The Glen Echo

Tenafly Pediatrics is a doctor’s office that has recently treated thousands of kids with the flu. Dr. Alina Sumarokov has treated thousands of patients with flu-like symptoms this year.

Cough Cough: The flu’s effect on Glen Rock and the tri-state area

by Madelyn Willoughby, Staff Writer May 8, 2018

While the rest of her peers were at school, Mary Andreou sat alone on her couch surrounded by tissues and medicine. The glass coffee table was pulled close to the brown couch so she would not have to stand...

Emcees Madie Jones and Luke Blomstrom introduce the next act. Both Jones and Blomstrom also performed.

Forty fourth Coffeehouse strengthens school tradition

by Caroline Geoghegan, Staff Writer May 4, 2018

Something has changed in the cafeteria. The usual blinding lights are now dimmed. Tables have been folded up and put away, with rows of chairs being placed to face an arrangement of stools, each paired...

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Glen Rock students weigh in on the national gun-control walkouts

by Chloe Siohan March 12, 2018

Students across the nation have been walking out of schools in protest for stricter gun laws, with two nationwide walkouts scheduled in March and April. As these dates loom, the question remains: will...

Club president Abby Stern stands with Hailey Sapoff, student outreach officer, at the end of the last Girl Up meeting.

Fighting for feminism

by Tara Lagattuta, Staff Writer February 13, 2018

Feminism has been illustrated negatively and portrayed as angry women yelling at men for equal rights. However, sophomore Abby Stern created the Girl Up club this year to raise awareness and support for...

Anxiety has no zip code

Anxiety has no zip code

by Chloe Siohan, Staff Writer January 30, 2018

*Names have been changed to protect identities The realities of teens in Paterson may seem like a world away from those of teens in Glen Rock, but they are more similar than one may think. When people...

Julienne dances on pointe in Raymonda during Petrov’s 2016 Spring Gala.

I am not fragile: The story of Julienne Sorota

by Kobie Tsiang, Staff Writer January 19, 2018

Walk into a warm studio. Feel the eyes of your artistic director watch and analyze your every move. Do thousands of pirouettes, grande Jetés, and arabesques. Do them until  dizzy, until your feet swell...

Urban to suburban: the “gawd” from Queens

by Kate Casey, Managing Editor January 10, 2018

Every morning, Elijah Fernandez woke up and had to make a choice-- he could go to school where the only individual attention he would receive was unwarranted pushes, punches, and shoves from classmates;...

Hurricane Irma leaves damage on Miami, Fla. In an effort to assist victims struck by Irma, students and staff have selected to adopt Lely High School of Naples, Fla. Lely High School was struck by Hurricane Irma this past summer.

School steps in to assist hurricane victims

by David Viggiano, Staff Writer December 21, 2017

Students and staff have arranged for the school to adopt Lely High school of Naples, Fla. which was among the several schools that were destroyed by this summer’s numerous hurricanes. Lely High school...

Graces oldest sister Laura poses for a picture with her newest sibling in January 2003, when the Huisking family picked up Grace from the orphanage in China.

Adopted overseas

by Jenny DeStefano, FaceBook Manager December 18, 2017

One might define their parents as the people who gave birth to them. However, sophomore Grace Huisking does not hold this same definition. On February 28, 2002, Grace was born in Chongqing, China and...

Space is the current venue for this years senior prom, but students now have the opportunity to vote if they prefer a more formal location.

Disputes rise on prom venues

by Kate Casey, Managing Editor December 13, 2017

This year’s choice of prom venue has caused unrest among some of the senior class and parents. The senior class officers began planning their prom in June of 2017. Together, they drafted a list of...

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