That was the question presented to students all over the country, including those right here in East Greenwich. A broad and daunting question, these students rose to the challenge, facing it head on by participating in the Global Economic Symposium. The Global...
By Jessica Caterson For some incoming freshmen, the idea of high school is extremely daunting. Many rising high schoolers are filled with nerves and fears about the unknown, choosing to ease themselves into their new environment gradually to adjust. Jessie Imbriglio,...
This marks the final installment of Jessica Caterson's "Virtual Reality" senior stories. She completed them while finishing her own junior year school work. We are grateful Jessica decided to share her work with EG News. Great job! By Jessica Caterson Unlike many of...
Above: Riley Brooks, right. By Jessica Caterson Riley Brooks began her time at East Greenwich High School as an outsider. Having moved to East Greenwich from the outskirts of Boston less than a year before, her freshman self was still trying to adjust to her new...
By Jessica Caterson When Anthony Purcell walked into the high school for the first time as a freshman, he was a little surprised. Due to the media's dramatization of the American high school experience, a part of Anthony expected to see synchronized dance numbers and...
By Jessica Caterson In the days leading up to her first day of high school, Morgan Prior was just like every other rising freshman: kinda nervous, intimidated, and strangely excited. After attending cross country captain practices over the summer, she had spoken at...
By Jessica Caterson Sunny Sait entered his freshman year of high school with one goal, and one goal only: to be valedictorian. "I thought of it as a naive goal," he said with a chuckle. "I didn't really know what it entailed. I didn't even know how to calculate GPA,...
By Jessica Caterson Entering her first day of high school, freshman Maleela Hong was experiencing a whirlwind of emotions. "I was slightly terrified. High school was completely different from anything I had ever done before," she said with a laugh. Bubbly and bright...
By Jessica Caterson Grades and GPAs are the downfall of the public education system, detracting from the purpose of learning and fueling an unhealthy society of comparison and competition. At least, that's Jack Holmgren's view of it. As forward as it may sound, Jack...
By Jessica Caterson "It was definitely not how I expected to find out," Caleb Gupta said with a wry smile. When asked about college acceptance, he said his experience overlapped with another critical moment. Two days before receiving his early-decision school's...
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