Controversy over the Day of Silence within the LGBTQ community
By Anna Thomas The Day of Silence is a nationwide event that has been going on for 20 years, in ...
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High School Lunch – ECHHS & CHS – April
High School and McDougle Middle Breakfast – April 2012
Rumors of new drug policy pervade East
By Sam Schaefer Recently, several incidents have occurred involving the possession and consumption of drugs and alcohol by students on ...
In Our Backyard to be brought back, addresses local issues
By Taylor Daly As the due date to turn in next year’s course selections quickly approaches, students should take note ...
East tap dancer auditioned for America’s Got Talent
By Jeremy Fox Last Saturday, tap-dancing junior Sarah Linden auditioned for the popular television show America’s Got Talent (AGT) with ...
To frack or not to frack
By Alexandra Willcox In recent months, the issue of fracking has become increasingly prevalent in the news around the entire ...
Playmakers Presents Urinetown!
By Victoria Brancazio Since 2007, UNC’s Playmakers, a highly praised theater company in North Carolina, offers 25 high school students ...
Chapel Hill celebrates Earth Day
By Jamie Stuart Although Earth Day itself took place on April 22, there have been events in Chapel Hill starting ...
CHCCS High School Lunch Menu for May 2012
CHCCS Breakfast Menu for May 2012
- East tap dancer auditioned for America’s Got Talent
- East’s breakfast menu: February 2012
- East’s lunch menu: February 2012
- Identification numbers to follow students past school age
- On ‘the Edge’ of development
- School implements new, controversial attendance policy
- The key to college scholarships is knowing where to look
- Chapel Hill bus ads cater to big business to generate revenue
- North Carolina hosts record film production
- Sparknotes sparks debate: useful resource or cheater’s contrivance?
East offers new photography CTE class
By Taylor Daly Admiring gorgeous profile pictures on Facebook is a pastime familiar to many teenagers. Some attempt to emulate them, only to end up with subpar images that are blurry, awkward, and poorly lit. These students obviously need a lesson in photography, an art form that has become exceedingly popular in ...
Refugee club prepares for summer, looks to expand in fall
By Miles Rosen East students are no strangers to community service, but while volunteer work may seem like a necessary evil for graduation, some are taking advantage of new opportunities to help others even after the school year has ended. Over the past few years, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area has become ...
Another against Amendment One
One of the many Chapel Hill families against Amendment One declares their objection to the legislation. Photo courtesy of Corey Risinger. By Corey Risinger Amendment One is a sweeping, and misguided effort to enshrine discrimination into the state constitution. The May 8 ballot referendum seeks to define “marriage between one man and ...
State legislature should fund AP exams
By Lena Wilson A public school is supposed to offer an equal education to all of its students, paid for by state taxes instead of directly by students’ families. However, a rising proportion of East’s classes have students queuing to hand in $87 out of their own pockets for each AP class ...
AP exams often unnecessary
By Taylor Daly One student reportedly bubbled in “B” for every single answer choice. Another drew pictures of cats rather than answering essay questions. Others simply left all of the spaces blank. Every year after the conclusion of AP testing, anecdotes like these can be heard about students’ various antics on these ...
The Schan-Far Side: In search of illegitimate mentoring
By Sam Schanfarber It may sound surprising, but I am in desperate need of a mentor. I didn’t used to think I’d ever need advice from anyone. After all, everything that I’ve done in life has been widely considered as perfection, from the tortillas I cook (no recipe!) to the narcissistic column ...
The Schan-Far Side: In search of illegitimate Sundays
By Sam Schanfarber Truth be told, I’m not a very religious guy. It may come as a shock to readers. After all, for someone with such a strong moral compass and affinity toward serving my community, it’s certainly unexpected that I wasn’t brought up in a passionately religious home. I was raised ...
Issue Four Editorial: Cheating
By the Editorial Staff of the ECHO In recent weeks, there have been a number of cheating incidents involving all grade levels and multiple courses of study. Students in challenging classes have been using various forms of technology in order to try to get better grades for themselves and some of their ...
The Schan-Far Side: In search of illegitimate educators
By Sam Schanfarber If there’s one thing that I find people have a misconception about, it’s the difference between a good and a bad teacher. As I inch ever closer to graduation, I’ve been spending a decent amount of time looking back through my four years at East. Every year, without fail, ...
Online classes: easy for some, better for none
By Jeremy Fox If you are one of the many students pondering your course schedule for next year, then you might be considering enrolling in an online AP class. Don’t. You’ll just end up learning nothing, failing the AP exam, and damaging the school system for others. As East students continue to ...
Lack of coordination among teachers leaves students powerless, neglected
By Noam Shemer The only thing worse than taking a ridiculously hard class is knowing that your friend across the hallway, though enrolled in the same course, can skate by with barely any effort. This inconsistency in class difficulty is due to more than just a difference in students’ intelligence; another culprit, ...
Budget cuts cause unethical teacher retirements
By Victoria Brancazio Many East students have had graduating siblings advising them on different topics surrounding the East culture. These recommendations range from topics of where to eat and when to arrive at school to what classes to take. Most importantly, however, is the advice students receive about which teachers are considered ...
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