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The Student News Site of Gateway Regional High School

The Chomp

The Student News Site of Gateway Regional High School

The Chomp

The Student News Site of Gateway Regional High School

Creative Arts

In a lot of elementary schools, they had these "buddy benches" that were designed to help children who felt left out find someone to play with. But, much like this Gateway bench, it's a useless system.

The Struggles of Having No Friends

Yareli Garcia, Senior Copy Editor May 30, 2026

The average child experiences the following crucial pillars over the course of their development: cognitive, language, motor, and social skills. In many cases, an adolescent may understand the basic fundamentals...

My family standing outside the court house after adopting my youngest sibling, Ba'kari, from foster care

Foster Care

Abria Joshua, Editor-in-Chief May 30, 2026

This article is adapted from my informative speech, a ten-minute-long, scripted, and memorized speech designed to inform the audience on a given subject, foster care. I competed with it in the National...

A picture of TV static

static.

Jillian Doheny, Staff Writer May 30, 2026

the car radio gives out as you drive far away i feel like my heart’s a radio and maybe love’s the same way as time passes by like the night and the day maybe love doesn’t last maybe it, too,...

Aquamarina, in Acrylic by Ace Smith , Gateway Regional High School sophomore, March 2026

“Aquamariana,” Acrylic Paints

Ace Smith, Senior Copy Editor March 28, 2026

  This month, amidst all the chaos of Mean Girls, I found some spare time to crack open an old set of acrylic paints stored in our basement. It was a sweet stress relief to unwind and create...

Image created on Canva

note to a stranger

Jillian Doheny, Staff Writer March 28, 2026

hello, stranger how was your week? how are your classes? how did you sleep? you used to tell me about every day now i sit alone wondering away how was your week? how are your classes? how did you...

Made on Canva

The Moth

Jillian Doheny, Staff Writer February 28, 2026

There’s a moth that keeps trying to land on my heart. I don’t know if it’s lost or in love. Sometimes I think it’s a person; someone who once whispered to me, “Don’t fall asleep yet. The sky’s...

Wikiart.org (2011), artwork is in public domain
The artist Frida Kahlo painted many self  portraits throughout her life. She highlighted her uni-brow in every single one. A quote from her is, "I won't curb my self-expression to meet your expectations of how a woman should look." Her art resonates with me. She defined beauty stands and stuck with her own morals. This painting above titled, "Self-Portrait with Monkey," is one of my favorite works of her.

A poem: The Beauty of Humanity

Berlin Christmas, Staff Writer February 28, 2026

Friends come and go  Like passing ships in the night. That seems to be true in every life  Everyone feels loneliness  It’s the Inevitable waterfall of emotions  Everyone has to experience In...

The Golden Gate Bridge created on Canva

The Golden Gate

Jillian Doheny, Staff Writer January 24, 2026

The Golden Gate Bridge is not made of real gold. That much, I know. Maybe everyone knows that. Maybe everyone knows a thousand things I don’t, but the world seems to be keeping secrets from me. I don’t...

Since they discontinued the penny, things haven't been making that much sense

In-Between and Right In Front

Ace Smith, Senior Copy Editor November 23, 2025

The strange, the contradictory the fault is where my soul lies. ☆ There is a fine, blurry line covered wholly in dust between the bright of my mind and my body’s worn-down rust ☆ There...

The scoreboard during the homecoming game

Photos from Homecoming Game

Abria Joshua, Editor-in-Chief November 23, 2025

For the second consecutive year, I had the opportunity to take photos at the pep rally and homecoming game for my Creative Design II class. I was able to borrow a camera from Ms. Raubertas to capture the...

Made in Canva

tender is the heart

Jillian Doheny, Staff Writer October 26, 2025

tender is the heart that weeps with the morning rain tender is the heart that has felt too much pain tender is the skin that has bled but not been stitched tender are the bones that have been broken...

Preoccupying yourself with the heavy concept of death makes you feel like you're missing out on life, like being trapped inside your house with a depressing view of the world in front of you.

The Price of Being Sentient

Yareli Garcia, Senior Copy Editor October 26, 2025

Death is inevitable; that’s something most people have come to accept. Sometimes, we have days when we’re snapped into reality and feel like we’re suffocating after the terrifying realization that...

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