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Science instructor Karen Donner takes in dogs that have been injured or just need homes temporarily. “[These dogs are named] Purdy and Bucky. These two were absolutely filled with every intestinal parasites. I think I was making them sit for more medicine to kill off some worms,” Donner said.

Teacher gives dogs a home

Jacob Kriewald, Reporter
March 13, 2019
Study hard! Academic Decathlon students study the literature resource guide to prepare for regionals at one of the after school practices. “All this preparation paid off, because we scored well enough to advance to State,” sophomore Sara Vance said.

AcaDeca helps set the path for college successes

Sharon Guchu, Reporter
March 13, 2019
(Above) Journalists from East traveled to the state capitol to testify in support of LB 206 on Feb. 1. Juniors Emily Nelson and McKayla Vermeer spoke about their experiences as members of The Tom Tom staff. “This was my second year going to testify and I think that really puts in perspective how important I believe this bill is to not only myself but also the future student journalists of Nebraska,” Vermeer said. Vermeer also testifed in 2018.

Rights of Journalists, media, press

Brooklyn Anderson, Abbie Deng, Hailey Hendry, McKayla Vermeer, and Camrin Smith
March 6, 2019
In the “Paving for Pizza” program, Dominoes handed over cash to many cities across America to repair potholes and cracks and then later spray painted their logo on some of the new smoothed streets. “Dominoes developed the program because there’s nothing worse than hitting a pothole - you instantly cringe,” Bulger Said.

Pizza place paves potholes

Madie Ybay, Features Editor
March 6, 2019

A Day in the Life of Mr. Wiles

March 6, 2019

Banh Mi Shop Review

March 6, 2019
Clink! While at a meeting for Robotics Club freshman Fianna Glenn and Robert Raffety prepare their robot for competition.“The hardest part is planning, after that you have to assemble and program which takes one to two months.”

Assembling all the right parts

Madie Ybay, Features Editor
March 6, 2019
Many changes have been happening in the Bellevue Area. Stores and restaurants have been popping up at a rapid speed. “ I haven’t seen any big changes with places around Bellevue. But there are definitely some small changes that one notices happen,” senior Keegan Lombard said.

Community develops suburbs

Diego Vasquez Glover, Reporter
March 6, 2019
The Bellevedettes participated in competitions that lead them to go to nationals, travel to Orlando, and become stronger as a team. The team made it into the semifinals after competing for the first time in Bellevue East history as well as making 13th place in the nation. “We were really proud of it because we were the first ones to do it coming from East,” junior Savannah Lucas said.

Bellevedettes travel, compete at nationals

McKayla Vermeer, Co-Editor in Chief
March 6, 2019
During the Metro swim meet on Feb.8 members of the girls swim team form a line to begin warming up. The metro swim meet was the final meet of the season.“There is a lot of outside hours that you have to put into swim and a lot of out of water conditioning as well. On average we are swimming 15 to 20 hours a week and on top of that we run and do stretch cords to strengthen our muscles,” Villarreal said.

Swim finishes season strong

Sample Staff Member
March 6, 2019
FBLA hosted a dodgeball tournament on Jan. 24 at East. Students on all different teams competed to win. “I was running to go get the balls for my team in a dodgeball tournament,” Jason Bishop said.

Dodging for charity

Brooklyn Anderson, News Editor
March 6, 2019
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