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New Pool Cramps Student Parking Lot

New Pool Cramps Student Parking Lot

Arianna Leuer, Copy editor October 12, 2020

Cheyenne’s East High school has been widely affected by the undergoing project of a brand-new pool. The school has experienced two years now of a dysfunctional setting in the natatorium. At first it...

East Homecoming Travesty

East Homecoming Travesty

Savannah Whittecar, staff reporter October 8, 2020

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, East High school has had to sacrifice many of its annual traditions this year. The most recent was the Homecoming dance. Many of the students at East High were hoping things...

Rowing the boat with yearbook staff

Rowing the boat with yearbook staff

Cristiona Morales and Bailey Miller September 16, 2020

Every year, the yearbook staff works to present the history of East High School. The book kicks off with Jostens Yearbook Summer Workshop, where staff visits Golden, Colorado to build themes, ideas and...

The EHS Yearbook staff released a sneak peek at the cover of the 2020 yearbook.

2020 Yearbooks are here!

STAFF EXPECTS SELL OUT! DO NOT DELAY ORDERING!

The East High yearbook staff is excited to announce the arrival of the 2019-2020 yearbook! This year’s theme – Embrace the Legacy – may have never been more appropriate than now. Obviously, with...

Ready for a European education

Jacobson ready for German immersion

Challeni Riddle May 6, 2020

As they like to say: “If you’re going in, go all in!” And EHS sophomore Steele Jacobson is going all in with a new experience in Germany. In mid-April, Mary Johnson, East High German teacher, announced...

Students and staff had to make a quick transition to remote learning when the schools were shut down in mid-March.

Coronavirus forces a change in learning and teaching

Kaylee Culley May 6, 2020

COVID-19 as taken a lot away from people everywhere, particularly in our schools. Hallways are quiet, sports are cancelled, classrooms sit silent, and students are now forced to navigate remote learning....

Customers patiently wait in their cars for curbside food service from Dickey’s BBQ at Frontier Mall. While some businesses with outside access remained open, the mall closed in mid-March to discourage people gathering in confined areas.

Coronavirus wrecks economy, tourism, health care and lives

Alexis Greb May 6, 2020

COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, is having huge impacts around the world. According to www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/, as of April 23, there are more than 2.6 million cases and more than 185,000...

Parker Bachelder competes in dramatic interpretation.

East High School’s debate team wins virtual state championship

Speech team wraps up win for third straight title
Ms. Kathryn Palmer, WTE Reporter Originally published Apr 29, 2020 May 6, 2020

Reprinted with permission When Hernan Rodriguez woke up March 14, he was ready to debate. Rodriguez, a sophomore member of East High School’s speech and debate team, had spent Friday night’s...

The Buell family shows off their T-Bird Fanatic best for Virtual Spirit Week.

East High Spirit happens virtually everywhere

Cristiona Morales May 6, 2020

With most schools and districts shut down for the foreseeable future, many schools struggled to find ways to connect with their students. One idea that popped into a few teachers' minds was the concept...

The Softball Addition to Our Community

Alyssa Wilmarth, reporter November 20, 2019

Batter up! This was the dream of many girls especially here at East High School and across the state.  Now it’s come true. Laramie County School District 1 recently passed the bill approving softball...

Homework: The Necessary Evil?

Rachel Taveria, Reporter November 18, 2019

Nobody liked the teacher that assigns homework. So why is that? It's obvious that teens don’t like homework because its extra work, something that has a lot of dedicated kids stay up till eleven or twelve...

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