As the whistle blows the wrestlers hit the mats, tired, sweaty and sore. They all know that they must keep working to exceed the expectations that have been put on them. This year’s East Meck wrestling team exceeded the expectations that were placed on them at the start of the season. Before...

While hundreds of students were huddled in the halls as a tornado ravaged Mecklenburg County, social studies teacher Michael Schultz got a call that shocked him. “When you’re told that a tornado hits your child’s daycare you think the worst,” Schultz said. Erratic weather has raged across...

This past autumn, four Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) schools adopted a new security system. This past winter, four CMS schools, among them East Meck, dropped that same security system and are looking to be reimbursed. The district has exited their contract with the high-tech security company,...

Upon finishing his classwork, junior Isaiah Luzayadio sets his school books aside and withdraws a folder from his backpack. A portfolio full of his own panels, stories and sketches, Luzayadio can now continue his narrative where he left off. Anywhere between classrooms and lunch periods, Luzayadio...

At least three pills a day. Seven days a week. Morning and night. For something people don’t even believe you have. This is the reality for many people in East Meck’s population. According to the Invisible Disabilities Association, invisible illnesses are “physical, mental or neurological conditions...