The Student News Site of Tenafly High School

The Echo

The Student News Site of Tenafly High School

The Echo

The Student News Site of Tenafly High School

The Echo

2022-2023 Staff

Gia Shin
Co-Editor-in-Chief

Gia Shin

Gia Shin (‘23) is excited to further the journalism program at THS as Co-Editor-in-Chief of The Echo. Aside from writing, she enjoys reading Asian American literature and playing with her puppy, Hazel.

Jacqueline Kim
Co-Editor-in-Chief

Jacqueline Kim

Jacqueline Kim (’23), Co-Editor-in-Chief of The Echo, is thrilled for the opportunity to broaden her perspective of writing through journalism. She also enjoys reading, writing, and painting in her free time.

Dina Shlufman
Managing Editor

Dina Shlufman

Dina Shlufman ('23) is beyond excited to be the Managing Editor for The Echo. She enjoys writing about anything and everything. She loves to play piano, read, run, and listen to her extraordinarily diverse and lengthy playlists. Sh...

Shira Oelsner
Sports Editor

Shira Oelsner

Shira Oelsner (’23) is ecstatic to continue her journey as Sports Editor for The Echo. She loves writing about topics ranging from sports to social media and anything in between. In her free time, she enjoys baking, spending...

Maayan Matsliah
Staff Writer

Maayan Matsliah

Maayan Matsliah ('25) is excited to be a Staff Writer for The Echo. She enjoys exploring different types of music, as well as expressing her creativity through different forms of art.

Jonathan Levy
Staff Writer

Jonathan Levy

Jonathan Levy ('23) is a Staff Writer for The Echo who greatly enjoys both playing and watching sports. He is an avid NBA, NFL, MLB, and NHL fan, his favorite teams being the New York Knicks, New York Giants, New York Yankees,...

Farrah Israel
Staff Writer

Farrah Israel

Farrah Israel (’24) is thrilled to be a Staff Writer for The Echo. She enjoys catching up on current events and learning about what’s going on in the world. She is excited to share her writing on The Echo and inform others...

Jack Israel
Staff Writer

Jack Israel

Jack Israel (‘24) is thrilled to be a Staff Writer for The Echo. He enjoys reading and writing about many of the different topics for The Echo, especially in business, finance, and current events. He is excited to grow as a writ...

Joie Evar
Staff Writer

Joie Evar

Joie Evar ('24) loves to write and is passionate about informing people with news on The Echo. She likes to write about humor, pop culture, and all things that are relatable to the student life at THS. She never hesitates to wri...

Elena Goiria
Staff Writer

Elena Goiria

Elena Goiria (’25) is thrilled to be a Staff Writer for The Echo. She is a member of the track and field team and during her free time she enjoys running, cooking, reading, listening to music, and hanging out with her frien...

Liam Tenenbaum
Staff Writer

Liam Tenenbaum

Liam Tenenbaum ('25) is a Staff Writer of The Echo. He enjoys writing satire based and opinionated journalism. He enjoys skiing competitively, traveling the world, trying new food, and watching sports games.

Charley Levine
Staff Writer

Charley Levine

Charley Levine ('25) is a Staff Writer for The Echo. She looks forward to covering stories involving student life, entertainment, and major current events throughout the world. In her free time, she enjoys playing soccer, listenin...

Junhyoung (Edward) Kim
Staff Writer

Junhyoung (Edward) Kim

Junhyoung (Edward) Kim ('24) is a Staff Writer for The Echo and enjoys public speaking, swimming, listening to music, and making things "aesthetic." He also enjoys keeping up with the latest news whether the news is about politics...

Mia Villavicencio
Staff Writer

Mia Villavicencio

Mia Villavicencio ('23) is excited to be a member of The Echo. She loves to read and write about a variety of topics for The Echo, especially those relating to science. She loves music and enjoys playing the violin and piano ...

Daria Levy
Staff Writer

Daria Levy

Daria Levy ('23) is a Staff Writer for The Echo and enjoys writing (clearly), cooking, and catching up on her favorite criminal podcast series.

Zoe Sun
Staff Writer

Zoe Sun

Zoe Sun (‘25) enjoys reading current events and is excited to write pieces focusing on student life, entertainment, and current events for The Echo.

Kavya Chettur
Staff Writer

Kavya Chettur

Kavya Chettur ('25) is excited to be a staff writer for The Echo! She is interested in covering stories related to current events, student life, and science. In her free time, she enjoys dancing, playing lacrosse, and spending...

Staff Writer

Noah Shin

Noah Shin ('26) is excited to be writing for The Echo.

Hongbi Cho
Staff Writer

Hongbi Cho

Hongbi Cho ('26) is a Staff Writer for The Echo. She is thrilled to write articles throughout the year and hopes to write many more in the future. She loves to cook and play with her friends and have fun!

Andrea Koo
Staff Writer

Andrea Koo

Andrea Koo (’26) is excited to be a Staff Writer for The Echo. She likes writing about entertainment and student life. In her free time, she enjoys baking, listening to music, and hanging out with friends.

Staff Writer

Samantha Shanker

Samantha Shanker (´25) is a staff writer for The Echo. In her free time, she enjoys playing volleyball, hanging out with friends, and listening to music! She is super thrilled to write more stories in the future for The Echo.

Staff Writer

Jayden Ko

Jayden Ko ('23) is excited to be a staff writer for The Echo. He enjoys playing golf and watching sports. He also has an interest in business and finance.

Gabi Eimbinder
Staff Writer

Gabi Eimbinder

Gabi Eimbinder ('24) is excited to be a Staff Writer for The Echo. She loves to read and write about current events and topics. In her free time, she likes to cook and hang out with her friends.

