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The School Newspaper of Cherry Hill High School East

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The School Newspaper of Cherry Hill High School East

Eastside

Ava Crawley

Ava Crawley, Eastside Community Editor

Ava Crawley is a senior and one of the Community Print Editors. Outside of Eastside she is a member of Interact Club, East field hockey, DECA, SGA, and Italian American Club. She loves to travel as well as spend time with her family and friends. Ava looks forward to another fun year with Eastside!

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Adorable puppies relieve stress at Puppies&Yoga.

Puppies&Yoga brings “pawsitive” fun to Philadelphia

Ava Crawley, Eastside Community Editor
May 5, 2025

With homework, tests and busy schedules, high school students often have stress coursing through their veins. While many people turn to music or journaling to unwind, a growing number of East students are embracing a more unconventional method — one...

Censorship in sports

Censorship in sports

Exploring censorship in sports at Cherry Hill High School East, as well as on a national level. Censorship can easily become an issue when guidelines become too strict or vice versa, when they are too tolerant. In this digital package, we discuss where the lines should be drawn.
Now and Then by the Beatles

How the Beatles continue to inspire the future of music

Ava Crawley, Eastside Community Editor
November 24, 2024

Since 1959, the Annual Grammy Awards have been the biggest night in music, honoring memorable artists and their contributions to pop culture. While many changes have shaped the music industry over the past 67 years, the iconic gold-plated gramophone award...

FUNBOX brings the world's largest bouncepark to the Cherry Hill Mall.

Cherry Hill jumps to new heights with FUNBOX Bouncepark

Ava Crawley, Eastside Community Editor
November 19, 2024

FUNBOX, billed as “the world’s largest bounce park,” brought 25,000 square feet of pure fun and excitement to the Cherry Hill Mall. From August to October, for $24 a person, visitors could dive into a massive inflatable play-ground with 10 unique...

Luigi's Pizza Fresca offers a multitude of unique flavors and toppings

The pizza legacy lives on at Luigi’s Pizza Fresca

Ava Crawley, Eastside Community Editor
July 25, 2024

With so many amazing pizza restaurants in our proximity, it can be hard to pick one that stands out. However, South Jersey Magazine has chosen their favorite spot, Luigi’s Pizza Fresca. Located in Marlton, Luigi’s Pizza Fresca has been serving a classic...

The Class of 2025's Junior Prom theme.

The Class of 2025 prepares for Junior Prom

Ava Crawley, Eastside Features Editor
March 23, 2024

The Roaring Twenties is all but unfamiliar to East’s juniors, for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, The Great Gatsby, is read in every 11th-grade English class. But this year, the Class of 2025 not only gets to experience the glitz and glamor of...

Pageantry gives East students an outlet for change

Pageantry gives East students an outlet for change

Ava Crawley, Eastside Features Editor
December 18, 2023

Oftentimes, society’s perception of beauty mirrors its own values. Thus, given America’s exclusion- ary history, those with marginalized stories, experiences and backgrounds were pushed out of the typical beauty mold, and consequently largely unaccepted...

Walton instructs the introductory band class, Freshman Winds

Walton finds community in East’s music department

Ava Crawley, Online Features Editor
May 3, 2023

For many people, music is just a hobby or talent that they’re interested in. But for Ms. Gia Walton, one of East’s instrumental music directors, music is her life. Given that her parents owned one location of the New Jersey School of Music, Walton...

PODCAST: East offers College Night for Class of 2025

Ava Crawley, Online Features Editor
April 16, 2023

Ava Crawley ('25), Alana Rellosa ('25), and Maddy Leshinski ('25) give a quick recap on College Night that was hosted on April 12th for the Class of 2025. They discuss their feelings about the SAT, and college preparation. Though there are still a few...

PODCAST: The impact of a sports injury

Ava Crawley, Online Features Editor
April 16, 2023

Ava Crawley ('25), Kiran Muttathil ('23), and Jenna McGovern ('24) talk about how tearing their ACL has left a lasting impact on their lives. They discuss their experiences with their injury, obstacles they face, how it's changed them so far, and how...

