At East, character counts. There are many steps that the school takes to ensure that good character is practiced every day. Mr. Weidenbush is the advisor of the Character Club, which is made up of students who display good character and are role models for the school. The club meets on most Thursdays, working on campaigns such as No One Eats Alone, Spreading Kindness Daily, and Standing Up to Bullying. Even if you are not a part of Character Club, make sure to participate in fundraisers, activities, and monthly lessons. Good character benefits the student body and the school climate. Character counts!

Character Club

By: Elena Barroqueiro & Michaela Cicenia

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Jordan Daly By: Kimberly Lamparello

Mackenzie Casais By: Bella Ghanbary

Q: What activities are you involved in at East? A: I am involved in Character Club, Spirit Club, and baseball. Q: Do you have any advice for the underclassmen? A: Become as involved as possible. Join any and every club you can, and be sure to go to every sport-ing event. Nothing’s better than the Nation on Fri-day nights! Q: What college do you plan on attending? A: I am plan on attending the University of South Florida in Tampa and major in civil engineering, because the construction of buildings and bridges fascinate me. Q: What is your favorite aspect about East? A: The amount of spirit and character is my favorite aspect of this school. Game days are a sight to see, and the pure kindness that fills this school is great. Q: Which teacher has influenced you most during your high school experience? A: Ms. Schultz has had the greatest influence on me. She has helped me in any way she can, and puts a smile on my face everyday. Love you Schultzy! Q: What is your favorite quote? A: “We ain’t picture perfect, but we’re worth the picture still”- J. Cole. Q: What animal do you feel most resemble? A: An eagle, because eagles symbolize pride and freedom, and because they’re the best team in foot-ball. #FlyEaglesFly. Q: If you could switch lives with anyone, living or dead, who would it be? A: I would switch lives with Ryan Reynolds, because he’s funny, good-looking, rich, plays Deadpool, and is married to Blake Lively. He’s got it all.

Q: What is your favorite board game? A: My favorite board game has got to be Monopoly, but to be honest I play cards way more than I play board games. Q: Which teacher has influenced you the most dur-ing your high school experience? A: Mrs. Daniel has influenced me the most during my high school experience by far. She calls me her school daughter, and I call her my school mom. We’re really close, and she’s helped me grow as a person, not just academically. Q: What quote do you live by? A: “Like a sunflower, keep your face to the sun-shine and you cannot see the shadows.” -Unknown. Q: What are your college plans? A: To attend Boston College, Northeastern University or Rutgers. Q: What is your favorite era in history? A: My favorite era in history is probably the 1960s because of Beatlemania and the Civil Rights and Feminist Movements. Q: What is something that you do for your com-munity? A: Something I’ve recently done for service was travel to the Dominican Republic and build a home for a family living in poverty. It was probably the greatest week of my life. Q: What is something on your bucket list? A: Something on my bucket list is to vacation in Hawaii and swim with the dolphins. Q: Do you have any advice for the underclassmen? A: Give your best effort and be nice to everyone.

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Mr. Roth By: Tiffany Quinby

Q: What subject and grade do you teach? A: Twelfth grade physical education and health. Q: If you weren't a teacher, what would you be doing? A: Pretending I’m Rambo. Q: Who is your role model and why? A: William Wallace because he always stood up for what was right. Q: If you could have any superpower, what would it be? A: Immortality. Q: If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? A: Egypt. Q: What is your favorite holiday? A: Thanksgiving. Q: If you won the lottery what would you do first? A: Retire. Q: If you could choose, would you rather travel to the future or the past? A: The past. Q: If you were stranded on a desert island and could only bring three things, what would you bring? A: Food, my kids, and a football.

Mrs. Goodall By: Mallory Tonra

Q: What subjects and grades do you teach? A: I teach geometry grades nine and ten, and Algebra II grades ten and eleven. Q: If you weren’t a teacher what would you be doing? A: I would be a stay at home mom. Q: If you won the lottery what would you do first? A: I would redecorate my kitchen. Q: If you were stranded on an island and could only bring three items, what would they be and why? A: I would bring a companion to keep me company, a knife to survive, and a boat to get off the island. Q: What do you do in your spare time? A: I go to my kids’ sporting events and read fictional books. Q: Who is your role model? A: My mother because she always sets the best example. Q: If you could have any superpower, what would it be, and why? A: I would like to have superhuman endurance so that I would never get tired. I could work out, clean the house, and correct all my papers and never get tired. Q: What is your favorite holiday? A: Thanksgiving because it is strictly about family and good food. Q: If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? A: I have never been to Europe, so I would like to travel to Paris, London, and Rome. Q: What is your favorite part of High School East? A: The students and the band on Fridays.

