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The Student News Site of East Grand Rapids High School

The East Vision

The Student News Site of East Grand Rapids High School

The East Vision

The Student News Site of East Grand Rapids High School

The East Vision

Shannon Ors Senior Column

Shannon Ors, Web Editor May 25, 2017

It was the year of Angry Birds, iPads, and The Black Eyed Peas. A single scoop of ice cream at Jersey Junction cost $1.90 and Wizards of Waverly Place was on TV. What a time to be a fifth grader. I have...

Niki Ezeh Senior Column

Niki Ezeh, Staff Writer May 25, 2017

My first ever game on the girls varsity basketball team was against Catholic Central, and we lost by about 40. That was the first taste I got of playing on a varsity sport at East. As the season went on,...

Liz Schumar Senior Column

Liz Schumar, Focus Editor May 25, 2017

My past four years at EGR have been full of highs and lows like everyone else. I have loved my experience at East, but it is a competitive environment. Grades matter a lot. Almost everyone is on a sports...

Keaton Smith Senior Column

Keaton Smith, Managing Editor May 25, 2017

The most influential aspect of my high school career was introduced to me in an basic photography class freshman year that taught me the foundation of how to take great photos. Junior year, I became the...

Keagan Haulenbeek Senior Column

Keagan Haulenbeek, Editor In-Chief May 25, 2017

When I hear people talk about how they can’t wait to get out of East Grand Rapids, the one thing that pops into my mind is: why? My years here at the high school have been the best of my life. Yes,...

James Lykins Senior Column

James Lykins, Sports Editor May 25, 2017

I am used to confrontation. I have debated various political topics in the newspaper, We the People, and even with my hockey teammates and coaches. I’m used to being called “Liberal,” “Democrat,...

Jack Theut Senior Column

Jack Theut, Business Manager May 25, 2017

As I sit here reflecting on my past four years here at EGR high school, I realize that my opinion on EGRHS differs from others. I often hear many of my peers talking about how they’re going to miss...

Hanna Sanford Senior Column

Hanna Sanford, News Editor May 25, 2017

Be Elle Woods When I was in third grade, I watched a truly life changing film. I spent months plotting how I could live out that movie in my own life. There was only one thing of which I was certain:...

Grace Ruppert Senior Column

Grace Ruppert, Focus Editor May 25, 2017

People have always asked me if I like being a twin and I always respond, “I guess. I mean, I don’t know any different.” But honestly, I love being a twin. And I’m terrified about going to college...

Auden Elliott Senior Column

Auden Elliott, News Editor May 25, 2017

My high school career has been defined mainly by one thing. In fact, most of my life has revolved around this one thing. The week after school got out my junior year, I started training for a marathon,...

Grace is trying: to change her packing habits

Grace Ruppert, Focus Editor May 22, 2017

I have always been a terrible packer. I try to plan ahead but I always end up frantically packing the night before, washing clothes at night hoping to remember to pack them in the morning, and over packing...

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