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Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief

Lily is a senior and a third year member of The Echo. She is involved in Interact, Literary Magazine and Model UN. Her hobbies include watching Netflix, making Spotify playlists and going on boba runs. In the future, she hopes to live in an apartment in the city.

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Need to change your elective for next school year?

Need to change your elective for next school year?

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
April 19, 2024
Last North American solar eclipse for next 20 years

Last North American solar eclipse for next 20 years

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
March 22, 2024
Spring Activities to Make the Most of the Warm Weather

Spring Activities to Make the Most of the Warm Weather

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
March 7, 2024
Neuqua Showcase: Masterworks Concert

Neuqua Showcase: Masterworks Concert

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
February 16, 2024
Photo Credits: Days of the Year

Valentine’s day gift ideas

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
January 23, 2024
The annual Crystal Concert

Shining a spotlight on Neuqua’s annual Crystal Concert

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
December 18, 2023
2023-24 Wildcat Weekly Staff Coordinating Producers (front, left to right): Chloe O Keefe, Sienne McEneaney, Presley Kiecker, Mridula Natarajan

Wildcat Weekly 600th episode: 23 years of telling Neuqua’s stories

Lily Ha and Sobia Shamim
December 18, 2023
Fall foods are popular during this season.

Fall Foods Review

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
October 23, 2023

Bringing hope through music, one instrument at a time

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
September 22, 2023
Paul Vandersteen, a beloved educator and coach at Neuqua Valley High School, retires this year.

Paul Vandersteen: Leaving a legacy as a leader, coach and educator

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
May 30, 2023
The Echo Magazine 25.2

The Echo Magazine 25.2

Ben LeGrand, Sanchali Pandey, Lily Ha, Leah Dennison, Patricia Novak, Jake Panek, Emma Vorasorn, Viraj Desai, Logan Brown, and Ava Nelson
March 23, 2023
Marvel Studios Marvel Studios’ latest film, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, was released on February 17.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania takes off phase five of the MCU

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
February 25, 2023
Students can schedule with their teachers through Edficiency located on the Neuqua Student website.

Neuqua’s Access schedule facilitates students’ success

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
February 15, 2023
Shrek (2001)

Why Shrek is the best movie of all time

Viraj Desai and Lily Ha
February 15, 2023
Neuquas Variety Show was held this past weekend.

Neuqua’s anticipated Variety Show returns to greet audiences

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
February 13, 2023
As a new semester rolls around, please enjoy these January recommends.

[Photo] The Echo Recommends – January

January 30, 2023
Neuqua seniors recommend their favorite classes.

[Photo] The Echo Recommends- Senior Class Recommendations

Ben LeGrand, Ayel Kikama, Logan Brown, Sean Kirchner, Adam Hristov, Jake Panek, and Jack RS
January 20, 2023
The Neuqua Valley Music Department had their Crystal Concert last Thursday and Friday.

Neuqua’s annual Crystal Concert lights up the auditorium with its return to maskless performances

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
December 4, 2022
In the November 2022 edition of The Echo Recommends, The Echo shares their Thanksgiving Break recommendations!

The Echo Recommends- November

Ben LeGrand, Lily Ha, Charlie Wallin, Patricia Novak, Emma Vorasorn, Leah Dennison, Sobia Shamim, Jack RS, Camila Reyes, Ava Nelson, Ayel Kikama, Adam Hristov, Sanchali Pandey, Viraj Desai, Logan Brown, and Zahra Ladak
November 27, 2022
The weather’s warming up, so here’s some recommendations to warm you up.

The Echo Recommends- October

Ben LeGrand, Lily Ha, Logan Brown, Leah Dennison, Viraj Desai, Ayel Kikama, Zahra Ladak, Ava Nelson, Patricia Novak, Sanchali Pandey, Jake Panek, Camila Reyes, Jack RS, Sobia Shamim, Emma Vorasorn, Charlie Wallin, Sean Kirchner, and Adam Hristov
October 29, 2022
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, an annual campaign in the United States that informs people about the warning signs and resources regarding suicide.

September Suicide Month: Creating a safer space and welcoming environment for each other

Lily Ha, Sanchali Pandey, and Ava Nelson
September 19, 2022
The Echo has returned with their monthly column. New staff, new recommendations.

The Echo Recommends – September 2022

Ben LeGrand, Lily Ha, Emma Vorasorn, Charlie Wallin, Patricia Novak, Ryder Stejskal, Leah Dennison, Mahima Shankar, Sobia Shamim, Jack RS, Camila Reyes, Jake Panek, Ava Nelson, Ayel Kikama, Adam Hristov, Sanchali Pandey, Viraj Desai, Logan Brown, Sean Kirchner, and Zahra Ladak
September 13, 2022
Laura Debezik was one of the finalists for the Golden Apple Awards.

Laura Dabezic: creating “a fierce group of writing superheroes”

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
May 30, 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was released on May 6, 2022.

A comparative, spoiler-free review of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” 

Lily Ha and Sanchali Pandey
May 16, 2022
The greasers in the Grease musical

Grease: Rydell High School comes to Neuqua in the musical of the year

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
May 7, 2022
Neuqua choir opens the ceremony by singing Alma Mater

Inspiring alumni dreamed big and pursued boldly at Neuqua

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
April 29, 2022
Activities to enjoy this spring season

Activities to enjoy this spring season

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
March 26, 2022
The Echo Magazine 24.2

The Echo Magazine 24.2

Aarti Gupta, Lily Ha, Ryder Stejskal, Gabby Dziekan, Ben LeGrand, Olivia Durcan, Udhay Nallapati, Maya Stone, Peter Wujek, and Jake Panek
March 23, 2022
A collection of books stands with a label that connotes them as being banned.

