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...
Girls in the Classroom
April 29, 2019
"That's a man's question, a girl wouldn't understand," Camilla's* teacher told her when she raised her hand to answer a question about World War II machinery. Instead, the teacher called on a boy whose hand was not raised and who did not know the answer, because, in the teacher's words, "it’s like heavy metal, ...
Sonya Carrizales on Time in Japan, Learning the Language
Krishan Rai, Staff Writer
April 29, 2019
Recently, the Echo talked to senior Sonya Carrizales about her experiences winning 1st place in the Boston Japanese Consulate’s speech contest. Echo: How did you get interested in Japanese? Carrizales: I first got interested in Japanese when I was a kid. I used to see all these Studio Ghibli mov...
MCAS Madness: A Tradition Continues
Jackie Wells, Staff Writer
April 23, 2019
Every year since MCAS was implemented in 1993, the students of Mrs. Barrett’s seventh grade english class have competed in their own March Madness. Students mix basketball shootouts and MCAS work packets as a way to prepare for the English Language Arts Massachusetts standardized test. In MCAS ...
An Interview with Nicole Overbaugh
Eva Myers, Staff Writer
April 6, 2019
The Echo sat down with Nicole Overbaugh to talk about photography, the processes of filmmaking, and the junior's current film in the works starring some of Mount Greylock's own sophomores, juniors, and seniors. ECHO: How long have you been interested in filmmaking and photography? OVERBAUGH: I started photograph...
An Interview with Nima Darafshi
Cammi Macuch, Interviews Editor
March 31, 2019
Students at Greylock play a wide variety of musical instruments, but junior Darafshi is a rare bassist. The Echo sat down with Darafshi to discuss his experience playing the instrument. ECHO: What made you start playing the bass? DARAFSHI: I started playing bass because of my teacher James Bergin...
Seventh Graders Embrace Art, Positive Messages Through Curating a Culture of Respect Program
Ava Simon, Staff Writer
March 30, 2019
Starting from the very beginning, Mount Greylock encourages students to respect the human condition. This ideal is perhaps first manifested in the 7th grade in a project known as Curating a Culture of Respect (CCR). As the name implies, CCR strives to create an appreciation and understanding of how people...
Students React to Admissions Scandal
Laura Dupuis, Staff Writer
March 26, 2019
In 2010, the United State’s biggest college cheating scandal begin with a video. Rick Singer explained how hard it was to compete in the world of college admissions and that one video lead to the involvement of 50 people, including two celebrity parents along with dozens of other parents, nine coaches,...