Features
“The Hardest Business Decision I’ve Ever Had to Make”
Lucy McWeeny, Features Editor
May 11, 2020
Just a few months ago, Spring Street Market, a local business of Williamstown, was bustling, filled with customers in search of sandwiches and baked goods. Now, the store is as closed and desolate as the street outside. “What the closing came down to was that it became really scary,” Karen Gosselin...
Teachers – They’re Just Like Us!
Mackenzie Sheehy, Pisces
March 31, 2020
With the sudden closure of school for three weeks due to concerns surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak, students and their families are looking for ways to keep quarantine entertaining and avoid boredom. However, Mount Greylock teachers are having no trouble keeping themselves busy. The English department...
1 in 650: An Interview with Mt. Greylock Regional School
Lucy McWeeny, Libra
March 31, 2020
Echo: Wow. Hi. It’s good to finally speak with you. MG Building: Well, it’s good to finally be speaking [Hacks loudly into recording device]. E: So, what is it like being a building? MG: [Sighs heavily] It’s not as easy as everyone thinks. I mean, there are literally hundreds of peopl...
The Search for Sleep
Lucy McWeeny and Emma Sandstorm
March 21, 2020
According to the National Sleep Foundation, teenagers should be getting eight to ten hours of sleep every night. But, a study showed that only 15% of teenagers actually get the recommended amount of sleep. The early Mount Greylock start time has often come up in regards to the amount of sleep Greylock students are getting. The Echo delved into the importance of sleep for teenagers, and what students, teachers, and the administration has to say in response to the school start time.
Two Options, Six Years: A Closer Look at Greylock’s Language Offerings
Livia Morales, Staff Writer
March 20, 2020
In only third grade, Lukas Nordstrom, a German student who spent a few months at Greylock, began his language education, spending 45 minutes a day, two or three times a week, learning English. Beginning in fifth grade, he and his peers were required to take French or Latin and by eighth grade were ...
When Snow Melts and Waxes Burn
Owen Tucker-Smith, Editor-in-Chief
January 29, 2020
At the intersection of skiing, health, and climate: dirty chemicals, shrinking seasons, ardent activists, and less ardent leaders. The Echo talked to officials, high school and college athletes, coaches, and Olympians to learn more.
Inside Greylock’s Fit Club
Ava Howard, Staff Writer
December 27, 2019
Mount Greylock’s Fit Club offers student athletes an opportunity to stay in shape in the off-season. Students can join coaches Brian Gill and Robert Jutras on morning workouts or after school routines. The club, Gill is proud to say, has been around for “probably eight years, maybe nine, and more and...
Woodbury, Project 351 Organize Food Drive
Emma Sandstrom, Staff Writer
December 9, 2019
Project 351 is a nonprofit leadership program constructed to promote youth service in Massachusetts, following the values of kindness, compassion, humility, and gratitude. As the programs founder Carolyn Casey explains on Project 351’s website, “Project 351 is an independent nonprofit organization that builds...
1 in 650: Max Rhie
Gabe Gerry, Staff Writer
November 26, 2019
Senior Max Rhie balances an impressive array of interests, from working with kids to music. The Echo sat down with Rhie to talk about some of what he does. Note: part of this interview appears in the November print issue of The Echo. Echo: Alright, Hello, how are you? Max Rhie: I am doing alright, I am do...
Barber Joins Math Department
Molly Sullivan, Staff Writer
October 20, 2019
Among the many new faces in the hall Ann Marie Barber, a new math teacher who is happy to join the department. Barber grew up in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and graduated from Taconic Highschool. She continued on to Wheaton College for her Bachelors Degree in math and got her Masters in secondary educ...
A New Era: Barrett on Why Libraries are still Relevant
Eva Myers, Staff Writer
September 29, 2019
With the new school came new teachers, and this fall Mount Greylock gained a new librarian: Mrs. Liza Barrett, who previously taught in the Middle School english department. “It’s a new era for the Mount Greylock School Library and Media Center, and I am so excited to be at the helm and to work wi...