Book banning: fostering communities of ignorance

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
February 22, 2022
Dont Look Up stars Leonardo Dicaprio (left) and Jennifer Lawrence (right).

“Don’t Look Up:” A dark comedy on the climate disaster

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
February 4, 2022
This semester, The Echo Recommends has given up on themes. Please enjoy these January recommends.

The Echo Recommends – January 2022

Aarti Gupta, Sachin Fong, Ben LeGrand, Peter Wujek, Abby Apeland, Jason Appel, Lucas Lombana Arias, Jaclyn Bobbe, Logan Brown, Noah Burrell, Viraj Desai, Olivia Durcan, Mahika Gupta, Lily Ha, Adam Hristov, Udhay Nallapati, Sanchali Pandey, Jake Panek, Ingrid Marques Reginato, Sabrina Sabatin, Mahima Shankar, Ryder Stejskal, Gabby Dziekan, and Jack RS
January 24, 2022
Kelly Simon, longtime coach for the girls volleyball team at Neuqua Valley, recently announced her retirement from the position.

Kelly Simon: a dedicated mentor for Neuqua’s Wildcats retires as head girls’ volleyball coach

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
December 19, 2021
In the December 2021 edition of The Echo Recommends, we share some suggestions of how to relieve your finals stress and winter break boredom.

The Echo Recommends – December 2021

Aarti Gupta, Ben LeGrand, Peter Wujek, Abby Apeland, Jason Appel, Lucas Lombana Arias, Jaclyn Bobbe, Logan Brown, Viraj Desai, Olivia Durcan, Mahika Gupta, Lily Ha, Adam Hristov, Udhay Nallapati, Sanchali Pandey, Jake Panek, Ingrid Marques Reginato, Sabrina Sabatin, Mahima Shankar, and Ryder Stejskal
December 15, 2021
While maintaining COVID-19 guidlines, students adapt to new learning settings, including the reduced-capacity LMC.

Life with COVID-19: being back at school

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
December 3, 2021
The Echo Magazine 24.1

The Echo Magazine 24.1

Aarti Gupta, Sachin Fong, Lily Ha, Ryder Stejskal, Mahima Shankar, Sanchali Pandey, Ben LeGrand, Viraj Desai, and Logan Brown
December 3, 2021
The school lockers on the first floor at Neuqua Valley.

Why were lockers not being offered at the start of the school year?

Lily Ha and Viraj Desai
November 2, 2021
In the November 2021 edition of The Echo Recommends, The Echo shares their Thanksgiving Break recommendations!

The Echo Recommends – November 2021

Aarti Gupta, Sachin Fong, Ben LeGrand, Peter Wujek, Abby Apeland, Jason Appel, Lucas Lombana Arias, Jaclyn Bobbe, Logan Brown, Noah Burrell, Viraj Desai, Olivia Durcan, Mahika Gupta, Lily Ha, Adam Hristov, Udhay Nallapati, Sanchali Pandey, Jake Panek, Ingrid Marques Reginato, Sabrina Sabatin, Mahima Shankar, Ryder Stejskal, and Amerie Zaininger
November 19, 2021
A picture of me in South Korea during the summer of 2021.

How “Squid Game” helped me embrace my Korean heritage

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
November 8, 2021
The weather’s warming up, so here’s some recommendations to warm you up.

The Echo Recommends – October 2021

Aarti Gupta, Sachin Fong, Ben LeGrand, Maya Stone, Peter Wujek, Abby Apeland, Jason Appel, Lucas Lombana Arias, Jaclyn Bobbe, Logan Brown, Noah Burrell, Viraj Desai, Olivia Durcan, Mahika Gupta, Lily Ha, Adam Hristov, Udhay Nallapati, Sanchali Pandey, Jake Panek, Ingrid Marques Reginato, Sabrina Sabatin, Mahima Shankar, Ryder Stejskal, and Amerie Zaininger
October 25, 2021
The Echo has returned with their monthly column. New staff, new recommendations.

The Echo Recommends – September 2021

Aarti Gupta, Sachin Fong, Ben LeGrand, Maya Stone, Peter Wujek, Abby Apeland, Jason Appel, Lucas Lombana Arias, Jaclyn Bobbe, Logan Brown, Noah Burrell, Viraj Desai, Olivia Durcan, Mahika Gupta, Lily Ha, Adam Hristov, Udhay Nallapati, Sanchali Pandey, Jake Panek, Ingrid Marques Reginato, Sabrina Sabatin, Mahima Shankar, Ryder Stejskal, and Amerie Zaininger
September 17, 2021
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine was approved by the FDA on August 23, 2021.

FDA fully approves Pfizer Vaccine: here’s what you need to know

Lily Ha, Editor-in-Chief
September 16, 2021
Marvel Studios latest film, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, was released on September 3rd.

“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings:” a film that exceeds all expectations (Mild Spoilers)

Lily Ha and Sanchali Pandey
September 13, 2021
Neuqua students work independently on their math worksheet.

How is school working this year?

Lily Ha and Mahika Gupta
September 3, 2021
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