
Every weekday, Michael Gargiulo wakes up at 2:00 a.m. He has reinvented his sleep schedule to anchor WNBC’s “Today in New York” since 2008—longer than many HSMSE students have been alive. And you’re still coming to school late? If you go to channel 4 between 4:30 and 7:00 a.m.,...

June 5, 2026
Esther Gould and Ocean Hiller

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Oliver Grover and Ocean Hiller
Winner of the 2026 George Polk Award for High School Feature Writing and the Second-Place Award for Feature Writing at the 2026 Newsies CompetitionMarch 27, 2025
Esther Gould and Eli Gologanova
Winner of the Second-Place Award for Photojournalism at the 2026 Newsies CompetitionFebruary 13, 2025
Ocean Hiller and Ella Devi
Winner of the First-Place Citywide Award for Arts Reporting at the 2025 Newsies CompetitionDecember 19, 2024
Audrey Young
Winner of Youth Journalism International’s 2025 Jacinta Marie Bunnell Award for Commentary and the First-Place Citywide Awards for Opinion and Photojournalism at the 2025 Newsies CompetitionDecember 19, 2024
Ocean Hiller
Winner of the First-Place Award for Illustration in the New Newspaper Division at the 2025 Newsies CompetitionDecember 19, 2024
Ariam Tedla
Winner of the Second-Place Award for Feature Writing in the New Newspaper Division at the 2025 Newsies CompetitionMay 28, 2024
Zoe Otto

Dear readers, The 2025–26 school year has been both The Echo’s and our fourth year at MSE. As we sit on our “thrones” (Ms. Hesseltine’s two spare stools) in the dungeon and reflect on what our newspaper has accomplished, we wanted to do what...

Rafael Guastavino is not a super well-known name to most people, but his work is practically everywhere you look in New York City. Born in Valencia, Spain, Guastavino moved to the United States in 1881 and brought along building techniques that were considered...

There’s been a lot of discourse surrounding the ethics of AI-generated “art” lately. Points are brought up concerning accessibility, the...

I’m not sure hate is the right word, but I certainly don’t love the self-styled “opportunists” who seem to snatch up stocks of Pokémon...



The spring of 2023 marked the beginning of the Dragons Ultimate Frisbee team. (Fun fact: The Echo and the Dragons Ultimate Frisbee team are the same age). Founded by Isaiah Tsai (’24), Lily Yan (’23), and Eli Lipman (’23), the team has gone from...

You’ve got a doctor’s appointment at 6:00 p.m. Normally, you’d aim to show up ten minutes before, but it’s a new doctor and you don’t...

Group chats are wild ecosystems of clashing personalities, and to be honest, it’s a miracle when any conversation makes sense. If you are in...





































