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The Echo

The Student News Site of Tenafly High School

The Echo

The Student News Site of Tenafly High School

The Echo

2024-2025 Staff

Liam Tenenbaum
Co-Editor-in-Chief

Liam Tenenbaum

Liam Tenenbaum ('25) is a Co-Editor-in-Chief 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
Co-Editor-in-Chief

Charley Levine

Charley Levine ('25) is the Managing Editor of The Echo. She is an avid writer who particularly enjoys opinionated journalism. Charley spends much of her free time on the soccer and lacrosse fields as well as with her friends ...

Heeseo Yoon
Managing Editor

Heeseo Yoon

Heeseo Yoon ('25), The Echo's Managing Editor, enjoys writing about world affairs and creating cartoons.

Pablo Estua Carrillo
Sports Editor

Pablo Estua Carrillo

Pablo Estua Carrillo ('25) is excited to be Sports Editor of The Echo. He mainly enjoys writing stories about sports, but he can write about any topic that presents before him. Outside of school, he runs for the THS Cross Country ...

Kavya Chettur
Junior Editor

Kavya Chettur

Kavya Chettur ('25) is excited to be a Senior 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 spen...

Kailyn Cho
Proofreader

Kailyn Cho

Kailyn Cho ('25) is excited to be a Senior Staff Writer for The Echo. She enjoys playing tennis, traveling around the world, and chasing sunsets.

Mr. Whitehead
Echo Advisor

Mr. Whitehead

Mr. Whitehead is a teacher, poet, and crossword constructor. This year will be his twenty-eighth year teaching English at THS. He has advised The Echo since 2017.  His poems have appeared widely in journals and magazines, most not...

Achyut Manoj
Guest Writer

Achyut Manoj

Achyut Manoj ('27) is a Guest Writer for The Echo. He enjoys watching films and taking photos on vacations.

Isabella Suarez
Guest Writer

Isabella Suarez

Isabella Suarez ('26) is a Guest Writer for The Echo. She enjoys figure skating, spending time with family, and listening to music.

Hannah Benowitz
Guest Writer

Hannah Benowitz

Hannah Benowitz (’27) is excited to write stories discussing sports and the Tenafly community. In her free time, she enjoys playing soccer, basketball and lacrosse. She also likes to travel and spend time with her friends and...

Diego Aldeco
Guest Writer

Diego Aldeco

Diego Aldeco ('27) is a Guest Writer for The Echo. He plays on the Varsity Boys Soccer team and enjoys watching TV shows and movies. He also enjoys traveling.

Aaron Moon
Guest Writer

Aaron Moon

Aaron Moon ('26) is excited to be writing tech-related stories on The Echo. In his free time, he enjoys taking photos, skiing, and mountain biking.

Iris Cajku
Staff Writer

Iris Cajku

Iris Cajku ('25) is excited to write stories about music, current events, and much more in The Echo. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her cat and a good book.

Ishaan Juthani
Guest Writer

Ishaan Juthani

Ishaan Juthani ('27) is a Guest Writer for The Echo. He enjoys news-based journalism. Ishaan spends a lot of his free time playing sports like soccer and basketball, and going out with his friends.

Sophia Zhang
Staff Writer

Sophia Zhang

Sophia Zhang ('27) is a Staff Writer for The Echo. She attended the 2024 Yale Summer Journalism Program, where she published an article on CRISPR technology for The Yale Daily Journal. She is excited to continue growing as a writ...

Adam Dafinou
Guest Writer

Adam Dafinou

Adam Dafinoiu ('28) is currently a Guest Writer, but would like to make his way up the ranks. He is excited to continue to publish stories in The Echo. Adam is mostly a sports writer, although he can touch up on some other to...

Soeun Lee
Senior Staff Writer

Soeun Lee

Soeun Lee ('27) is delighted to be a Senior Staff Writer for The Echo. She was published in various national publications and was an editor of Limelight, the TMS literary magazine. She is excited to further expand her literary...

