Mr. East 2012 contestants have been chosen
February 2, 2012
On Wednesday, the Mr. East 2012 contestants were chosen. This year, the following members of the senior class will be competing (in photos, from top left): Mike Berkowitz and Adam Rosenthal Evan Smith Eric Kessler Brendon Rush Matt Dotsey Jorden Edwards Dan Fabi Mike Rath Hishaam Habib Brandon Cheng Read More →
Video: Preview of Black Broadway
January 29, 2012 • Becca Mulberg ('12)/ Eastside Video Editor
For more information of the show below, check out the January edition of Eastside: Black Broadway Read More →
Video: Freshmen play Candyland at dance
January 21, 2012 • Filmed by Rebecca Ohnona ('12)/ Eastside Community Editor and Michael Yashaya ('13)/ Eastside Business Manager. Edited by Gabrielle Kains ('12)/ Eastside Managing Editor
Scroll down to see video of last night’s Freshman Dance: embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt Read More →
Freshman Dance visits Candyland
January 21, 2012 • Lindsey DuBoff ('12)/ Eastside Entertainment Editor
On January 20 2012 East held its annual Freshman Dance from 7 to 10 p.m. With a theme of Candyland, the halls and Cafeteria were decorated like the game board, with posters of characters as well as colorful squares and candy canes. The Freshmen Student Government officers, Sam Amon (President), Jordyn... Read more »
School Store Opens
December 19, 2011 • Kobi Malamud ('12)/Eastside Radio Manager
Monday marked the much anticipated opening of the week-long opportunity to purchase clothes, food, and apparel from Cougar Town, East’s school store, at discounted prices. The school store, known around East for specializing in the sales of doughnuts, pizza, and numerous types of school apparel, stands... Read more »
Art club meets Tuesday, December 13
December 13, 2011 • Gilana Levavi ('14)/Eastside editorial assistant
Art Club met today in room F078. About fifteen students attended. Some of the attendees worked on designing holiday cards, to be printed and sold in a charitable fundraiser for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, while other students worked with clay. One attendee, Monica Handley (’14),... Read more »
Check out video highlights from the fall dodgeball tournament
December 11, 2011 • Becca Mulberg ('12)/ Eastside Video Editor
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Video captures the fall blood drive
December 1, 2011 • Becca Mulberg ('12)/ Eastside Video Editor
The fall blood drive collected nearly 300 pints of blood: embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt Read More →
East goes Dutch
November 28, 2011 • Darby Festa ('13)/Eastside Online Editor
Imagine living in a world where the most common mode of transportation was the bicycle. Where alcohol was legal at the age of sixteen and boys played field hockey. Where the school’s entire student body visited a foreign country for three weeks. This is the world that Noé Bouman and Matthijs de Frankrijker... Read more »
Bowling for Bears looking to provide more smiles on Sunday
November 28, 2011 • Juliet Brooks ('13)/ Eastside News/Features Editor
The seventh annual Bowling for Bears event will take place on Sunday, December 4th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Cherry Hill Playdrome. Bowling for Bears is an annual fundraiser that donates teddy bears to local children in need. Founder Jenny Silver (’14) created... Read more »
Spirit Week videos: class dances, Homecoming and more
November 27, 2011
Catch up with Spirit Video coverage below: Dance Compilation: embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt Class of 2012 (First Place) — Close View: embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt Class of 2012 — Far View: embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt Class of 2013 (Third Place) —... Read more »
Seniors snag another victory with banner contest
November 24, 2011 • Hannah Feinberg ('12)/Eastside underground editor
At the pep rally today, seniors earned another victory in the banner contest, followed by sophomores in second, juniors in third and freshman in fourth place. The seniors’ flag featured a near three-dimensionally rendered Mario leading the rest of the characters with his fist, a clear statement of... Read more »
The pep rally ends spirit week with a bang
November 24, 2011 • Sherin Nassar ('13)/Eastside humor editor, Danielle Fox ('13)/Eastside news/features editor
The culminating pep rally that took place today marked the end to a very eventful, yet sensational spirit week. Providing a catching beat, the Cherry Hill East marching band commenced the ceremonious pep rally, while the cheerleaders really pumped the spirit on the sidelines. As free t-shirts were launched... Read more »
Students don the costumes of their video game characters to show pride
November 22, 2011 • Danielle Fox ('13)/Eastside entertainment editor
East students flaunted their best classic video game characters today, kicking off day five of Spirit Week. Students were seen strutting the hallways in outfits emulating many of the classic characters, such as Donkey Kong and the Mario Brothers. Today’s results revealed that the seniors received first... Read more »
Spirit Week Dance Competition Results: Mario conquers all.
