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  • Protesting: What Students Can and Can’t Do at AHS

    Kaitlyn Mason | Web Managing Editor Can you sit during the Pledge of Allegiance? Every morning, Student Government President Sophia Trinkle says the Pledge of Allegiance to start off the school day. While it’s been embedded into our head since the days of kindergarten, students do not have to join and salute the flag. In fact, it’s their… Read more

  • Does Avon Ban Books?

    Nathan Miller | Editor-in-Chief This article has been banned because it’s not age-appropriate. A joke here, but very serious for some books in high school libraries. The American Library Association keeps a list of the most frequently challenged and banned books in high school libraries: “Harry Potter,” “Looking for Alaska,” and “Thirteen Reasons Why” have topped the… Read more

  • Do You Know Your First-Amendment Rights? (Infographic)

    Infographic and Illustrations by Nathan Miller. Read more

  • Letter From the Editor-in-Chief, Special Edition Freedom of Speech Coverage

    Letter From the Editor-in-Chief, Nathan Miller To the reader: Welcome to The Echo’s special edition, freedom of speech coverage. As stated in our policies, The Echo does not condone censorship. Freedom of speech and of the press are two civil liberties our staff value greatly, and in keeping with our goal of informing the student… Read more

  • The Impending Cyber Olympiad: Should Esports Be Held to the Same Standards as Traditional Sports?

    Stephen Dumeyer | Reporter Of all markets of competition, esports is one of the fastest growing. With a plethora of games like League of Legends, CSGO, DOTA, Rainbow Six Siege, Rocket League, PUBG, Overwatch, and Call of Duty, there are many pathways for gamers to go pro. Do any of these qualify as a sport? Junior Esports… Read more

  • No ‘I’ in Team: Students Weigh the Difference Between Individual and Team Sporting Events

    Josh Hartman & Sam Sublette | Reporters Focus. Concentration. Preparedness. Three key traits for any tennis player, singles or doubles. As someone who plays on both sides of this, sophomore Sean Nograles is ready to go before every match whether he has a partner or is all on his own. “Singles players usually work on their groundstrokes… Read more

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