The School Newspaper of Cherry Hill High School East

Eastside

The School Newspaper of Cherry Hill High School East

Eastside

The School Newspaper of Cherry Hill High School East

Eastside

Reverse racism is not, and will never be, racism: Here’s why

Rachna Mohan, Online Features Editor April 15, 2024

In a Trump era and Ramaswamy era, one defined by every “-ism” possible, it is easy to lose the sanity battle to partisanship and division. Perhaps the most divisive issue is that of race: Even after...

Cell phone use policy must prioritize student well-being

Daniel Ovadia, Eastside Opinions Editor April 15, 2024

When Martin Cooper led Motorola to creating its first mobile phone in 1972, becoming commercially available in 1983, few could have anticipated that it would one day turn into the smartphones we know today....

Ticket reselling needs to be regulated to preserve future events

Ticket reselling needs to be regulated to preserve future events

Gina Park, Eastside Staff April 15, 2024

When Charles Dickens went on his second reading tour, “sidewalk men”—the 19th-century version of modern-day ticket scalpers— paid bystanders to wait in mile-long queues to obtain tickets for $5...

Discussion-based classrooms provide students a way to speak out and be flexible. unlike most lecture-based classrooms.

Discussion-based classrooms spark and nurture growth for students

Julia Skoufalos, Eastside Staff April 15, 2024

Author Harry Petsanis once said, “The most powerful tool in the world is the mind. How you use that tool is entirely up to you.” Due to the desire to fit in and pressure from social media and peers,...

The second half of Cherry Hill High School Easts B-wing, where the Alternative High School will be located next year.

Dear Board of Education: We Need Your Help; Can You Answer These Questions for Us?

Asher Boiskin and Daniel Ovadia April 11, 2024

BOARD OF EDUCATION, have you visited your new Alternative High School in the B-wing of Cherry Hill High School East? Have you walked into one of the seven classrooms? Did you attend one of our amazing...

This years broken Spring Break creates conflict for members of the East community.

Cherry Hill’s Spring Break Plan fails to recognize students and teachers

Gabrielle Levine, Eastside Community Editor March 28, 2024

Spring break is something children and teenagers around the United States cherish, including the students at Cherry Hill High School East. This one week away from East gives both teenagers and teachers...

The growing number of STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education and careers label humanities as worthless

The humanities will always be important

Manar Hadi, Eastside Opinions Editor March 1, 2024

The increasing dominance of STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education spawns beliefs that label the humanities as worthless. In a society where it’s common for STEM jobs to be higher...

African American Studies needs to broaden cirriculum

Kaylee Yoon, Eastside Media Director March 1, 2024

Throughout the past, the Black history that has been taught in history classes has been limited primarily to slavery and Black people’s contributions to the development of America has often been overlooked....

Rather than artwork erasure, actual change can occur by acknowledging and remembering the actions of their creators without diminishing the art that stands alone from them, said Claire Ding (26).

Separating the art from the artist requires compassion

Claire Ding, Eastside Staff February 29, 2024

Michael Jackson and Voldemort were my first and greatest phobias. After setting my eyes upon Michael’s uncanny, skeletal face in the “Thriller” music video and that icy, reptilian-like creature...

Cafeteria 2 in Cherry Hill High School East

School fighting at East: what’s our path forward?

Gabrielle Levine, Eastside Community Editor February 14, 2024

What does feeling safe at your school mean to you? At Cherry Hill East, that question has been brought up now more than ever with the incidents that have taken place last week. On February 7th, Dr....

Redefining Resolutions: A New Outlook for 2024

Redefining Resolutions: A New Outlook for 2024

Katie Sullivan, Eastside Art Director January 31, 2024

As the calendar beckons a new year, people rush to make resolutions in pursuit of bettering themselves. “I want to get straight As. I want to work out every day.” While some new routines make it to...

Websites and blogs are increasingly teaching students how to use ChatGPT to write their essays for them without getting caught.

All school essays should be timed

Chloe Ren, Eastside Staff January 29, 2024

No longer an accurate assessment of a student’s literary ability, school essays have been reduced to competitions between ChatGPT and week-long stressing. Whether it is wasting class time in English....

Students often find comfort in listening to music in class

Listening to music in class supports students and helps them to focus in class

Aliza Adler, Eastside Staff January 12, 2024

In today’s world, Airpods are part of the heavy bags students carry with them around the school. AirPods, wireless earbuds made by Apple, have become very popular among adults and students. The earbuds...

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