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The Student News Site of High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering

The Echo

The Student News Site of High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering

The Echo

The Student News Site of High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering

The Echo

The Echo Makes Headlines at the Newsies!
The Echo Makes Headlines at the Newsies!
Oliver Grover and Ocean Hiller June 16, 2025

On April 25, 2025, members of The Echo attended Baruch College’s annual journalism conference alongside 30 other NYC public high schools. At the “Newsies!” awards ceremony, we were named the “winners of the day”—immense progress from our first showing last year. After careful consideration...

Dr. Boudreau proudly standing, pollinating stick in hand, beside one of the five pawpaw trees of CCNY.
Photo by Ms. Hesseltine.
President/Pawpaw Pollinator: How CCNY President Dr. Boudreau is Transforming Campus, One Tree at a Time.
Esther Gould June 16, 2025

This interview has been edited for length and clarity. May 8, 2025 12:00 PM The office of CCNY President Boudreau  Pawpaw: “a North American tree (Asimina triloba) of the custard-apple family with purple flowers and an edible green-skinned...

NYC Transit Recap (September ’24–Present)
Kevin Sim June 16, 2025

The MTA has hit many milestones throughout the school year, and has more to accomplish moving forward! Here are some of the most important NYC transit milestones that have occurred recently:    The student OMNY card was released for the...

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Love in the Digital Age
Willow Mintz June 16, 2025

Puppy love used to be all about shy smiles, handwritten notes, and long phone calls where you’re both hoping a parent isn’t listening on...

Frankenstein's Apple
Frankenstein’s Apple
Emily Dow June 16, 2025

Disclaimer: This article contains a series of journal entries by an unidentified author, which were discovered stashed in the corner of the fruit...

The Baker Athletic Complex
The Baker Athletic Complex
Annalie Merkel May 15, 2025

Being born and raised in New York City is a never-ending gift. People spend years of their lives dreaming of exploring the city that is right at our fingertips. Maybe you’ve wandered through Times Square or SOHO with some friends on a warm spring day...

Why Art Museums Are Important
Yangming Zheng June 16, 2025

It isn’t often that you get to visit the art museums scattered around New York City. They come in all shapes, from massive Gothic buildings...

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Canada's New Prime Minister
Canada’s New Prime Minister
Gareth Reis June 16, 2025

First Germany, and now Canada—how many of the United States’ close allies are going to elect new leaders this year? Germany’s chancellor...

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Aren't You a Little Old to be Obsessing Over a Kid's Show?
Aren’t You a Little Old to be Obsessing Over a Kid’s Show?
Emily Dow June 16, 2025

My birth wasn’t the only momentous occasion that changed this world for the better in 2007. That was also the year that Phineas and Ferb, a...

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A New Challenger Approaches: The Start of a Science Track at HSMSE
A New Challenger Approaches: The Start of a Science Track at HSMSE
Md Islam November 30, 2023

Our school moniker boasts a triquetra of mathematics, science, and engineering but hasn’t really lived up to its name — until recently. Just...

Math Track Monologue
Math Track Monologue
Kent He May 30, 2023

HSMSE offers three academic concentrations: Math, Engineering, and Sinai. Your classes in junior and senior year will depend on your choice of...

The Sinai Spiel
The Sinai Spiel
Md Islam May 30, 2023

There's a running joke in our grade that the Sinai kids do nothing, or even worse: they play with children’s toys. I am here to admit that...

Collage by Orlena Fella with images from Charlotte Almond
Exposé on the Engineering Track
Aron Liu May 30, 2023

There comes a time when rising HSMSE juniors must decide the fate of the remainder of their high school career. This pertains mostly to their...

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