November 22, 2011 • Kayla Schorr ('14)/Eastside News/Features Editor
On Wednesday, November 22, the Spirit Week Dance Competition took place, resulting in a surprising outcome regarding the victory placement. The seniors earned their first-place ranking with their classic Super Mario Brothers theme. The sophomores followed behind them in second place, resembling Pokemon.... Read more »
Upperclassmen dominate Spirit Week volleyball
November 22, 2011 • Max Cohen ('12)/Eastside Editor-in-Chief
The juniors and seniors dominated the Spirit Week volleyball competition after school on Monday. In their first round games, both the juniors and seniors won and advanced in both the boys’ and girls’ competitions. In the best-of-three finals, the senior boys defeated the junior boys and... Read more »
When life gives you lemons, East students use them to compete for spirit week
November 21, 2011 • Darby Festa ('13)/Eastside online news and sports editor
Today, East students competed in Spirit Week Games in the cafeteria during their lunch periods to earn points for the grade. The competition was to “make” lemonade: eat one lemon, three spoonfuls of sugar, drink a glass of water, and then do five jumping jacks to mix it up. In third period,... Read more »
Seniors continue their winning streak with crazy hair day
November 21, 2011 • Hannah Feinberg ('12)/Eastside Underground Editor
Seniors crimped, braided and dyed their way to victory on Crazy Hair Day this Monday, maintaining the seniors’ lead into the second week of Spirit Week. Sophomores took second in the event, followed by juniors in third place and freshman in last. Spirits as well as hairdos were high today, with... Read more »
Spirit Week cafeteria games
November 20, 2011 • Prashasti Awadhiya ('12)/ Eastside News/Features Editor, Max Cohen ('12)/ Eastside Editor-in-Chief, Sherin Nassar ('13)/ Eastside Humor Editor
Friday marked the beginning of the annual cafeteria spirit week games. During period three lunch, four representatives battled it out in an epic Mario Kart war. Sean Stanley (’15), Megan Quay (’14), Amy Tung (’13) and Andrew Parosky (’12) choose their characters wisely to represent their grades:... Read more »
Students dance the night away at Homecoming
November 19, 2011 • Juliet Brooks ('13)/Eastside News/Features Editor
The Homecoming dance took place yesterday, November 18, in Cafeteria One from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. The attendance records and corresponding Spirit Week points went in order of grade level—the seniors had the best showing, then juniors, then sophomores, and then freshmen. Three hundred and twenty-five... Read more »
Students show both spirit for school and their favorite teams on Jersey Day
November 18, 2011 • Emmy Silverman ('13)/Eastside Sports Editor
Today the whole school was able to show their pride for their favorite sports team while receiving spirit week points. “I wore this jersey,” pointing to her powder puff jersey,” to show my spirit for the juniors because juniors will win spirit week,” said Rachel Siegmeister (’13). For the students... Read more »
Spirit week booth competition results
November 18, 2011 • Jack Braunstein ('13)/Eastside Underground editor
The Spirit Week booth-judging contest occurred today in Cafeterias One and Two. The Senior Class won first place, followed by the Juniors in second and the Freshmen beating out the Sophmores for third place. In the annual booth contest, each grade transforms a pre-built wooden booth into some sort of... Read more »
East Robotics prepares for competition
November 18, 2011 • Danielle Fox ('13)/Eastside Entertainment Editor
East’s Robotics Club met Monday, November 14 after to school to prepare for their upcoming competition. Because the bots have to be complete by this Friday, the avid club members are working hard to ensure that all parts of the machines are in order. This year’s competition purports to be more challenging... Read more »
Panchero’s night adds some spice to the week
November 18, 2011 • Bryan Sheehan ('13)/Eastside Humor Editor