Heading into summer 2023

Taylor Goodman and Ava Crawley
April 12, 2023

Taylor Goodman and Ava Crawley explore how the community is reacting to summer slowly approaching. With the sun shining and warmer weather outside, people in the community are already looking happier and ready for a summer vacation! Taylor and Ava also...

The Senior Class prepares for their Senior Trip

Ava Crawley, Online Features Editor
March 22, 2023

In this episode Ava Crawley ('25) talks to Olivia Hung ('23), Katie Bristow ('23), and Kiran Muttathil ('23) about their Senior Trip to Disney World. They discuss their plans for the trip and everything leading up to.

PODCAST: The Heart of East- Featuring Aline Tang (’25)

Ava Crawley, Online Features Editor
February 26, 2023

In this episode I talked with Aline Tang ('25) about her recent podcast "On Call WIth Lin and Aline". Tang along with former East student, Melinda Wu, started their podcast to share their experiences with being young Asian American women in high school....

Students organize rugs at the Habitat for Humanity Restore in Maple Shade.

Habitat for Humanity holds a day-build trip

Ava Crawley, Eastside Features Editor
February 5, 2023

On January 26th, 2023, some of Cherry Hill East’s Habitat for Humanity members spent the day volunteering their time to help others. Accompanied by club advisors Mr. Console and Mr. Mancinelli, 36 students boarded a school bus to Burlington County at...

CHE Habitat for Humanity poses for a picture in front of a home they worked on during their Baltimore trip.

CHE Habitat for Humanity attends it’s 2022 Baltimore trip

Ava Crawley, Online Features Editor
January 4, 2023

CHE Habitat for Humanity (Habitat) attended its first Baltimore trip since 2019. On November 10th, Habitat and 15 members including club advisor Mr. Console drove from East to Baltimore, Maryland with the intent of helping many families. During the...

Interact Club

Ava Crawley, Online Features Editor
November 17, 2022

Interact is one of Cherry Hill East’s largest most involved club. Not only has it brought together peers but also all members of the community. Starting in 2016 by Deborah Barr, Interact has aimed towards focusing on service above self. The club has...

Habitat for Humanity

Ava Crawley, Online Features Editor
November 17, 2022

Habitat for Humanity is an organization that works with and helps communities around the world. Frank Console felt that Cherry Hill East deserved our very own Habitat for Humanity and 19 years ago he decided to form the club. Ever since then Console and...

Johnson's Farm has many pumpkins to pick from before Autumn ends.

Johson’s Corner Farm offers family fun

Ava Crawley, Online Features Editor
November 10, 2022

Cherry Hill Township gives access to numerous farms nearby, which get many visitors during the fall season. One being Johnson’s Corner Farm. Johnson's Corner Farm (Johnson’s Farm) is located in Medford, New Jersey. Like most farms they offer pumpkin...

Rock ‘n’ roll’s lasting effects

Ava Crawley, Online Features Editor
August 24, 2022

The legacy of rock 'n' roll lives on. Many films and documentaries portray the lives of these stars, encapsulating both the good and dark times throughout their careers in the music industry. Each film shows the shining fame along with the inner struggles...

Dark side of rock

Ava Crawley, Online Features Editor
August 24, 2022

“Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll” is a term frequently used to describe the lifestyle of a rockstar. They are known for being possibly the coolest, craziest, and most rebellious people. But behind all the large crowds, extravagant clothing, loud performances...

Rise of rock

Ava Crawley, Online Features Editor
August 24, 2022

Rock had its first baby steps in the late 1940s, even though it wasn’t always known as rock. Styles such as soul music, and rhythm and blues (R&B) were beloved genres that originated in, and were heard throughout African American communities. Both...

There is a song for everyone when it comes to rock 'n' roll.

Dive into rock ‘n’ roll

Ava Crawley, Online Features Editor
August 24, 2022

Rock 'n' roll is the heart of America that's constantly developing new styles and has been turning out the greatest songs since the late 1940s. Though everyone knows and loves it, they often fail to realize just how it became the rock 'n' roll we know...