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East Highlights

Michaela Jones: a true E-Rab
Michaela Jones: a true E-Rab
Ella Gray, Editor-in-Chief • April 6, 2023

Making it to the state Special Olympics, Michaela Jones has proven what it means to be an East High E-Rab.  East has a long history of not only state qualifiers, but state champions. If you look along the wall on the...

Final exams or no final exams, that is the question
Ella Gray, Editor-in-chief • January 25, 2023

Announced December 12th, the semester final exams have been erased from the RPS205 school district. Until recently, final exams (also called finals) were always mandatory, every student had to take them. However, as a result...

Giardini rouses the spirit of East seniors with El Vivo chant
Giardini rouses the spirit of East seniors with "El Vivo" chant
Jonathan Dumois May 4, 2022
Its the chant that every E-Rab chants when graduation. But in order to chant the famous El-Vivo chant, it needs to be taught.
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The Class of 2023 poses for their senior photo. Graduation will take place June 6 at Auburns Wyeth Stadium.
To the Class of 2023
Samantha Torres-Bulliner, Reporter • May 16, 2023

Dear Seniors, May 17 officially marks the last day we get to spend together in East High School. May 17 is our last chance to be kids before we have to enter the adult world. May 17 ends the routine that we’ve...

Advice with Sandy, part 2
Advice with Sandy, part 2
Sandy April 3, 2023

Dear Sandy,  Does listening to music in class actually help kids focus or is it just a chance for them to space off and not do work? Dear...

The night that one artist made history
The night that one artist made history
Ella Gray December 15, 2022

Any fellow Swiftie will understand how excited I was on October 21. If you aren’t sure what I’m talking about, I’m talking about Taylor Swift’s new album, Midnights. As mentioned, Midnights...

Jack Pierce, class of 2025
Cobra Kai season five 'sweeps' the charts
Ella Gray December 15, 2022

This article will contain spoilers for season five of “Cobra Kai,” read at your own risk.  Season five of Cobra Kai was released on Sept. 9, ranking first in Netflix’s top ten shows for two consecutive...

The girls swim team makes a splash
The girls swim team makes a splash
Ella Gray December 15, 2022

Beginning in August, the girls swim team season is preparing for their last few weeks of the season.  The team has been small to begin with,...

Sports compete for spotlight
Sports compete for spotlight
Ella Gray April 26, 2022

East High is known throughout Rockford for its winning basketball teams, but nobody seems to know about its other record-setting sports. What...

Camden Taylor, record breaking swimming star
Camden Taylor, record breaking swimming star
Ella Gray March 10, 2022
He's broken almost every record in this school's history, and placed at the state championships. Ella Gray takes a look at how Camden Taylor made his mark in school history.
1,971,360 minutes
1,971,360 minutes
Jonathan Dumois May 21, 2022
We all enter here as freshmen and leave as seniors. (For the most part) Now, as Jonathan Dumois is set to leave East High as a graduating E-Rab, he reflects on the four years he has spent at 2929 Charles Street.
Miss Dreyer Interview
Miss Dreyer Interview
Chrisia Tolliver, Reporter • April 7, 2022

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