Eastern Students Petition for More Gender-Neutral Bathrooms
By Tyler Foley
On the first day of in-person learning, Eastern 6th graders were chatting with each other online about their experiences. The conversation took a turn when student Margot Ashford commented on the bathrooms.
By Tyler Foley
On the first day of in-person learning, Eastern 6th graders were chatting with each other online about their experiences. The conversation took a turn when student Margot Ashford commented on the bathrooms.
The technological magic of Eastern Drama Club's production of 'SchoolHouse Rock Live!'
By Dermott Foley Welcome to the world of Drama Club during a pandemic. Putting on a musical in ”normal” times is extremely difficult — requiring precision like coordination in casting, choreography, music, set design, lighting, and thousands of other details. Doing it over Zoom requires a whole other level of creativity, and patience. |
6th Grade Songwriter Kae Von Mitchell on what inspires him
By Tyler Foley Kae Von Mitchell, a 6th grader at Eastern Middle School, writes music - inspiring music. |
Minority Scholars Program's service project focuses on books & diversity
By Tyler Foley Eastern’s Minority Scholars Program is working on a creative, socially distant community service project that they hope will bring joy and learning to elementary school students. It’s a collection of videos featuring Eastern students and teachers reading children’s picture books with diverse characters and topics. So far, they’ve created 20 videos with books ranging from “Hasta Donde Me Amas?,” “Chocolate Me,” “We’re Different, We’re the Same,” and “Little Leaders.” |
Art Club: Explore Your Inner Picasso From Your computer
By Tyler Foley The Eastern Art Club is a very welcoming and interesting club where you can explore your inner Picasso. At the group’s most recent meeting on Thursday, there were about a half-dozen students present and Ms. Hill, the club’s advisor, started out with an emotional check in and asked people to type in the Zoom chat how they felt coming into Art Club today. While the messages were sent to her privately, she commented that everyone seemed to be in good spirits coming back from the holiday break. |