East News

Here at Williamsville East, students who are passionate about writing and reporting the news are welcome to join the Newspaper Club.

Having constant access to grades is an universal experience here at the Williamsville Central School District. However, is this system truly beneficial for learning, or is it a detriment? In this article, I interviewed several students to get a better understanding of how students feel about this system within the wall-less halls of East. As it turns out, opinions vary wildly among students.

School dances can be some of the most memorable times of our high school careers. The sophomores and freshmen at East have never experienced our homecoming, so I sent a survey to determine what they thought about it. 

Political Forum is one of East’s clubs that returned this spring, run by Dr. Redmond of the Social Studies department. The club is focused on providing a respectful environment to discuss many different political issues. So far, discussion topics have been gun control, the death penalty, and minimum wage.

As the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence ends, Girl Up is embracing its mission to help abuse victims. For the second year in a row, the club is organizing a card making campaign to spread some positivity this holiday season.

As the last marking period of the year draws to a close, the dread and anticipation of final exams loom large over students at WEHS. Some effective study techniques that students can incorporate into their routines to ensure success are listed below. 

Philip Baillargeon took first place with a painfully alliterative submission revolving around the unfortunate Ernest Eckerfell.

By Amanda Ojeda The Williamsville East High School teachers and staff are without a doubt passionate and committed to the work they do for their...

I would like to pass the TORCH to a strong, compassionate and caring person, someone that I have had the pleasure to co-teach with for 15 going on 16 years--Mrs. Bailey.

East’s band and orchestra had their annual side-by-side concert with the 7th and 8th graders from Transit Middle School. The shows were a resounding success and hopefully inspired some of our future students to keep pursuing music.