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The Greylock Echo

The Student News Site of Mount Greylock Regional High School

The Greylock Echo

The Student News Site of Mount Greylock Regional High School

The Greylock Echo

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A poster advertising the drive hangs in the foyer.

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...

1 in 650: Max Rhie

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...

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...

A New Era: Barrett on Why Libraries are still Relevant

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...

Two seniors, Ella Dudley and Maddie Albert, work during a latin class.

Girls in the Classroom

Maddy Art and Clara McWeeny 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...

Carrizales speaks at the Japanese Consulate in Bostons competition, in which she earned first place.

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:...

The MCAS Madness board shows team and individual scores throughout the competition, as well as abundant inspiration.

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...

An Interview with Nicole Overbaugh

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...

Darafshi performs in a concert of the Williams College Wind Ensemble.

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...

The Pheonix at MASS MoCA a few years ago. Seventh graders visit a variety of art museums through the CCR program.

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...

Students React to Admissions Scandal

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...

Eagle Scout: An Interview with Mike Maruk

Krishan Rai, Staff Writer March 19, 2019

Senior Mike Maruk just earned the title of Eagle Scout. The Echo sat down with him to ask him some questions about the process. Echo: How did you become and Eagle Scout? Maruk: Well, if you start...

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