Cherry Hill East Students Earn State Journalism Honors

Three Cherry Hill High School East students were named to the Garden State Scholastic Press Association’s New Jersey All‑Star journalism team on June 13, 2025, the association said in its announcement. The recognition singled out student reporters from Eastside, the school’s student newspaper, for work described in their All‑Star applications. (gsspa.org) Eastside’s staff and advisers said the honors reflect regularly published reporting and multimedia work across the school year. (gsspa.org) ### Which Cherry Hill East students were named All‑Stars? The Garden State Scholastic Press Association named Claire Ding, Chloe Ren and Landon Schuster to the 2025 New Jersey All‑Star team, listing their publication as Eastside. (gsspa.org) Claire Ding is identified in the GSSPA announcement as a student leader whose reporting included a breaking piece during a school evacuation. (eastside-online.org) ### What reporting did Claire Ding and others produce to earn the honor? Claire Ding and two co‑editors published a breaking report during a shelter‑in‑place and evacuation that, the All‑Star application said, drew more than 2,000 views and clarified conflicting information for the school community. “We were like, okay, we have to figure out what’s happening,” Ding wrote in the application excerpt reprinted by GSSPA. (gsspa.org) ### Who advises Eastside and how large is the program? Greg Gagliardi is the English teacher and adviser of Eastside, and Gagliardi has served as past president of the Garden State Scholastic Press Association and as a state director for the Journalism Education Association. The NJEA profile of New Jersey All‑Star student journalists notes Eastside operates multiple course levels with 29 editorial‑board members and roughly 100 contributing students. (gsspa.org) ### What is the GSSPA All‑Star recognition? The Garden State Scholastic Press Association created the All‑Star team to recognize individual student journalists who, the organization said, go beyond leading publications to improve coverage, serve audiences and mentor peers. GSSPA’s announcement described the All‑Star program as part of its broader efforts — including contests, conferences and scholarships — to support scholastic journalism statewide. (njea.org) ### How do the students and the program continue their work this year? Eastside continued publishing in late May and produced feature, news and opinion pieces through the end of the 2025–26 school year, demonstrating ongoing reporting activity by the students listed as All‑Stars. GSSPA is accepting entries for its 2026 contests and lists July 1, 2026, as the deadline for that year’s submissions on its website. (gsspa.org) ### What are the next scheduled milestones for GSSPA and Eastside? (gsspa.org) GSSPA’s contest deadline of July 1, 2026, is the next named milestone affecting Eastside’s eligibility to enter statewide contests, and Eastside’s editorial calendar shows continuing publication through the end of May 2026. (eastside-online.org)