Jocelyn Kim
Staff Writer

Jocelyn Kim

Jocelyn Kim ('25) is excited to be a Staff Writer for The Echo. She is a part of the cheer team and culinary club.

Olivia Lai
Staff Writer

Olivia Lai

Olivia Lai (’25) is a Staff Writer for The Echo. She is interested in writing about current events and entertainment. In her free time, she enjoys playing volleyball, reading, shopping, and hanging out with friends.

Tony Yoo
Staff Writer

Tony Yoo

Tony (Ganghyun) Yoo ('25) is thrilled to write for The Echo, especially about sports. In his free time, he loves to play soccer, run track and field, and hang out with his friends. He is thankful to express his interests through ...

Linah Han
Staff Writer

Linah Han

Linah Han ('26) loves writing current events for The Echo. She plays soccer and golf and loves to spend time with her friends and family. Linah can't wait to write various topics for The Echo this year!

Sophie Lee
Staff Writer

Sophie Lee

Sophie Lee ('24) loves reporting current events on The Echo, especially about sports. She plays soccer and runs track and field and enjoys spending time with friends and family. Sophie can't wait to cover topics for The Echo and be a staf...

Staff Writer

Zoe Dakin

Zoe Dakin (‘26) is very excited to be a Staff Writer for The Echo. She likes learning about current events and can’t wait to write about them for The Echo. In her free time, she enjoys playing soccer, listening to mus...

Staff Writer

Natalie Farber

Natalie Farber ('26) is a Staff Writer for The Echo. She loves all animals, especially her dog Coconut. She enjoys playing soccer at THS, listening to music, spending time with friends, and baking.

Edward Wang
Staff Writer

Edward Wang

Edward Wang (‘26) is thrilled to be a Staff Writer for The Echo. He primarily enjoys writing about STEM-related topics and is fascinated by scientific discoveries and advancements. In his free time, he enjoys practicing the viol...

Seihyun (Shawn) Lee
Staff Writer

Seihyun (Shawn) Lee

Seihyun (Shawn) Lee ('25) is excited to be a staff writer for The Echo. He enjoys sharing his stories and listening to others' stories. He also enjoys coding, so he made a social media site called Atrable, where people can sh...

Meredith Ho
Staff Writer

Meredith Ho

Meredith Ho ('25) is an avid writer who enjoys doing it in her free time. She enjoys making videos, such as her segments on THS TV. Some of Meredith's additional interests are tennis and piano.

Samantha Cho
Staff Writer

Samantha Cho

Samantha Cho (’26) is excited to be a staff writer for The Echo. She hopes to read and write more interesting stories for The Echo. In her free time, she likes playing tennis, skiing, and spending time with family and friend...

Pablo Estua Carrillo
Staff Writer

Pablo Estua Carrillo

Pablo Estua Carrillo ('25) is excited to be a part of The Echo. He mainly enjoys writing stories about sports. Outside of school, he runs for the THS Cross Country and Track and Field teams and he plays tennis for the boys' te...

Clara Pimenta
Staff Writer

Clara Pimenta

Clara Pimenta

JaeHa (Justin) Kim
Staff Writer

JaeHa (Justin) Kim

JaeHa (Justin) Kim (26') is enthralled to be a staff writer for The Echo and open a new page of forthcoming opportunities. In his free time, he enjoys playing soccer, listening to music, and filming videos.

David Shin
Staff Writer

David Shin

David Shin ('25) is a Staff Writer for The Echo. He is looking forward to covering stories of any genre that might pique the interest of students at Tenafly High School.

Eden Garrett
Staff Writer

Eden Garrett

Eden Garrett ('24) is thrilled to be a staff writer for The Echo. She enjoys learning about the news and informing people on current events. She also enjoys baking, tennis, reading, listening to music, etc. She is very excited...

Chang Yoon Kim
Staff Writer

Chang Yoon Kim

Chang Yoon Kim ('26) is thrilled to be a staff writer for The Echo. He hopes to write many more articles in the future. In his free time, he likes to play tennis with his friends.

Davin Shin
Staff Writer

Davin Shin

Davin Shin ('26) is a Staff Writer for The Echo. He loves exploring controversial topics and sports. His hobbies include playing soccer, watching sports, reading, and hanging out with friends.

Heeseo Yoon
Staff Writer

Heeseo Yoon

Heeseo Yoon

Jordan Yanowitz
Staff Writer

Jordan Yanowitz

Jordan Yanowitz ('25) is excited to cover stories discussing entertainment, sports, student life, and current events. In her free time, she enjoys baking desserts, playing soccer, traveling, and listening to music.

Staff Writer

Anoushka Chakrabarti

Anoushka Chakrabarti (’25) is a Staff Writer for The Echo. Aside from writing about current events, she enjoys, reading, listing to music and spending time with friends and family.

Sarah dos Santos
Staff Writer

Sarah dos Santos

Sarah dos Santos ('23) is enrolled in Journalism this year and is excited to write for The Echo.

Marni Schwarz
Staff Writer

Marni Schwarz

Marni Schwarz (’24) is thrilled to be a Staff Writer for The Echo. She loves to read and write and looks forward to growing as a writer through her work on The Echo. Marni is most interested in reporting on current events th...

Alex Chizzik
Staff Writer

Alex Chizzik

Alex Chizzik (’24) is thrilled to be a staff writer for The Echo. She loves learning about current events, whether they be local or worldwide. In her free time, Alex enjoys dancing, listening to music, and spending time wit...

Thomas Yoon
Staff Writer

Thomas Yoon

Thomas Yoon ('23) is excited to serve as a Staff Writer for The Echo. He enjoys reading and writing about various topics, including current events, geopolitics, and economics.