The Coronavirus and Racism from the Perspective of an Asian-American
By KATHLEEN ZHOU ‘21 Why is it that some disasters promote unity, while others cause division? On January 7, the Chinese government announced the identification of…
EHS Students’ Feelings About Quarantine
By MARK ROSARIO ’20 Being locked at home during a quarantine is surreal. Life in lockdown can generate a mix of negative and positive emotions that…
EHS Gets Its Groove On
By VASUMATHI VENKAT ’22 Featuring 12 bands from 8 high schools in Central Jersey, Edison High School hosted its jazz festival on February 7, 2020, kicking…
Baseball Hits Homerun With Fundraising Efforts
Courtesy of MyCentralJersey.com This season was supposed to be one of promise for a once-storied Edison High School baseball program, whose varsity team was expected to…
Samantha Matson: February’s Swimming Senior of the Month
By SRINIDHI VENKATESH ’22 Do you know our school’s record holder for girls’ 500-meter freestyle swimming? Samantha Matson ‘20 not only holds this record, but was…
Jinam Modasiya: January Senior of the Month
By SRINIDHI VENKATESH ’22 Two words can go a long way to sum up our January Senior of the Month: marching band. Jinam Modasiya ‘20, January’s…
From China to EHS: About Part-Time Jobs
By CHEY ZENG ’21 According to an article by Drew Desilver at the Pew Research Center, data shows nearly 35 percent of American high school students…
When Students Become Lifesavers — UNICEF’s Annual Blood Drive
By DIVYA DAYAL ’21 and MANINDER DHESI ’22 High school is a stage of immense growth and learning for students, evoking dreams about where they will…
What are Tri-M and NAHS?
By ALYSON ZHANG ‘22 Tri-M is a music honor society that recognizes band, choir, and orchestra students. Their acronym stands for the three M’s: Modern Musician…
The Eagles Compete in the Biology Olympiad
By JAYESH CHAURASIA ‘23 & PRAGYA SINGH ‘23 On February 12th, the Edison Eagles took the United States of America Biology Olympiad (USABO), a free standardized…
The Art of Black Culture
By MANINDER DHESI ‘22, NIMISHA KUMAR ‘22 On Tuesday, February 18, the Edison High School UMOJA club held their first “Black History Month Assembly.” The assembly…
Speaker Series: The Dance of Politics
By OLIVIA MORALES ’22 Shariq Ahmad ’07, chief of staff for state assemblyman Robert Karabinchak, came to Edison High School on February 6 to discuss the…
Anxieties Quelled By Eighth Grade Parent Night
By KATHLEEN ZHOU ’21 The transition from middle school to high school can be hard to bear—not just for students, but for parents as well. As…
EHS: Not Playing to Make Friends, Playing to Win
By CAMERON KEATING ’20, SERENA KLEIN ’20, BURRELL SMITHEN In the Book of Samuel, Goliath champions the Philistines. He is their warrior, protecting their people, maintaining…
Dance Day Dazzles District Parents
By MARK ROSARIO ’20 With the push of a button, the room swelled with music: lively jazz rhythms and a pulsing bassline formed the heartbeat of…
Edison’s Newest Advanced Placement Classes: Seminar and Research
By JAYESH CHAURASIA ‘23, PRAGYA SINGH ‘23 AP Capstone is a two-year course consisting of the AP Research and AP Seminar classes and is currently being…
Edison Eagles Enter the World of Engineering
BY JAYESH CHAURASIA ‘23, SRINIDHI VENKATESH ‘22 By definition, engineering is designing, building, and using engines and mechanical structures. According to the website, “Types of Engineering…
“What Can a Kid from South Edison do?”
By HANNAH STEINLAUF ’22 “What can a kid from South Edison do?” is a question often lurking in the back of the minds of many Edison…