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The fall play is A Charlie Brown Christmas. The director of this production is Mrs. Moore-Reimertz. This show is full of Christmas cheer, fun, and talent. It is perfect for friends and family to come get in the holiday spirit. The show will be December 1 and 2 at 7:00 p.m. in the Student Cen-ter. Tickets are $5 and will be sold at the door.

Children under the age of 8 are free with the pur-chase of an adult ticket. Interview with Ben Petruk who plays Charlie Brown: Q: What are you expecting for High School East’s first fall play? A: I am expecting a lot of excitement and Christ-mas cheer for the upcoming holiday season. Q: What is your favorite thing about the cast of Charlie Brown? A: I love the cooperation we receive and the deter-mined, humble attitudes. Q: What is your favorite part of the show? A: My favorite part of the show is when Charlie and Linus are searching for a Christmas tree.

The Cast: Charlie Brown: Benjamin Petruk Linus: Zack Gamble Lucy: Julia Slevin Sally: Lauren Rodgers Schroeder: John Morris Violet: Victoria Wiley Pig Pen: Max Gruber Patty: Mallory Tonra Shermy: Joe Bryant Frieda: Julia Zulin Snoopy: Kara McGuinness

A Charlie Brown Christmas By: Bella Ghanbary

Most Likely to Succeed: Joe Scott & Mallory Feigin

Most School Spirit: Salvatore Esposito & Christina Joffe

Most Likely to Bring Home to Mom and Dad:

Christian Zamora & Alyssa Arango Class Cutie:

Conrad Spence & Alyssa Thomas Class Artist:

Jake Campbell & Ellie Kim Class Thespian:

Danny Holt & Lauren Rodgers Class Musician:

Jacob Bernstein & Maysi Salt Nicest Hair:

Peter Tortorelli & Julia Molitores Class Individualist:

John Morris & Amelia Valdes Best Dressed:

Tyler Sunday & Olivia Alonso Best All Around:

Jack Goodall & Mackenzie Casais Nicest Eyes:

Nicholas DeGennaro & Brittany Teufel Nicest Smile:

Nicholas Shortino & Samantha Guidetti Most Athletic:

Nick Silvia & Jill Conklin Class Clown:

Matt Gannon & Kaylee Hertler Teacher’s Pet:

Danny Doherty & Nicole Cocco Class Couple:

Damian Katarsky & Amelia Valdes Motor Mouth:

Alex Wisniewski & Grace Caraglia Total Turn Around:

Matt Gannon & Skylar Mahaffey Most Absent-Minded:

John DeFranco & Gabby Colucci Most Sarcastic:

Shaun Sullivan & Sydney Phibbs Best Friends:

Evan Otten & Louie Gallo Ally Kravchak & Olivia DeBartolo Angelique Vittone & Drew Diehl

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The Raider Fencing Team

By: Mackenzie Casais & Joseph Scott

If you spend a lot of time practicing with your team on campus, you’ve probably noticed the tall “cellular” tower near the woods that run along Coolidge. Sometimes you hear weird noises that sound like the rattling of metal, or hawks squawk-ing. However, these things are NOT what you think they are. The tall tower actual harbors the Toms River High School East Fencing Arena. Yes, you heard correctly — East has a fencing team. It is our only sports team that wins states every sin-gle year since it’s creation. Tryouts are simply to make it up to the top of the tower — if you don’t make it, you don’t make the team. The team warms up with ten laps around the baseball field, and then a consecutive climb up the tower. At the top of the tower is the fencing arena. Practice consists of duel after duel between athletes. When you think you heard a rattling of metal, it was really an intense fencing match. When you heard a shrieking hawk...well, let’s just say there’s no barrier around the arena. The reason you don’t see the fencing team in school is because most of them drop out of the team. The true few to survive the grueling practic-es and matches are having a monument built in their honor, which will appear on the middle of the soccer field in the year 2025. If any brave souls would like to join this sport, meet at the “cell tower” at midnight for tryouts. Good luck Raiders, you will need it. Disclaimer: This article is satire. Satire is the use of humor or exaggeration.

Movember is a month long way to talk about men’s health issues, including prostate and testicular cancer. Q: Where does the money donated to Movember go to? A: The money goes to the Movember Foundation and they put the money toward research to help men stop dying young from cancers. Q: How can students donate money to Movember? A: You can go to Movember.com to donate. You can also go to S24 during the month of Movember to donate. Q: How long have you been involved with Movember? A: I have been involved with Movember for around nine years.

