The Echo is a continuation of the school's previous newspaper, The ShangHigh Echo. For more than a decade, students from the journalism class printed issues to represent student voices. When the administration cut journalism from the high school curriculum in 2015, students came together to form what is currently known as The Echo.

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Like many other print newspapers around the world forced to move to a digital platform, SAS students passionate about journalism struggled with the transition—from learning the basics of journalism to recruiting and organizing writers no longer motivated by a grade. But the students persevered, driven by the firm belief that the SAS high school deserves a voice.

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The Echo ran continuously until 2020 when the editors jointly decided to suspend the newspaper indefinitely. In Spring 2021, two officers from the National English Honor Society revived and rebranded the magazine into its current form.

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The Echo has since grown tremendously. In the years to come, The Echo will continue to provide opportunities for aspiring writers, editors, and designers, stand as a medium for student voices, and serve the SAS Puxi community as a whole.