The Denver East High School newspaper, The Spotlight, is an over 100 year old publication with issues coming out as early as 1921. In all of these years, the paper has explored a variety of dispositions. With different logos, crests, mottos, editors, writers and stories, the history of The Spotlight is a stark reflection of the history of both East High School and The United States. Throughout controversy and discouragement, the paper has never failed to bring the students th

The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader for nearly 37 years, marked the beginning of the joint military operation by the United States and Israel against Iran. According to President Trump, Israel and the US joined forces in an effort to encourage Iran to dismantle their longstanding theocratic government. Following the catalyst strikes, Iran launched its counter attack using missiles and drones to target Israel and US military bases in surrounding countrie

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It’s nearly the end of the school year, which means that seniors are entering a new chapter of their lives and juniors are preparing for that transition into their final high school year. Seniors are found everywhere (or absent completely) around East sleeping on their desks, not doing work, or chattering away and the small portion of seniors that are actually participating in class are doing their best to stave off that senioritis. Senior year is definitely an experience tha

As this school year comes to a close, look back on all the fun activities, memories made, and things learned. For one teacher here at East, the end of this school year is not only the end to 186 days spent with students this year, but also the end to a 26 year teaching career, the last 17 of which were spent as a treasured member of the East community. "Everything I do is only to make students better, only to make you stronger." (Mr. Velasquez) As Mr. Velasquez’s final year