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The School Newspaper of Cherry Hill High School East

Eastside

The School Newspaper of Cherry Hill High School East

Eastside

Anime Club hosts “Ninja Day”

The Cherry Hill East Anime Club, an extracurricular group that devotes itself to all things relating to the popular Japanese cartoon form, has set aside Thursday, Oct 2 for “Ninja Day”. “[Ninjas] have been one of the main reasons for many of the animes being created, such as Naruto, and have caused a lot of stuff for pop culture,” said club member Bryan Birchmeier ('10).

East In Action Club

In an effort to help the community and raise awareness of charitable causes, Cherry Hill East’s East In Action Club, or EIA, led by the President, Shayna Golkow, and the vice presidents, Christine Cirillo and Chelsea Myers, is not a typical community service club. After grabbing some snacks and settling into their seats, the group got right down to business. In the mission statement of the EIA Club, it states, “Our goal is to help the community through hands-on volunteering and raising money and awareness for various charitable causes.”

Coffee House brews up awareness for autism

Leela Petrie (’08)/ For Eastside January 10, 2008
The scent of hot coffee tickles the nose; the energizing live music keeps the crowd tapping its feet; and every penny raises awareness for autism. The East Singers and Thespian Society Coffee House arrives once again to benefit Just 2 Moms. Just 2 Moms is an organization that prides itself on generating awareness and acceptance for children with autism. This small organization dreams of going national with its educational assemblies that inform others of how autistic children process information differently.

Spirit Week 2007 comes to an end at pep rally

Today, November 21, East ended another successful Spirit Week with an enthusiastic pep rally. The marching band welcomed a sea of students clothed in red and white as they filed into the bleachers and even along the floor. To officially kick off the pep rally, the East cheerleaders performed to the styling of Britney Spears. After an opening with numerous flips and lifts, the homecoming representatives and their escorts paraded around the gym with each grade’s banner following behind.

Seniors scuttle and tug their way to wins

With horns blaring and egos soaring, seniors left East’s parking lot after tonight’s triumph in both crab soccer and tug-of-war. The night began with crab soccer; the classes formed a square around half of the DiBart gym, with the seniors facing the sophomores and juniors facing the freshmen. Each person was given a number and would enter the square when his or her number was called. When a class received three outs, it was eliminated.

Spirit Week volleyball tournament serves up an ace

The annual Spirit Week volleyball tournament was held today, November 19, from 4 pm to 6 pm in the DiBart gym. With Mr. CJ Davis, the Coordinator of Student Activities, as the referee, the event was a success. The tournament was two rounds of which the second was best of three games. The seniors swept both the girls’ and boys’ events, but not without a fight from the other classes. The freshman boys led by Eric Zaun (’11), Jonathan Silverstone (’11) and Steven Spiegler (’11) showed some heart, but went winless and ended the afternoon in last with a 0-2 reco

Milk chugging contest quenches Seniors’ thirst for victory

Raising their arms in triumph, the mighty Spartans of the milk-drinking competition chugged down their baby bottles in a ferocious battle of the classes. One girl and one boy representative from each grade was seated on a platform, where the girls squeezed milk out of pink and blue bottles into the mouths of their male counterparts. The catch: the boys, who were seated on the girls’ laps, could not touch the bottle. The first team to empty the bottle won the most points for their class.