The BASD Echo

Vol. 87, Issue 14 - May 30, 2025

News

Where will they be in the fall?
Seniors, if you would like your information changed or updated in any way, please email kissickt@basd.k12.pa.us ASAP. Read More...
Walk this way . . .
April 27, Partners and Buddies involved in our Beaver Area chapter of Best Buddies headed to Pittsburgh to participate in this year’s Best Buddies Friendship Walk—“an event the kids look forward to each year!” Read More...
D.C. al fine . . .
May 20, the music department held a small spring concert for the high school Jazz Band and Beaver Forte. Read More...
Find your Bobcats . . .
Shoutout to SHOUT . . .
What’s the best club in the whole world (unbiased opinion obviously)? Read More...

Sports

Chontos, Mayo named . . .
Every year the BASD ECHO team acknowledges two athletes (one male, one female) for not only their athletic ability and performance but their traits of perseverance, commitment, and sportsmanship. Read More...
Big things to come . . .
The boys’ lacrosse team wrapped up their inaugural season after getting some game experience that will help prepare them for the day they eventually play in the WPIAL. Read More...
Section title secured . . .
After securing the section championship for the first time in 4A, the Bobcats fell in the quarterfinals of the WPIAL playoffs. Read More...
PIAA performers . . .
The races may start with a gun, but the Bobcats leave the track with a bang! The Beaver Area Bobcats boys track team are officially team WPIAL runners-up. Read More...
Turnaround season ends . . .
The 2025 Beaver Area softball team had a big turnaround season and made the playoffs after not being contenders last season. Read More...

Features

What your classmates voted you . . .
Dear Senior Self . . .
The time has come, seniors . . . the time to read letters our 14 year old selves wrote to us in 2021. Read More...
Sharing HSM trilogy love . . .
The infamous high school movies. . . Read More...
Grab that popcorn . . .
Since the school year is coming to an end, I’d like to highlight a few great movies I’ve seen either recently or revere as some of my favorites. I was going to do a top-five, but I’ve already talked about a few of them in past articles, so I’d like to highlight some other movies I love. Read More...
Farewell 2025 seniors . . .
With the year at an end, some of us will see each other through the summer or again come fall—but we say farewell to the class of 2025 and Beaver Area High School. Read More...
Try this top 10 . . .
Since the school year is coming to a close, I figured there’s no better way to end it than with a few album recommendations, specifically my top-ten albums of all time. Now, there’s definitely some repeating artists, but it’s not all the same music, so I still recommend anyone up for it try all of these albums. Read More...
Senior year survival guide . . .
It’s finally graduation season! While this time of year can be particularly emotional with leaving friends, relocating for college, and starting our new lives after high school, in the midst of all of the tears and farewells, I’d like to offer some words of encouragement (and caution) to the underclassmen who will (sooner rather than later) be graduating. Therefore, here are some nuggets of advice that I would’ve loved to have known before senior year. Read More...

Opinion

Trust me; I’m a senior . . .
Class of 2025, we are officially done—and as seniors we have decided to pass down all of our class choice wisdom to you through our favorite source: the ECHO! Read More...
Life-long friendships . . .
Although I am a late addition to Beaver Area High School’s Best Buddies club, I have greatly enjoyed my time participating and hope to influence you underclassmen or future seniors to join! Read More...