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Students pose in front of gift drive presents.

Clubs make holidays bright for families in need

December 21, 2017

Every year many children go without the surprise of unwrapping presents on Christmas morning. Through no fault of their own, some families do not have the capability to celebrate Christmas with a tree...

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...

Despite fundraising efforts, no tickets were sold from the collaboration effort between the NY Jets and the Glen Rock HSA.

No one buys tickets from Jets’ game fundraiser

by Andrew Kastelman, Contributing Writer December 13, 2017

A recent Jets’ ticket fundraiser was unsuccessful. The Jets, looking to increase ticket sales, reached out to the Glen Rock HSA, along with many others in Bergen County. The goal of this fundraiser...

The senior staff of the Glen Echo traveled to New York City for a tour of the New York Times. They toured the offices and the morgue, and also had the opportunity to ask questions to a 29 year New York Times reporter.

Student journalists visit The New York Times

by The Glen Echo Staff November 17, 2017

Fifteen journalism students stood in the center of an underground morgue surrounded by a century of history, not surrounded by corpses but by newspaper clippings filed away in row after row of sorted archives.  The...

Boys varsity soccer appeal shut down

Boys varsity soccer appeal shut down

by Sophie Ferreri, Head Copy Editor November 15, 2017

It was a long, hard fought season and no one was ready to let it go that easily. Four Glen Rock boys soccer parents marched into the sports lobby the Monday morning following the semi-final loss to...

Michelle Torpey opens the new prescription drug recycle box in Rock Ridge Pharmacy. She took initiative to help people dispose of addictive opioid drugs in Glen Rock. She raised money for this box with gofundme.com.

Rock Ridge Pharmacy installs drug recycle box

by Madelyn Willoughby, Staff Writer November 14, 2017

Rock Ridge Pharmacy placed a MedReturn drug recycle box in-store to help lower recreational prescription drug use in Glen Rock and other surrounding towns. MedReturn boxes, and other drug recycle boxes,...

Sophomore Jennifer DeStefano prepares to do her work in the now computer less media center.

High school goes paperless after one-to-one laptop program

by Isis Kirkland, Twitter Manager November 6, 2017

The high school aims to use less paper after implementing the one-to-one laptop program this year. Principal John Arlotta made the decision to transform the high school into a campus that uses less...

Evan Van Duffelen, junior at Glen Rock High School, read ¨To Kill a Mockingbird¨ during class.   To Kill a Mockingbird teaches students about social inequality and injustice, as well as the importance of education of the youth.

English teachers learn new style to teach “To Kill a Mockingbird”

by Jared Brassil, Staff Writer November 3, 2017

English teachers traveled to Montclair State University to learn a new way to teach “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. The main speaker at the seminar was David Schwartz and was run through...

Jared Burger, 18, will face charges for creating a false public alarm. Burger sent threats via social media but did not step on school grounds.

Fair Lawn teenager to stand trial for creating false public alarm

by Githmie Goonatilleke, Editor-in-Chief November 2, 2017

The man responsible for the two hour shelter in place on Oct. 13 was arrested and will stand trial next week. Jared Burger, an 18 year old Fair Lawn teenager, was charged with creating a false public...

With groundbreaking underway, the construction on the arboretum’s new educational center construction begins.

Construction on the Thielke Arboretum educational center fully underway

by Rachel Goldberg, Staff Writer November 2, 2017

Construction for the new environmental education center in the arboretum on Doremus Avenue has begun. The idea for the center started back in 2009 and aimed to house a place for utilities for volunteers...

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