You may see her throwing strikes from the mound, in the student section at football games, or just walking around the hallways with her headphones in. Meet one of the seniors that are graduating this May, Jaida Hernandez-Howard. Howard has been at East High School since her freshman year and despite the struggles she faced throughout her years here, she will be moving on after graduation. Howard...

Teaching English one, two, and three, sports literature, mass communication, graphic novels, journalism, Scarlet Ambassadors, and cheerleading assistant coach. These are all things Kortny Williamson has done in her ten years at East but after the 2021-2022 school year, she will be leaving. Kortny Williamson (Ms. Williamson) was born in Pennsylvania and is going to be moving back to be with her family...

You enter a room of success, Ms. Lee’s classroom. You gain the calm vibes of music playing and the smell of essential oils filling the room. Ms. Lee is always there to greet you with a smile. Lee is loved by all of her students. Lee is hard working, kind, thoughtful, caring person, but Lee will not be teaching at East High School anymore because she is moving. “I am moving to Denver. I was born...

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...