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In 1919, seniors begin a monthly newspaper for alumni, patrons, and friends, Cary High School Echoes, later abbreviated C.H.S. Echoes, and then as just The Echo. The cost is 10 cents per issue or 40 cents for an annual subscription. With a circulation reaching as high as 900, The Echoes will appear off and on in various forms over the next 40 years.

In 1941, people object to Hoo-Wair-N-Wat as a name for the school newspaper. Therefore, it is scrapped in favor of Cary High Echo, a variation of an old name.

In 1945, surprised that Cary High School has had no yearbook since the Great Depression, Mary Underwood, the new commercial teacher, agrees to sponsor one. The result is a 24-page, soft bound volume, called "The Echo," a name often used for the school newspaper. It is published by the senior class under the editorship of Dorothy Lawrence. The yearbook is now called the YRAC.

1947: Students publish another issue of the Echo yearbook, this time with a hard cover.

1955: The Echo is once again resurrected as the student newspaper.

1969: Writing in The Echo, Daniel R. Flebotte notes that Cary is a melting pot for all types of students. He adds: "Besides our native Cary populace, we have our brothers from the old West Cary High, our friends from up north, and students diverted from other school districts for various reasons." Flebotte pleads for tolerance and urges his fellow students to examine without prejudice all the new ideas that these groups are bringing to the school.

2019: Lead secretary, Kim Wood, wants to share the rich CHS history with readers. After delving into the archives, she decides upon the name, "The Echo". This time as a digital platform to share the history of the school with the community.