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Zora Thomas–Business Manager

Zora Thomas
Business Manager

Bio

This is Zora Thomas’ first year on with Echo publications. She enjoys being involved with the school, and is looking forward to the rest of the year.

Works

Seniors, families prepare for graduation activities

Counselor shares views on working in WGHS

Sales consultant shares prom dress insights

Op-ed: School’s active shooter school protocol should be updated

New group visits art museum

Community gathers for Rock Hill Fall Parade and Festival

‘Hate You Give’ educates, inspires youth

Zootoberfest gives visitors autumn fun

WGHS will host Friendship Dance this year

Parent Club to host 22nd annual Chili Fest

Webster businesses welcome welcome shoppers with annual Holiday Cookie Walk

Hispanic Festival offers cultural experience

 

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Community members walk through Webster Groves during the Martin Luther King March on Jan. 14, 2018. Photo by Ashli Wagner

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Photo of the Week

Teacher-made tie dye shirts hang up as examples for Kyle Lockos’s chemistry class as they decorate shirts as a final project. Photo by Joe Harned

Sports Scores

Men’s Basketball
Dec. 16–Confluence–W–59-57
Dec. 18–Kirkwood–W–57-54
Dec. 22–Trinity–W–82-40
Dec. 28– De Smet–L–69-50
Dec. 30–Westminster–L–66-47
Jan. 1–Bayless–W–78-30

Women’s Basketball
Nov. 26–Whitfield @St. Joseph’s–W–61-58
Nov. 28–@ St. Joseph’s–W–54-44
Dec. 1–Lutheran South–W–67-32
Dec. 8–Parkway South–W–80-21
Dec. 16–Westminster–L–42-41
Dec. 18–Kirkwood–W–55-32
Dec. 19–Cor Jesu @ Visitation–W–56-36
Dec. 16–Lift For Life @ Visitation–W–70-62
Dec. 27–Westminster @ Visitation–L–52-41
Dec. 28–Whitfield at Visitation–W–43-39
Jan. 2–Herculaneum @ Lutheran South–W–65-36

Men’s Cross Country
Sept. 17–Eagle Crusader Invitational–14th–384
Sept. 19–Festus Bowles Invitational–2nd–60
Sept. 25–24th Fox Ed White Invitational–2nd–79
Oct. 3–Parkway West Dale Sheppard Invitational-Race 1–8th–157
Oct. 3–Frank Schultz Invitational–10th–250
Oct. 9–17th Annual Terry Meatheany Invitational–2nd–47
Oct. 17–Eureka Invitational–4th–117
Oct. 22–Webster Groves Invitational–1st–29
Oct. 31–Class 5 District 2–3rd–116

Women’s Field Hockey
Sept. 28–Westminster–L–7-0
Oct. 1–Parkway West–L–6-0
Oct. 7–Clayton–L–3-0
Oct. 9–Kirkwood–L–2-0
Oct. 11–Marquette–L–4-0
Oct. 12–St. Dominic–L–1-0
Oct. 17–Oakville–L–6-0
Oct. 20–Rosati-Kain @ Parkway South–W–1-0
Oct. 21–Summit–L–6-1

Football
Oct. 9–Seckman–L–35-0
Oct. 16–Parkway West–L–55-20
Nov. 6–Mehlville–L–17-0

Women’s Golf
Sept. 14–Lindbergh–Second–186
Sept. 15–Fox–W–183-202
Sept. 16–Oakville –W–176-214
Sept. 22–Webster Scramble–4th–257
Sept. 30–Suburban Conference Championships- Red Pool–1st–372
Oct. 6–Parkway Central at Four Seasons CC–165-187
Oct. 7–Eureka at Aberdeen GC–185-198
Oct. 12–Class 3 District 1 Tournament–6th–372

Men’s Soccer
Sept. 29–Clayton–L–2-1
Sept. 30–Trinity–W–8-0
Oct. 6–Kirkwood–W–2-1
Oct. 8–Summit–W–3-2
Oct. 10–SLUH–L–2-1
Oct. 12–Vianney–W–5-0
Oct. 15–Lindbergh–L–3-2
Oct. 20–Chaminade–W–2-1
Oct. 24–Priory–W–3-1
Oct. 27–Mehlville–L–7-0
Nov. 2–Windsor (Imperial) @Mehlville–W–8-1
Nov. 4–Mehlville–W–4-0
Nov. 7–Clayton–L–3-1

Women’s Softball
Sept. 28–Borgia–W–12-0
Sept. 29–Kirkwood–W–12-2
Oct. 1–Parkway West–W–12-1
Oct. 2–Cor Jesu–W–17-0
Oct. 3–Oakville–W–9-6
Oct. 3–Oakville–L–10-6
Oct. 5–Summit–W–14-9
Oct. 6–Pattonville–W–15-5
Oct. 7–Fox–W–7-1
Oct. 8–Northwest Cedar Hill–W–14-0
Oct 10–Parkway South–L–2-1
Oct. 10–Parkway South–W–18-7
Oct. 13–Affton @ Windsor–W–15-0
Oct. 15–Incarnate Word @ Windsor–W–14-4
Oct. 16–Rosati-Kain @ Windsor–W–15-0
Oct. 22–Farmington @ Windsor (Imperial)–W–5-1
Oct. 24–Summit–W–4-3
Oct. 30–Webb City @Killian Softball Complex–W–5-4

Men’s Swimming
Oct. 8–Clayton–W–139-36
Nov. 14–Missouri Class 1 Championships–17th–33

Women’s Volleyball
Sept. 29–Oakville–L–25-19; 25-19
Oct. 1–Northwest Cedar Hill–L–25-14; 25-17
Oct. 3–Kirkwood–W–25-20; 25-18; 25-21; 25-20
Oct. 8–Nerinx Hall–L–25-19; 25-23
Oct. 14–Parkway West–L–25-23; 28-26; 25-10; 25-22; 15-10
Oct. 22–Lindbergh–L–25-19; 25-14; 25-20; 25-20
Oct. 27–Nerinx Hall @Incarnate Word–L–26-24; 26-24; 25-13

Men’s Wrestling
Nov. 24–Union @Capital City-30-Final–47-30

Women’s Wrestling
Nov. 24–Union-30 @ Capital City-12-Final–30-12
Dec. 1–Lafayette-48 @ Timberland-24-Final–48-24
Dec. 1–Clayton-6 @ Brentwood-12-Final–12-6
Dec. 9–Francis Howell Central-30 @ Fort Zumwalt West-30–30-30
Dec. 9–Troy Buchanan-30 @ Timberland-12–30-12
Dec. 9–Lafayette-48 @ Marquette-12–48-12

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Former 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"
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*Class of 2017 former sports editor/columnist Bennett Durando writes for the The Missourian.
*Class of 2018 editor-in-chief Caroline Fellows is copy chief for the Maneater.
*Former editor-in-chief Kate Grumke is a 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 Aerin Johnson graduated from Truman University, where she was executive producer of TMN TV news.
*Class of 2017 former ECHO editor Andy Kimball is a reporter for the The Missourian.
*Class of 2019 print editor Ellie Marshall is a copy editor for the Maneater.
*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 won the Jury Award for Best Cinematography & Sound at the Stronger Than Fiction Film Fest for her documentary "Qualm & Quietus."
*Class of 2019 editor-in-chief Cole Schnell is a copy editor for the Maneater.
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