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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

Elissa Cohen

Elissa Cohen, Eastside Editor-In-Chief

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Millennials prove to be technology reliant

Millennials: The “anxious generation”

Elissa Cohen, Eastside Editor-in-Chief
June 13, 2017

As millennials, we possess a great amount of anxiety. Whether we are completing small tasks for an elective course or traveling across the world to learn and explore, we often bring fear with us. The millennial generation is such an anxious generation...

East Cougars get ready to enter the new field.

East Football Team breaks in the new turf field

Elissa Cohen, Eastside Sports Editor
October 8, 2016

The East Football Team played its first game on the new turf field on Saturday, October 8 against the Delsea Crusaders. The fans, the cheerleaders and the marching band all showed excitement about the first football game on the turf as the energy...

East fails to defeat West in boys basketball game

East fails to defeat West in boys basketball game

Elissa Cohen, Eastside Sports Editor
February 14, 2016

With the final score reading 47-44 in favor of West, the Cougars failed to defeat their cross-town rivals, Cherry Hill West in a tenacious game on Saturday, February 13 in East’s Invitational. A slow start from East’s offense reflected the game’s...

Jordan Mason ('19) dresses up as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

Cherry Hill East students participate in Spirit Week

Elissa Cohen, Eastside Sports Editor
November 19, 2015

On the second day of Spirit Week 2015, East students dressed up as superheroes to show their spirit and earn points for their class. Many students were wearing capes, superhero t-shirts and some even in full costume. The results of the dress-up day had...

Girls Tennis takes sectional title

Girls Tennis takes sectional title

Elissa Cohen, Eastside Sports Editor
November 2, 2015

Courtesy of Mary Lynn Jewett As a result of an extremely successful season, East’s Girls Tennis team proudly ended off the year earning the Group IV Sectional Title for the South Jersey Region. With a final record having 18 victories and 2 losses,...

Girls Tennis Sectional Title

Elissa Cohen, Eastside Sports Editor
October 29, 2015

  As a result of an extremely successful season, East’s Girls Tennis team proudly ended off the year earning the Group IV Sectional Title for the South Jersey Region. With a final record having 18 victories and 2 losses, the team reached the...

Summer practices cut fall athletes’ summers short

Elissa Cohen, Eastside Sports Editor
June 27, 2015

When school gets out on June 15, the summer can only sound so appealing to the fall athletes at East. With games starting in middle to late September, teams like soccer, football and field hockey need to start practice in August. The excruciating preseason...

East Boys Lacrosse defeats Rancocas Valley 9-8

Elissa Cohen, Eastside Staff
May 17, 2015

On Friday, May 15, the Cherry Hill East Boys Lacrosse Team managed to pull away from a tight game to achieve the program’s first playoff win in school history. The Cougars went head to head with the Rancocas Valley Red Devils until the final score of...

Kendall Geis commits to Shippensburg University

Kendall Geis commits to Shippensburg University

Elissa Cohen, Eastside Staff
February 27, 2015

Most members of the Junior Class experience a multitude of stressors regarding their future college plans. Kendall Geis (’16) has felt much less pressure since her New Year’s Eve verbal commitment to play softball at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania. Geis...

Birdman takes home "Best Picture" at the Oscars

Birdman takes home “Best Picture” at the Oscars

Elissa Cohen, Eastside Staff
February 24, 2015

The 87th Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, Feb. 22 in Los Angeles, California. Neil Patrick Harris, opened the show with a phenomenal performance. Anna Kendrick and Jack Black backed up Harris as he sang on the stage about the...

Mockingjay Part I hopes to bring viewers on an exciting ride.

The new Hunger Games movie expects to dazzle in theaters

Elissa Cohen, For Eastside
November 4, 2014

Jennifer Lawrence will soon make another successful appearance on the big screen as the main character in the third movie of The Hunger Games trilogy. Written by Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay Part I, will be Collins’ third movie released into theaters....