Movember: Interview with Mr. Nichol By: J.T. Orozco & Danielle Shaffery

Dennis Miranda Memorial By: Joseph Scott

On Friday, Nov. 3, High School East commemorated the life of Navy SEAL Denis C. Miranda, an alumnus of East, who was killed in action on Sept. 20, 2010 in Afghanistan. Officer Kenny, advisor of the Military Club, orchestrated the event, at which the Marching Raiders played, and many servicemen dressed up in their finest military attire. It’s great to see East show great character by honoring those were honorably served the United States of America.

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The Summer I Turned Pretty

By: Jenny Han

The Summer I Turned Pretty is an emotional rollercoaster of a book. It makes you laugh, makes you cry, and makes you angry; so angry that you may want to throw the book. It is a book about a 16-year old girl Isabel (Belly) Conklin, hitting the stage in her life where her physical and mental self are changing. This novel is not just about romance but about family and making the most out the time you have with your loved ones. The novel is also about accepting that things change and that nothing ever stays the same. We recommend this book to anyone who loves a good romance, but also wants to read about family connections. This book is the first book of the series which consists of two others, It’s Not Summer Without You and We’ll Always Have Summer, which we also recommend “It occurred to me that I was going to have to make the most of this summer, really make it count, in case there wasn’t another one quite like it. After all, I would be sixteen soon. I was getting older too. Things couldn’t stay the same forever.”

Book Review

By: Talia Calabrese & Gabi Tighe

Movie: West Side Story

Release Date: October 18, 1961

Cast Members: Rita Moreno, Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Russ Tamblyn, Richard Beymer, Tony Mordente, David Winters

Summary: A modern musical adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” in the west side of New York City. The Jets, an Italian gang, and the Sharks, a Puerto Rican gang, are two rivaling gangs in the west side. They battle each other over neighborhood territory and respect. However, a connection is made between two members of the gangs. Maria (Natalie Wood) is the sister of Bernardo (George Chakiris), who is the leader of the Sharks, and Tony (Richard Beymer) who is the inactive leader of the Jets. Maria and Tony spot each other from across the gymnasium floor and it was love at first sight. At the same time, both gangs have decided to battle it out to end the feud over the territory once and for all. Pros: “West Side Story” is modeled after William Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet”, but it has a modern twist. Set in 1957 with feuding gangs and a love story between members of the two separate gangs, this movie is much more action-packed and even riveting compared to the original. However, that’s just our opinion. Cons: For a movie that was created in 1961 there are not many cons. There are mainly two issues that we can potentially see as preventing people from enjoying the film. One could be the cheesiness in the dancing and the romance between Tony and Maria. The actors dance many times during the movie with or without music which can be quite humorous. However, because everything is choreographed, the big fight scene was bland and wasn’t as climactic as we thought it would be. Again, we found the “romantic” things Tony would say to Maria quite funny, but we do know some people would not enjoy it.

Overall Rating: 9/10

Movie Review By: Kevin Shaffery & Mackenzie Vaz

Responsibility is defined as the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management. Students and staff at East demonstrate responsibility every day by completing tasks in a timely fashion. Being responsible can help students in and out of school, and especially after graduation. It teaches you how to be accountable for your personal agenda and for others who are dependent on you. American author, Les Brown, said “If you take responsibility for your yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.” This is a great example of the importance of responsibility in someone’s life and future. Being responsible will help anyone on their journey to success whether it be remembering to attend a job interview, or completing college applications, responsibility is an important pillar of character education and is essential for success.

