My goal upon entering East was to go unnoticed, and since you are reading this now, you can assume that outcome. I tried my best though. I never got into sports; I never got into a relationship; I never went to a single dance. Except, I only wish that...

As a freshman at East, I was unsure of which club to join. Dr. Obreza, the principal at the time, once said “The first part of the day ends at 2:30. The second part of the school day begins at 2:30.” The “second” part of the school day includes...

“The best four years of your life”, everyone’s generic answer when asked what they thought of high school. That’s what my parents told me right before I entered Cherry Hill East as a freshman. Now four years later I am preparing to go away to...

Many people say that high school is only about getting an education and preparing yourself for college and the real world. However, I believe that along with academics, high school is about making memories, getting involved, and finding out who you are...

Everyone always said, “Enjoy high school…it will be over before you know it.” But during September of my freshman year, it didn’t seem like high school would ever end. After graduating from Kellman Brown Academy with eight students, East felt...

A single experience at East cannot define what the last four years has meant to me. A plethora of athletics, extracurricular activities, and academics has influenced my high school experience. For me, high school did not start in early September of my...

For me, high school was everything I imagined and more. The most important things I learned weren’t inside the classroom. In my opinion, the most cliché but true thing I have discovered is that life is what you make it. Whatever you do and wherever...

As graduation approaches, I find myself looking back on how my own identity has been defined throughout high school. Who was I before high school? In pre-school I was just another snot-nosed rugrat. In elementary school, all any of us concerned ourselves...

I arrived at East in September of 2010, as the new kid with a slight afro and an oversized backpack whom nobody knew. Over time, I made friends who introduced me to new people and new parts of our seemingly ever-expanding school. Eventually, I found...

Everybody’s first few days at East are extremely nerve-wracking. Late to the party as a sophomore, mine were especially stressful. However, I learned very quickly that at East, for every person who doesn’t want to help you, there are two people who...

It feels like only yesterday I was walking into the doors of Cherry Hill High School East. On my first day, the only thing I knew about high school was what I saw in the movies: the seniors ruled the school. If you got in someone's way, you would end...

When walking in the student entrance that September day in 2010, I felt like a man. Although I barely had hair on my face and I still had a body frame of a kid from middle school, I acted like I ran the place at East. It was then, walking through the...