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...



This year I began my sophomore year of high school. Everyone tells you that your sophomore year is nothing to worry about, that it is your junior year to be ready for. Though I do agree that junior year has more stressful...
Dear Sandy, Who is Sandy? Dear Nosey Nellie, Hi, I’m Sandy. I work for the East High School Newspaper. Through this Google Form,...

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,...

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






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...

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...