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As the school year draws to a close, our senior staff members and a few guest writers were asked to reflect on any experience they had this year. This is what they said, unmpromted. My name is Carson Mayeske. I am one of two editors-in-chief of the Echo Literary Magazine for the 25-26 year at North Springs High School. In a week’s time, I will … Continue reading Echo Presents: Senior Staff Reflections
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Here is a sneak peek of some student work for the 2026 Echo, “Twelve Minutes to Midnight.” We can’t wait for you to see the final results! “Twelve Minutes to Midnight” The phrase “Twelve Minutes to Midnight” will call different images to mind for different people. Twelve minutes until a birthday? Twelve minutes until a brand new day? Twelve minutes until the bombs drop and … Continue reading Echo Presents: Sneak Peek at Echo 2026
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From the Georgia Scholastic Press Association’s website: Adam Throne, adviser of the Oracle news website and the Echo literary magazine at North Springs High School, has been selected as GSPA’s 2026 Adviser of the Year. The award recognizes a journalism teacher who goes beyond the “call of duty” in supporting their staff. For more than two decades, Throne has been a cornerstone of student voice, … Continue reading North Springs High School’s Adam Throne named GSPA’s 2026 Adviser of the Year
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The Echo Literary Magazine seeks submissions of student photos, art, and more! Email ThroneA@fultonschoosl.org for more info! Continue reading Submit to Echo Literary Magazine!
North Springs’ annual literary magazine began with an almost entirely new staff and faced a number of uncommon challenges during the 2022-23 school year. Due to financial hardships, the book itself has been delayed, but The Oracle Proudly presents a sampling of student work to when your appetite. Continue reading Echo Presents: The Best Echo Art of 2022-23
The Tomb To much surprise, the lights still flicker, momentarily illuminating this tomb’s squalor. In the light, I could see shiny black bodies of cockroaches scurrying across the walls, feasting upon a greenish stain covering the drywall. Dark voids of black mold eat away at floral wallpaper. The whole place reeks of ammonia, since the rats do as they please wherever they please, singing to … Continue reading Echo Presents: “The Tomb”
The Bystander Words are the strongest form of security. Stronger than passcodes, keys, and face ID. The strongest and most powerful words will stay with a person much longer than any note or letter. So, when you both told me, “That’ll never happen to us.” I believed it. I held on to those words no matter what because you looked me dead in my eyes … Continue reading Echo Presents: “The Bystander”
Beliefs and Bedsores It all happened so suddenly. Foam dripping from my father’s mouth, his balance shifting and growing weak beneath him. I remember it all, like a crease in time I simply can’t unfold. I turned thirteen weeks before it happened. Despite my age, my free time was almost always spent with my parents. I’ve heard adolescence proves developmentally challenging for many, … Continue reading Echo Presents: “Beliefs and Bedsores”
Finding The feeling of your mind just ceasing to respond. Waking up to solitude. Don’t fear it. Broken things give stories to tellThe feeling teaches you how to live. The damaged parts of your soul. Make it into gold. Told to give up from the inside. Let it aside. Search for what’s desired. Don’t find the words. Find the feeling. -Tala Hadid Continue reading Echo Presents: “Finding”