Character Education: Responsibility

By: Briele Wallace

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Q: Who inspired you to become a runner? Alyssa: My dad was a track coach and got me into running. Mallory: My older brother, Jordan, inspired me to become a runner. Q:Most people have a love/hate relationship with running. Explain why you enjoy running. Alyssa: Running is a mental challenge and painful, but once you put your mind to it anything is possible. My favorite part is the bonds we form as a team. Mallory: The feeling of accomplishment after a great workout or race is priceless. Q: What do you and your team do in order to bond? Alyssa & Mallory: We have pasta parties the night before each race. This season, as a team, we went to Scary Rotten Farms, Six Flags, out for ice cream, and a run on the board-walk ending with lunch at Playa Bowls. Q: What is your favorite type of running weather? Alyssa: I love to run in the fall because it is not too cold or too hot. Mallory: I love to run when it's cloudy and around 50-60 degrees because it's not too hot or too cold. Q:What has been your most challenging race and why? Alyssa: The hardest race for me and my team is running at Holmdel Park. Mallory: My last race ever was the hardest race for me. It was cold and rainy and the pressure to win my last cross country race ever was very high. Q: What is your advice to anyone wanting to join the team next year? Alyssa: I would want them to know that cross country is a welcoming sport. It doesn't matter how fast you run, every-one has the chance to run and have fun. Mallory: Definitely join. It is a very rewarding sport and the coaches and team are super supportive. Q: What is your favorite memory from your time on the cross country team? Alyssa: My favorite memory was going to Scary Rotten Farms together after our race. Mallory: Making new friends with all the great team mem-bers I’ve been fortunate enough to run with. Q: What has been the funniest Coach Schultz moment? Alyssa: When Schultz fell down at Scary Rotten Farms and we fell on top of her. Mallory: When she was calling out my mile split during a race and tripped and fell.

Girls Cross Country: Alyssa Thomas

& Mallory Feigin By: Michaela Cicenia & Isabella Ghanbary Q: How long have you been on the team?

A: I joined my junior year. Q: Do you and your team do anything to bond? A: Totally. Besides pasta parties, we have team kickball and water-bottle football games. Q: What is your advice to anyone that is nervous to join Boy’s Cross Country? A: The atmosphere on our team is very supportive. While the sport is tough, the rewards are rich and plentiful, and you get stronger. Q: Is there anything you do to stay motivat-ed? A: The “pack mentality” is truly a powerful thing; when everyone works together and builds upon each other, the motivation is secondary, and true progress is made. Q: What was it like when you first joined? A: I thought my legs would snap over each other, and I would melt in the early season heat. Q: Did you ever imagine you would be cap-tain? A: Nope…who would want me to be a cap-tain of their team? Mr. Trumble and Mrs. Hay must have been out of their minds. Q: Do you have any athletic career plans after high school? A: Nope, but I shall keep running. Q: What are your plans for college? A: I’m applying to smaller, liberal arts col-leges in the area, Swarthmore being one of them.

Boys Cross Country: Joe Scott

By: Mackenzie Vaz

Although the Readout Staff interviewed Senior Captain Joe Scott, we would like to acknowledge all of the Cross Country Captains for their leadership and hard work. Congratulations to the Boys Cross Country team on an amazing season!

Joe Bombardiere, Jason DaCunza Matt Marks (M.A.T.E.S), Joe Scott, and

Conrad Spence

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The Raider Readout Staff

Editor-in-Chief: Mackenzie Casais News Editor: Tiffany Quinby Sports Editor: Joseph Scott

Features Editors: Mallory Tonra and Briele Wallace Layout Editor: Danielle Shaffery

Chief Photographer: Riley Van Deventer

Reporters: Cheyenne Bamburak, Elena Barroqueiro, Talia Calabre-se, Michaela Cicenia, Isabella Ghanbary, Victoria Hol-lick, Kim Lamparello, JT Orozco, Kevin Shaffery, Ga-

brielle Tighe, Mackenzie Vaz, Kaitlyn Vernon, and Julia Zulin

Contributing Reporter: Angelique Vittone

Contributing Photographer: Mrs. Steinhart Advisor: Mrs. Daniel

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What’s your favorite Thanksgiving food?

Mashed Potatoes: 38%

Stuffing: 29%

Corn: 20%

Turkey:13%

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Publishing Co. would like to wish everyone a safe and

happy Thanksgiving.

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What are you most thankful for?

Q: Where is your favorite place to go?

Cheyenne: My favorite place to go is Six Flags. Q: What item represents you the best?

Elena: The item that represents me best is my guitar. Q: What is your greatest accomplishment?

Talia: My greatest accomplishment is getting an MVP award in softball. Q: In college, what do you plan on majoring in?

Michaela: I would like to major in Interior Fashion and Design. Q: Who is your role model?

Isabella: My role model is my mother.

“I am most thankful for my family and National Lampoon’s movies,” Ms. Schultz said.

“I am thankful for my job, my family, and my health,” Mr. Romano said.

“My family and friends,” Ms. Coppinger said.

“Since I am so energetic, I am thankful that my friends and family keep me calm,” Senior Sherry

Lin said.

“I am thankful for my health and my family’s health,” Senior Jill Conklin said.

“I am thankful for electricity and modern technology,” Senior Becky Malinowski said.

From left to right: Isabella, Talia,

Elena, Michaela, and Cheyenne.