On Monday, March 7, 2022, at 2:47 p.m., over 40 shots were fired in East High School’s student parking lot, leaving two East High students, senior Kemery Ortega and sophomore Jessica Lopez, injured. Another former East High School student, Jose David Lopez was killed in the gunfire. Ortega and Lopez have been recovering since the shooting, and this is Ortega’s story. Scroll Staff interviewed Ortega...

Teachers have a sinister agenda with one not having to look far to see the attack on our children with it being no longer hidden. That is what Republican Iowa Senate President Jake Chapman said in a speech on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, during the opening session of the 2022 Iowa legislative season. As his argument states, Chapman thinks some Iowa educators have gone too far with spreading many books with...

In January 2022, Iowa saw around 5,528 new cases per day, at least 110,028 active cases total. Over 1,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations for the first time since Dec. 3, 2020, and over 703k total cases. Yet, students in Iowa have been stuck in their classrooms with no social distancing. Governor Kim Reynolds signed a law requiring schools to offer 100 percent in-person learning on Feb. 15, 2021. When the...

If you’ve always struggled on how to plan and save for spring activities, then this might be the article for you. Students and teachers all over East High School share their best methods on how to save for spring, how to plan, and how to just have fun during your spring time. Whether you’re at the mall with your friends or on a beach in California, planning and attention to detail are what can...

2:47 p.m. Shots fired in the student parking lot. “I was outside in the parking lot when I heard gunshots go off,” senior Jaida Howard said. 2:50 p.m. East High School went on lockdown. “I was actually walking past my windows and both saw and heard the gunshots. I didn’t quite process what I saw or heard, but I sent a text to admin and we went into lockdown not even two minutes...