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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

Ace Smith

Ace Smith, Senior Copy Editor

Hi! My name is Ace Smith [he/him], and I’m a Sophomore staff writer and editor. I participate in the marching band, indoor color guard, The Chomp, and the theater program. In my free time, I practice art, writing, performing, and music. I’m also a member of the student council, the Class of ’28 Secretary, the GSA Vice President, and a dedicated Latin Club member.

I love making things creative and artsy, as I specialize in poetry and story writing. I have four cats, whom I love dearly, and a passion for decorating with pins, stickers, and all things fun.  I would like to pursue a writing-based career, so getting experience via The Chomp has been a great way for me to explore and learn! My goal is to bring some sparkle to The Chomp, and practice my skills to improve. :)

 

All content by Ace Smith
Inside the New World Stage theater, Ace is posed up with The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee promotional poster, while waiting for the show to start.

The Spelling Bee Experience, NYC

A Review & Recommendation of a Stunning Musical Revival!
Ace Smith, Senior Copy Editor
January 24, 2026

Is it Spelled T-H-E-A-T-E-R or T-H-E-A-T-R-E? Introduction to The Spelling Bee In the New World Stage theater underground in New York City, NY, a professional production of talented actors performing...

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

In-Between and Right In Front

An absurd poem about eccentric contradictions
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...

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A capture from the "Pasta in Corso" restaraunt in Rome, Italy-- an exclusively gluten free establishment.

Travelling With Food Allergies

How to safely make the most of any adventure!
Ace Smith, Senior Copy Editor
October 26, 2025

For people living with food allergies, intolerances, and eating concerns, travelling the world or to unfamiliar places and navigating the food scene can be an especially daunting experience. The concern...

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A pretty snapshot of my dining room Christmas tree, with a festive gift and the gift-giving topic.

Holiday Gift-Giving Traditions

To give or not to give, that is the question
Ace Smith, Staff Writer
January 4, 2025

When the frigidness of winter ramps up and the holiday season is approaching, there is always sure to be people of all ages scrambling to the store to pick up the perfect gifts for their loved ones, colleagues,...

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An eerie presence radiates from this shrub. Best not to think about it too hard...

Rattle

A Poem
Ace Smith, Creative Writer
October 20, 2024

☾ ... A shake in the bush, soft, quiet, Dared only crickets and night winds to make noise. A mouse in a trap, shaken, shook. Soft, soft… loud… Pounding the ground, leaf, branch,...

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Original creation by Ace Smith

Change, Grow, Adapt: We Humans

Ace Smith, Staff Writer
May 19, 2024

Last week humans scrapped in forests, Each berry and carcass was ours– We hunted, we gathered, We made huts of sticks, Decorated with vines and flowers. Just days ago we made villages, Fresh...

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Cherry Bloom

Cherry Bloom

It is not always ‘start’ and ‘end’; it is change, it is slow
Ace Smith, Writer
April 13, 2024

Over the lake is a large growing tree that stands over me like a symbol of change.   I remember this lake, when it was a pond, sky and water a bond, glistens all that filled.   I checked...

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Amor Vincit

Amor Vincit

"Love Wins"
Ace Smith, Writer
February 11, 2024

We were two strangers intertwined by fate connected with a small pink string on each of our pinkie fingers.   We knew someday we would find each other, whether by search, or luck,...

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Who is ready for 2024? It's going ot be great!

A Canvas of a Year

An Original Inspirational Poem
Ace Smith, Writer
January 7, 2024

Tiny sparks of glitter turn to excitement, preparing for the drop,   The channel’s on to watch the ball and no matter what, it won't stop   Time waits for no one, whether you like...

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A delightful winter scene involving a snowman and a flying sleigh

In The Night

A holiday poem
Ace Smith, Staff Writer
December 10, 2023

Hills roll on, and on, as pure as a blank canvas, covered in white paint   Nightly noises heard when snowmen and reindeer danced up on the brick roof   You would be in bed, crystals...

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Pink Palm Trees

An Original Student Poem
Ace Smith, Staff Writer
November 5, 2023

Rose-colored leaves  sway in the breeze, Many, many palms,  all eyes they please. The ocean so blue,  who ever knew the sand beneath your feet  could feel so true? Yet not all...

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