THE ECHO

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  • Opinion: Junior Year is the Worst Year

    by Cayce Hansel One of my clearest memories before I entered high school was being told by a random woman in a nail salon the summer after eighth grade, “Just you wait until junior year.” Even as a freshman and especially my sophomore year, all my upperclassmen friends expressed the fact that junior year was… Read more

  • Opinion: Wigs, Crashes, and a Pair of Goodwill Underwear

    by Holly Edwards From a young age, I thought that high school was supposed to be just like a movie. From High School Musical to Mean Girls, I expected high school to be a glamorous experience, and I was wrong. It was almost Super Bad-Esque. As I prepare to walk across the stage on May… Read more

  • Opinion: A Reflection On My Time At Avon, In The Key Of E Major

    by Edward Crowe It’s been a wonderful four years here at Avon High School. As I leave for the future, I wanted to reflect on the time that I had here in a way that might get you to bop your head. Freshman Year – Mean by Taylor Swift Mean is a song from Taylor… Read more

  • Opinion: Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Why? — My Beef with Copy-and-Paste Tattoos 

    by Addy Bean It starts the same way every time—somewhere between the first whiff of independence and the second protein shake of the day, a teenage boy marches into a tattoo parlor with the confidence of a philosopher and the design sense of a dorm room poster. Minutes later, he emerges permanently branded with what… Read more

  • Opinion: My Entire Future is Based off a Lie.

    by Salem Araya I lied to Mr. Caulton. I could not have cared less about The Echo my freshman year. The only reason I joined newspaper staff was to cover up the fact that I was NOT doing what I was supposed to do during silent reading time in my English 9 Honors class. Instead… Read more

  • Opinion: How High School Was Just Like Falling Down a Rabbit Hole

    by Simone Bender I still remember my first day of high school- bright-eyed, eager, and set for the next four years of my life. I followed the sidewalk in from the bus parking lot, a brand-new set of gel pens in my backpack, ready to take on the world. I hesitated as I got to… Read more

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