COVID-19 – Mountain Echo

Going virtual.
The school board decides to go back to full virtual for the second marking period. Students, parents and teachers have mixed feelings about the change.

School switches back to virtual for second marking period

Sydney Wilfong and Destiny Montgomery
November 25, 2020

School is now in session! Juniors Alexis Benden and Ariana Brewer complete work on Chromebooks as their teacher teaches class virtually.

Students fear contracting COVID-19 during face-to-face instruction

Kamika Helsel, Reporter
November 23, 2020

Back to school.
Students and teachers return to the school in-person for the first time in months. Students' temperatures are checked everyday when they come into the building. Although students and teachers share a hybrid schedule, teachers physically go to the school everyday of the week, unlike the students who spend half of the week virtually.

Teachers voice concerns, frustrations with new hybrid schedule

Sydney Wilfong, Associate Editor
November 18, 2020

Back to school.
On Nov. 16, all students that have chosen in-person classes will return to school. Students will have an orientation day of meetings and instructions before reestablishing their regular schedules of face-to-face classes.

School board details transition plan for returning students, staff

Sydney Wilfong, Reporter
October 9, 2020

Run! Austin Kravetz runs for the ball during a 2019 soccer game. Kravetz then scored a goal.

School district allows 33% capacity at sporting events

Ben Blackie, Editor In Chief
September 30, 2020

Recently, movies such as

Outbreak, Contagion fail to capture American realities in different ways

Sydney Wilfong, Reporter
April 24, 2020

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