The Glen Echo

2024 Valedictorian and Salutatorian

by Neil Sahu, Copy Editor • April 30, 2024

The 2023-24 Valedictorian and Salutatorian were announced on Mar. 19. Daniel Erani was named Valedictorian and Virginia Liang was named Salutatorian. The valedictorian is a student who has the highest...

Sharing the arts: an experience for everyone

by Jenesis Brun, Feature Editor • April 30, 2024

For the past few years, Glen Rock High School has hosted the Sharing the Arts program through the community school. It was first directed by Ms. Brown, a retired dance teacher. Then passed down to Mrs....

Three cheers for our amazing female teachers!

by Anjali Gandhi, Staff Writer • March 21, 2024

When’s the last time you’ve fully stopped to take a moment to appreciate your teachers? Think about it. They plan out entire lessons for days. They come to school when we don’t for who-knows-what-but-probably-important-teacher-stuff....

Dream Cars of GRHS

by Matt Barchetto, Staff Writer • February 29, 2024

Hi there. Matt Barchetto here with another exciting automotive editorial that both of my readers will enjoy. Based on what I write about, clearly I had nothing to do for Valentine’s Day, so I interviewed...

From Hollywood producer to beloved high school teacher: We’re so lucky to have Ms. Vrablic

by Naomi Bashan and Olivia Berard • February 29, 2024

In the halls of Glen Rock, Broadcast Media teacher Jenna Vrablic is a mentor to many, a soundboard for creative ideas, and an incredibly dedicated educator. Nestled in the library: cameras, microphones,...

Now and Then: A Change in the Grammys

by Neil Sahu, Copy Editor • February 29, 2024

The 66th annual Grammys aired on Sunday, Feb. 4th in Los Angeles’s Crypto Arena. This year, Trevor Noah was the selected host. The Grammys sent out their nominations on Nov. 10, 2023, and then the Academy’s...

How College Applications Are Going

by Neil Sahu, Copy Editor • January 30, 2024

Senior year: the year when students start applying for different colleges and choosing where they will be heading off, the year when students face great challenges in the first half of the year with (in...

A brave and passionate teacher accomplishes 11 years of teaching

by Abbey Baker, Staff Writer • December 21, 2023

A young girl passed out papers to her cousins, passionately giving instructions to her pretend students. Although make believe, this was one of her first experiences teaching, but she knew it would...

Jaretsky the journalist: A teacher’s origins

by Lilian Kim, Staff Writer • December 21, 2023

“The final product is the most prized. It’s rewarding, sure, the process is what makes it rewarding. I just want everybody to feel like they can get there.” Valerie Jaretsky is an...

New faculty members at GRHS; Let’s meet them!

by Olivia Berard, Editor-in-Chief • October 31, 2023

Over the past few days, I had the pleasure of sitting down with a few new faculty members at GRHS. Let's meet them! Ms. Unalp is one of our new science teachers. Her college education started at Montclair...