New President, New Year, New Leaf?
By VASUMATHI VENKAT ‘22 Since the experiment of the American democracy was established in 1776, eyes worldwide have watched the USA. Last Wednesday, the whole world…
Rise of a Club: Quiz Bowl
By VINAY MENON ’23 and DEVAM MONDAL ’24 Edison High School is home to a multitude of unique clubs catering to the interests of its student…
Parent Meetings in a Pandemic
By JAYESH CHAURASIA ‘23 and PRAGYA SINGH ‘23 On December 1, 2020, Edison High School held its first ever virtual parent-teacher conference night. Deviating from the…
College Application Advice Amidst the Pandemic
By SIVARAGHA BUDDANA ‘22, MANINDER DHESI ‘22, NIMISHA KUMAR ‘22 With the rise of COVID-19 cases, many activities transformed to fit newfound social distancing requirements. While…
ATAC Attacks Virtual Learning
VANIA KHAN ‘22 and SAANVI BHUTEJA ‘23 The Assertive Teens Against Cancer (ATAC) Club at Edison High School is an extracurricular club that raises awareness for…
Giving a Helping Hand
By JERRY CHEN ‘22 and AKILAN MANIVANNAN ‘22 In the past year, the world suffered at the hands of multiple conflicts, such as the coronavirus pandemic…
The Great Conjunction Sparkles Over the Northeast
By ALI AHMED ‘22 On December 21, 2020, the heavens treated Edison’s residents with the spectacle of a lifetime — two planets meeting upon Earth’s celestial…
Snow Days but School Stays
By JEET JAGTAP ‘24 The COVID-19 pandemic caused drastic changes to daily lives— students no longer go to in-person school, hang out with friends, or travel…
Junior Parent Night 2021
By HANNAH STEINLAUF ‘22 and SAMHITHA SANGARAJU ‘22 Nervous students sit in front of their computer screens after a long day of school, their parents dutifully…
Virtual Back to School Night—Our New Reality
By MANINDER DHESI ‘22 COVID-19 will be over any day now,” our March selves assured us. “Everything will be normal again soon.” Yet, as of October…
Hybrid Learning—A Work In Progress
By DEEPIKA BUDDANA ‘22, MANINDER DHESI ‘22, and NIMISHA KUMAR ‘22 As of October 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic persists and cases continue to rise. As a…
Climate Change: Our Community and Country
By AVINASH ARAVIND ‘23 and JAYESH CHAURASIA ‘23 The average seasonal snowfall total in Newark, New Jersey, is 25.8 inches. The 2019-2020 winter saw 6.9 inches,…
Edison High Goes Virtual— Extracurricular Style
By HENA PATEL ‘23 and NEHA PATEL ‘22 Edison High proudly hosts 44 co-curricular clubs, according to the school website. Many of these student-run clubs have…
Terror Trail: A Freak Show in a Freak Year
By NATHAN WITKOWSKI ‘21 The annual Terror Trail was a graveyard smash! The Edison High School Theatre Department put on another amazing show written, directed, and…
Senior Sunrise: A Semblance of Normalcy
By NATHAN WITKOWSKI ‘21 The morning was brisk. Towels were spread throughout the damp football field six feet apart and covered in turf. Bundled up in…
TEDxEdisonHighSchool: Combating Climate Change
By VINAY MENON ’23 and JASON ZHENG ‘22 Edison High School’s iSTEM club curated a virtual TEDx event on October 14, 2020. The event, part of…
New StuCo Board Braces for New Normal
By ALEXANDER BELEM ‘21 And the results are in! After the postponed Student Council election back in May, Edison High finally has a new board of…
Eagles Excel in Exciting Quiz Bowl Competition
By ALI AHMED ‘22 and DEVAM MONDAL ‘24 On October 10, the members of the Edison High School Quiz Bowl team faced off in a tense…