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Girls Track and Field…future State champions?

May 27, 2018

The Girls Varsity Track and Field team has been working harder than ever this year trying to be the first East Grand Rapids team to be Girls Track and Field state champions. This year has already had many obstacles added to the path that the team must hurdle. The first of these hurdles has been the change in coaching. When Nicholas Hopkins resigned...

Adaptive Season for Girl’s Lacrosse

Natalie VanderZyden, Staff Writer

May 21, 2018

This year the girls lacrosse team has been adapting to their new season with many new underclassmen on the varsity team. With various plays, and lots of training, the girls have managed to continue their success this season. Senior captain Lydia Hoff described her season saying “This year our team is a lot younger compared to past years, therefore...

Proud moments for boys lacrosse

Emily Bergstrom, Staff Writer

May 1, 2018

Even with the bad weather at the beginning of the spring, the boys lacrosse team has shown talent through sleet and snow. The boys lacrosse team has been playing back-to-back games in order to be able to keep up with the delays. With hard work daily and a very tough schedule, the boys are determined to win. Even at the beginning of the seasons, the boys have a lot to be proud of. Colorado College commit Jacob Rogers ‘18 talks about what he thinks is the team’s proudest moment so far this season. “One of the proudest moments this year is...

Focus

Senior Assassination

Kate Olsson, Entertainment Editor

May 21, 2018

The annual competition for seniors that involves nerf guns and getting your kill. Every year it is passed down by two students, usually male, to two students of their choice in the grade below. Last year, it was passed down by Jack Gabridge and Johnny Southwell to Peter Kratt and Mike Malewitz. This means that Kratt and Malewitz had the responsibility of collecting $10 from all of the participants, giving each person...

Students get involved in Refugee Education Center

Hannah Stuursma '18, Focus Editor

April 25, 2018

As the coins are being counted after the Coin Wars, East Grand Rapids High School’s own Lily Shreiner ‘20, Drew Theut ‘20, and Joey Mooney ‘20 are back to work at the Refugee Education Center. All three students have or will volunteer at the center in the near future. “I started to get involved with the refugee center in the summer before sophomore year,” Lily Shreiner ‘20 said. After 12 years of...

You get the best of both worlds

Abby Theodorsdottir, Staff Writer

April 2, 2018

Students in our school are living much more than the American dream; they are living the dream in two different countries. Several students in our school are dual citizens, meaning, a person is a citizen in two countries...

Opinion

Bring back Relay for Life to build a stronger EGR community

Lauren Vanden Bosch, Web Editor

May 28, 2018

“We’ve raised over two hundred thousand dollars this year,” the loudspeaker announced at the Rockford Relay for Life event. “I’m so proud of this community.” It’s Friday May 18 at the North Rockford Middle school track, and everywhere is a flurry of activity. Kids covered in face paint...

Library should be open and used

Sophie Sears, Business Editor

May 2, 2018

“When I have a really big test to study for or a homework assignment I want to finish but I can’t because the library is closed for teachers who rent it out for their classes. It’s frustrating because I then have to find a place in the cafeteria to try to study but it’s more distracting because it’s so noisy” said Lauren Vandenbosch. Lauren isn’t alone in her frustration. I too have planned my day with the intent of getting some last minute studying time in during my lunch hour, only...

Better to be safe than sorry: the importance of ID cards

Grace Brooks, Focus Editor

April 30, 2018

Being the forgetful person that I am, my ID card managed to get lost and go through the washer and dryer within the first week of receiving it. Consequently, I learned much more than the fact that the IDs still work post washer and dryer. I realized the importance of it and the value it serves for our school. With all of the school shootings that have happened, it’s safe to say that no school is safe. No school wants to imagine being the school that they see getting covered in the national...

Island School Blog

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Staff member Nora Verdier is keeping an online blog for the next few months while she attends the Island School.

"The Island School is a research-intensive, environmentally focused program on the island of Eleuthera in The Bahamas. The goal of the program is to provide an experience for high school students to learn outside a standard four-wall classroom, live sustainably, and develop into agents of change. I decided to apply to the Island School for multiple reasons: one being that all three of my siblings attended the Island School, and after hearing about their amazing experiences and seeing how much they grew as individuals, I realized how amazing of a program the Island School is. I also decided to apply because I wanted to experience a new way of learning." -- Nora Verdier '19

Check out Nora's blog below or click here.

Nora's Most Recent Posts

The Island School in One Word

Nora Verdier, Staff Writer

June 9th Hi East! This is my last blog post, and I decided to do something a little bit different as opposed to my normal weekly summaries. I asked all 28 girls of Treehouse to describe The Island School in one word or phrase, and this is what they said: #1: The most life-changing experience #2: Indescribable #3: Hard but incredible #4: Life-c...

June 9, 2018 • 1 comment

IS Blog Post #7

Feature Gallery: Prom Dance

Open Survey

Closed Survey Results

From February Survey...

- Most popular Gaslight restaurants were Rose's Express, Crazy Charlie's, and Jose Babushka's.

- Most popular Easttown restaurants were Jimmy John's, Schnitz's Deli, Wolfgang's, and Yesterdog.

- Most popular restaurant overall was Qdoba.

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