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ECHO Newspaper
Webster Groves High School
100 Selma Ave.
Webster Groves, MO 63119

Upcoming Events

December 5
Film Club Festival
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.  Frick Theater

December 6
Robotics Meet
7 a.m. – 3 p.m.  Roberts Gym

December 8
Thrive Pitch Competition
6 p.m. – 9 p.m.  Frick Theater

December 12
A Capella Winter Concert
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

December 16-19 
FINAL EXAMS

December 20 – January 4
NO SCHOOL for Winter Break

Photo of the Week

Social studies teacher Michael Weber speaks during the Veterans' assembly in Roberts Gym on Friday, Nov. 7. Photo by Arianna Peper
Junior varsity football faced off against Kirkwood high school’s Junior varsity in the annual Turkey Day game on Thursday, Nov. 27. The game was held at Kirkwood and ended in a 14-45 loss for the Statesmen. Photos by Sam Enlund Webster Groves staff and students went head-to-head in the Staff vs Students Game on Saturday, Nov. 22. The event served as a fundraiser for the Marketing II class for the trip to New York. The game ended in overtime with a score of 42-40 with the staff beating the students. Photos by Sam Enlund Webster Groves High School hosted the annual Friendship Dance in Roberts Gym on Saturday, Nov. 1. The dance was held from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and was a dance for both Webster and Kirkwood students. Photos by Lucy Fish Varsity football played in their first districts game against Miller Career Academy at Moss Field on Thursday, Oct. 30. The game ended in a 41-14 win for Webster. Photos by Sam Enlund Senior women played in the annual Powderpuff fundraiser on Saturday, Oct 25. The event was hosted by the Marketing department at the high school and was played by hot pink and light pink. The game ended in a 30-16 win for hot pink. Photos by Lucy Fish Varsity football played against Seckman High School on Friday, Oct 24. The game ended in a 23-56 loss for Webster. Photos by Sam Enlund Students participated in Webster Groves High School's annual Broadway Review on Friday, Oct 10. The event was held in the Frick Theater. Photos by Lucy Fish. The Band performed at the Webster Groves Jazz and Blues Festival on Saturday, Sept. 20. The event was held in Old Webster from 1-11 p.m. Photos by Lucy Fish. Varsity boys soccer played against Priory High School at home on Saturday, Sept. 20. The game ended in a 1-0 win for the Statesmen. Photos by Isaac Choi.

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Former Echo Staffers

*Former entertainment editor Abby Botan interned with the St. Louis Post Dispatch during the summer of 2016. Here are a few of her published works.
--“'Queer' in pop culture"
--"Top 10 Instagram Accounts to follow"
--"Historic Front Pages"
--"Charles Lindbergh"
*Class of 2009 former business/advertising manager Caitlyn Davis is a public relations strategist.
*Class of 2017 former sports editor/columnist Bennett Durando is a Nuggets beat writer for The Denver Post.
*Class of 2018 editor-in-chief Caroline Fellows is an admissions representative at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
*Former editor-in-chief Kate Grumke is a a freelance reporter who also served as political producer for PBS and an Edward R. Murrow Award winner.
*Former sports editor Roy Harris is the author of Pulitzer's Gold.
*Class of 2015 former ECHO editor-in-chief Ariel Johnson is a producer at KNWA Fox24 and a Edward R. Murrow Award winner.
*Class of 2017 former ECHO editor Andy Kimball is a sports journalist for the Decatur Herald and Review.
*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 Sean Mullins is at Webster University and continuing his blog "Electric Retrospective."
*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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