On Wednesday, November 16, Panchero’s hosted “Dollar Burrito Night”, and in two short hours it is estimated that over 600 people attended. “The line was out the door and down the street,” said Allen Parker (’13). “It was insane” On Thursday morning, the buzz about the event was growing.... Read more »
Seniors rock the 1980s garb to maintain Spirit Week lead
November 17, 2011 • Juliet Brooks ('13)/ Eastside News/FEatures Editor
Cherry Hill East’s “80s Day” was another success for the seniors, who came in first place and are currently leading Spirit Week. However, the juniors managed to pull up from yesterday’s third place finish to score what could only have been a close second. The freshmen followed, with the sophomores... Read more »
Students start off Spirit Week dressed in college apparel
November 16, 2011 • Rebecca Ohnona ('12)/Eastside Community Editor
For the first day of the Spirit Week competition, competitors all came out decked in college gear. The seniors won the day for having the most students dressed in college apparel, followed by the freshman, juniors, and then sophomores in last place. Though many supported their grades in the race to the... Read more »
Filipino Culture Club hosts egg-roll making tutorial
November 15, 2011 • Sherin Nassar ('13)/Eastside humor editor
Forget dumplings! Throw away your noodles! Look past your fortune cookies! The Filipino Culture society made a tasty splash today afterschool with their egg-roll cooking tutorial meeting, which took place in the cooking room. Gathering students of all ethnicities for the event, the cultural club used... Read more »
See video coverage of the faculty musical, the Wuz
November 2, 2011 • Recording and editing by Iryna Hrubiy ('12)/ Eastside Staff; Reporting by Rachel Viggiano ('12)/ For Eastside
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UNICEF club collects money for impoverished children
November 1, 2011 • Thomas Hudson ('14)/Eastside Director of Technology
UNICEF has been recognized since December 11, 1946. In December, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund will be celebrating 65 years of responding to the needs of millions of displaced and refugee children deprived of shelter, fuel and food since the aftermath of World War II. The... Read more »
October issue now viewable online
October 31, 2011
Click the link below to view the PDF version of the October Eastside: http://issuu.com/eastsidenewspaper/docs/eastsideoctober2011 Read More →
Fall music recap
October 31, 2011 • Juliet Brooks ('13)/Eastside News/Features editor
The Fall Music Preview took place on Thursday, October 27, from 7:30 to 9:15 PM. The Preview showcased all of the facets of East’s Music Department. Every musical group performed one song. The auditorium was packed with family members and friends. A group called The Music Boosters talked about... Read more »
East participates in Red Ribbon Week
October 31, 2011 • Emmy Silverman ('13)/Eastside Sports editor
Red Ribbon week came and went, leaving East in the wake of drug-free sentiments and hidden weebles. The students and faculty of Cherry Hill East stood up against drugs and alcohol by participating in the Red Ribbon week activities. East in Action – a club which enforces anti-drugs, alcohol, tobacco,... Read more »
Badminton Club: an inside look
October 26, 2011 • Prashasti Awadhiya ('12)/Eastside news/features editor
Badminton Club met at the East gym after school Thursday. About 35 kids reported initially and as usual, those that brought their own badminton rackets with shuttles began to play, but the advisor, Mrs Whitcraft provided others with the badminton rackets and birdies used in the gym classes. Officer... Read more »
Eastside wins 27 awards
October 25, 2011
At the Garden State Scholastic Press Association Fall Conference, Eastside writers and editors won 27 awards en route to the Distinguished Journalism Award, the top award in the state. The awards were given out for material written or created last school year: First Place — Features: Lindsey... Read more »
