

  By Cole Schnell on April 20, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

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• Breaking News: Students protest at the MO Attorney General’s office

  By Cole Schnell on April 20, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Cole Schnell Editor-in-Chief Students protest against gun violence in front of MO Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Josh Hawley’s office. The organizer, Student Demand Action, chose this date because today marks the 19th anniversary of Columbine High School Shooting…. Read More ›

• Willie’s Comic by Cole Schnell

  By Cole Schnell on April 9, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

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• Students, staff, moms take action after MSD shooting

  By Cole Schnell on March 30, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Cole Schnell Junior Editor Ashli Wagner Video Editor Three-hundred-nineteen students that teachers recorded on attendance walked-out to protest gun control on Wednesday, March 14. The topic of gun control is again in the limelight after another mass shooting, this time… Read More ›

• Op-ed: ‘Trump Bump’ doesn’t improve wages

  By Cole Schnell on March 17, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Cole Schnell Junior Editor Whitehouse.gov released a statement titled, “Tax Cuts and Reforms are Helping American Workers and Businesses” on Jan. 31. The statement contains a list of examples from eight different newspapers of how the “Trump Bump” is “trickling… Read More ›

• Breaking News: Students walkout for gun control, one month after MSD shooting

  By Cole Schnell on March 14, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• School continues its combat against segregation

  By Cole Schnell on January 31, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• Willie’s Comic by Cole Schnell

  By Cole Schnell on November 23, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

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• Green’s new novel fails to meet expectations

  By Cole Schnell on November 7, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• Op-ed: Sports should count as PE credit

  By Cole Schnell on October 24, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• Students recommend involvement despite challenges

  By Cole Schnell on April 25, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›