With a new school year comes new policy changes, and academic lab is no exception. According to the new academic lab syllabus’, “Academic Lab provides an opportunity for students to receive additional tutoring and academic support on a daily basis.”… Read More ›
Senior Jenna Michalski recently raised money for and ran in the Race for Refuge, a 5K, to support victims of sex trafficking.
“I raised over $400.00,” Michalski said. The race was sponsored by an organization called the Covering House, which provides therapeutic housing, community programs and other services in order to educate people about sex trafficking.
Ashli Wagner Video Editor Mitchell Lazarow, senior and Eagle Award nominee, has been a part of several sports and activities at WGHS. Lazarow has played football for four years, two on Varsity, and has played volleyball for four years. Apart… Read More ›
Natalie Johnson Social Media Manager “There are two types of people: There are spoons, and there are casseroles,” said band director Dane Williams, and Thomas Putnam is more definitely a casserole. There are the people who volunteer to bring the… Read More ›
Natalie Johnson Social Media Manager Hunting for one of the last open spots in the Robert’s Gym parking lot, senior Jamie Tabron’s long day at WGHS begins at 7:53 a.m. “I try my hardest to get to school on time,”… Read More ›
Riley Mullgardt Print Editor Senior Grace Behrle is set to go to Mizzou to major in business and minor in French and psychology. With a 4.07 GPA and a 30 on the ACT, she was also accepted into the Honors… Read More ›
Leor Shomroni Contributing Writer Martez Marti is very popular at WGHS, among his peers and teachers alike. About Marti, SSD teacher Jannie Robinson said, “Martez is a very independent young man. He will let you know when you’re wrong. He… Read More ›
Trinity Madison Ads/Business Manager Seniors Britney, Daria and Taylor Clark are sister triplets graduating with the Class of 2018. Each has a strong legacy and fingerprint at WGHS. Taylor Clark said, “My biggest takeaway [from highschool] is to really focus… Read More ›
As year 2017-2018 at WGHS comes to a close, students and staff reflect on the mistakes of the past and look to improve them for the future. Students describe the 17-18 year in one word: Junior Deanna Simon said, “boring.”… Read More ›
Elise Keller News/Opinion Editor Class of 2018 seniors have endured four years of Webster Groves High School, and now they have the opportunity to be locked inside the school overnight as part of a 67 year old school tradition. The… Read More ›
Lindsey Bennett Feature Editor Forming a new student-led group is one way the school is hoping to tear down racial biases and inequality. No Place for Hate is a movement through the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). According to the ADL website,… Read More ›
Eleanor Marshall Print Editor Maeve Taylor Podcast Editor After weeks of campaigning, junior Evelyn Trampe was elected student council president. Before assuming her position as president, she first served as class vice president, then historian, and most of her junior… Read More ›
Rosa Parks Social Media Manager “Cheating” is a word that has been thrown around quite a bit in national news. At Webster Groves a particular cheating incident has been on the minds of students. In AP U.S. History, some students… Read More ›
Emily Stisser Opinion Editor From clever posters to crazy costumes, promposals continue to capture the high school heart. A promposal is a spin-off word of proposal, except it more relates to corsages, awkward photographs and the infamous party bus. Each… Read More ›
Elise Keller News/Opinion Editor Dr. Jon Clark recently announced he will not return next fall and will instead retire after 15 years as Webster’s principal. ECHO asked the students what they want in the person who takes Clark’s place. The… Read More ›
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 ›
Caroline Fellows Editor-in-Chief March is Women’s History Month when people around the United States recognize the contributions of women in history and in daily life. The Feminist Coalition meets every other week on Tuesday mornings and holds mostly educational discussions…. Read More ›
Caroline Fellows Editor-in-Chief Ashli Wagner Video Editor In social studies classes, students learn about world history and United States history. They can recite the emperors of China and the effects of the Civil War. However, there is more history a… Read More ›
Riley Mullgardt Print Editor Josie Krueger Entertainment Editor “This trip made me more excited and ready for my future than I have ever been. I can’t wait to pursue my career in the marketing field,” senior Claudia LeSage said. Webster’s… Read More ›
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 ›
Elise Keller News/Opinion Editor Junior Sydney Ward is a student athlete who stands out because she is the only female on Webster’s wrestling team. Ward has wrestled for two years and considers her greatest accomplishment in wrestling to be “just… Read More ›
Josie Krueger Entertainment Editor One of the most memorable characteristics of a mall in December is the bearded character in red, who comes around each year to sit atop his red velvet chair and listen to countless children’s wishes. Their… Read More ›
Riley Mullgardt Print Editor As the holiday season gets closer, St. Louis starts to get a bit brighter. The lights show everything from traditional Christmas scenes and the 12 Days of Christmas, to Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red… Read More ›
Cole Schnell Junior Editor Ashli Wagner Video Editor Natalie Johnson Social Media Manager Caroline Fellows Editor-in-Chief TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year is “the silence breakers” because more light needs to be shed on the issues of sexual harassment and… Read More ›