Calvin Du
Guest Writer

Calvin Du

Calvin Du ('26) is excited to write for The Echo. In his leisure time, he enjoys hanging out with his friends, listening to music, and playing chess.

Jehee Nam
Senior Staff Writer

Jehee Nam

Jehee Nam ('27) is a Senior Staff Writer for The Echo. She worked as a copyeditor for Tiger Tales, the TMS school newspaper and is excited to continue her work as a writer. In her spare time she enjoys listening to a variety...

Sabina Cowen
Staff Writer

Sabina Cowen

Sabina Cowen ('27) is a Staff Writer for The Echo. Besides doing work associated with her academics, she enjoys spending her time cooking and listing new additions to her library at home. She is excited to bring her stories to THS!...

Ella Plotkin
Staff Writer

Ella Plotkin

Ella Plotkin (’27) is excited to cover stories discussing current events, entertainment and sports. In her free time, she enjoys playing soccer, lacrosse and basketball. She also likes to travel, listen to music, and spend time...

Brian Oh
Guest Writer

Brian Oh

Brian Oh ('26) recently started writing for The Echo. He is looking forward to writing about student life. In his free time, he enjoys learning about urbanism and playing video games.

Hila Litvin
Staff Writer

Hila Litvin

Hila Litvin (’27) is excited to join The Echo. Other than having a passion for writing she also enjoys reading books and she loves acting. In her spare time, she does taekwondo, sings, and hangs out with her friends....

Amanda Forman
Staff Writer

Amanda Forman

Amanda Forman ('27) is excited to write many stories about current events and entertainment. She enjoys playing lacrosse and tennis, and hanging out with friends.

Jacob Dardashti
Staff Writer

Jacob Dardashti

Jacob Dardashti (’25) is excited to write for The Echo. He likes to play tennis, bake, and travel. He looks forward to sharing his stories with an audience.

Maia Goldman
Senior Staff Writer

Maia Goldman

Maia Goldman ('25) is excited to be writing for The Echo for this 2023-2024 school year! In her spare time, she enjoys being part of the Tenafly Tigers Marching Band, writing a plethora of creative stories, and watching the news...

Sophia Lee
Guest Writer

Sophia Lee

Sophia Lee ('25) is an avid reader, tennis player, and foodie. She's excited to write for The Echo.

Gili Shoval
Senior Staff Writer

Gili Shoval

Gili Shoval ('27), a Senior Staff Writer, is enrolled in Journalism II Honors this year, and she's excited to write for The Echo.

Val Reyes
Staff Writer

Val Reyes

Val Reyes ('26) is excited to write stories in The Echo about pop culture, current events, and student life. In her free time, she likes music, painting, and baking pastries.

Orli Rosenstein
Staff Writer

Orli Rosenstein

Orli Rosenstein ('26) is very excited to write for The Echo. She is interested in writing stories about student life, current events, and entertainment. She enjoys traveling, playing lacrosse, and listening to music. ...

Avyay Manoj
Staff Writer

Avyay Manoj

Avyay Manoj (‘26) is thrilled to write for The Echo. He enjoys writing stories related to cool breakthroughs and ideas in science and technology and about sports-related topics. In his free time, he enjoys playing badminto...

Zoe Sun
Senior Staff Writer

Zoe Sun

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

Samantha Shanker
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....

Edward Wang
Senior Staff Writer

Edward Wang

Edward Wang (‘26) is thrilled to be a Senior 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 practici...

JaeHa (Justin) Kim
Senior Staff Writer

JaeHa (Justin) Kim

JaeHa (Justin) Kim ('26) is excited to be a Senior Staff Writer for The Echo. He enjoys covering unique stories that some people may not know about and hopes that his writing can provide new knowledge and awareness. In his free...

David Shin
Senior Staff Writer

David Shin

David Shin ('25) is a Senior 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.

Jordan Yanowitz
Senior 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.

Anoushka Chakrabarti
Senior Staff Writer

Anoushka Chakrabarti

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