East Hosts Eighth Grade Enrollment Night
Current eighth graders will meet in the auditorium tonight to discuss their classes for next school year. From 6:30 to 8 p.m., the auditorium will be filled with middle schoolers who are looking to...
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Eastipedia: The Little Theatre
With a maximum occupancy of only 100 people, the Little Theatre is a feature of SM East that doesn’t go to waste. It gets used for Frequent Fridays, rehearsals, auditions and many more things related...
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Loyal Lancers
East’s biggest sports fans aren’t always in the student section. Some Lancer fanatics are alums or longtime teachers who come to support the team and enjoy the atmosphere of the rumbling bleachers....
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Car Washes For A Cause
The buckets, sponges, soap and hoses will all be brought out for the East car wash fundraisers on the Saturday April 11 and Saturday May 16. They will be held on Spirit drive for the Girls’ Swim and...
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How To Do-It-Yourself
Bleached Jeans I was imagining the perfect pair of stylish “acid wash” jeans while getting ready to start my project. I gathered an empty squirt bottle, bleach and an old pair of blue denims. The...
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Summer of Amigos
It was just starting to get dark while all the children of the small village of Madriz, Nicaragua had settled into their places to watch the movie. They giggled as they yelled “We love Despicable Me!”...
View ArticleBetter Together
At 7 a.m. sharp every morning, freshman Maeve McKinney and her dad walk through the doors of East. They are welcomed with a warm hello and wave from the new security guard at the entrance of the...
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Review: Classic Fall Experiences
Fall: the season of sweaters, pumpkins, shades of deep reds and bitter cold mornings. The following are a couple things that I wanted to try and prepare for the oncoming autumn season. PUMPKIN PATCH...
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Abundance of Cake
Nothing Bundt Cakes’ new store opened recently in Mission along with it first location in Overland Park. I was of course interested in trying the cake but also wanted an excuse to say the pun....
View ArticleSong Review: One Direction’s Latest
Photo credits to MCT Campus I’m a definite Harry girl, but some fall for Liam, some obsess over Niall and others never stop thinking about Louis. I would marry Harry in a second. I always look so crazy...
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A Brand New Nutcracker
Sophomore Sofia Pomeroy has been dancing for over twelve years, practicing ballet, jazz, modern, character and flamenco. For the past eight years, however, Pomeroy has leaped onto a brightly lit stage...
View ArticleHarbie Playlist week of 1/18
This playlist is put together for those perfect moments, driving down your favorite secluded street when it’s strangely sunny and 58 degrees in January. When you’re doing your homework with an unusual...
View ArticlePlanting a Murderer
“Here they come,” a voice says behind a shaking home video camera, “after eighteen years.” Fuzzy footage of 41-year-old Steven Avery’s homecoming flashes onto the screen. Avery mutters in a thick...
View ArticleAdult Coloring Pages: Review
I picked up my favorite Crayola crayon color, Robin’s Egg Blue, and began drawing intricate designs, letting it take control of my imagination like I never thought coloring would do to me again. The...
View ArticleCoalition Love 146 Benefit Concert
Coalition will be hosting its third Love 146 benefit concert at Country Club Christian Church tonight at 7 p.m. The profits from ticket sales and donations will go towards funding the end of child...
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International Itinerary
This spring break, choir students will travel to Germany to perform in many different cities. Check out previews of each city they will visit here: Leipzig: In Leipzig, the choir has a special...
View ArticleBoys Lacrosse Preview
With three past championship wins in 2011, 2012 and 2013, the boys lacrosse team has been a successful part of East sports for the past 14 seasons. Head Coach Will Garrett hopes to lead this year’s...
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Finding Herself Through History
Shuffling up to the grave with a flickering candle in her hand, junior Lauren Cole mourned the thousands of people buried in the mass grave as if they were all her own family. Thousands of people, all...
View ArticleA New Kind of Classroom
photo illustration courtesy of Britt Haney In order to accommodate the growing student store and number of marketing students, the marketing room will be changed to a “workspace” style classroom over...
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Falling Short of an Olympian
If sitting on my couch watching world class athletes compete against each other didn’t already make me feel bad enough about myself, 13-year-old swimmer Gaurika Singh made me feel like a true...
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