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The Tom Tom

Bellevue East Student News Site

The Tom Tom

Bellevue East Student News Site

The Tom Tom

This is it. Sophomore Julian Pulido mentally prepares to play the accordion alongside fellow band members at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The group's performance was scheduled for September 13, but they had been practicing since June in order to ensure their performance would go smoothly. "Right before we performed, I was looking out at all the spectators and letting it sink in," Pulido said.

Student takes the stage at Crawford fight

Lailyah Duncan, Newspaper News Editor
October 30, 2025
Vroom vroom. Elkhorn Public Schools provide school vans similar to Bellevue East, and have not had any issues so far. Students interviewed from Bellevue East have expressed an interest in getting new vans. “We need new vans, these ones don’t work well,” junior Amos Vignolo said.

Students and staff express concerns with using vans

Maya Valenti, Newspaper Co-Entertainment Editor
October 30, 2025
The ACT is changing

The ACT is changing

Maya Valenti, Newspaper Reporter
September 26, 2025
Time for a visit. Parent Tony Valenti sits in on his daughter Maya Valenti’s class on September 4, 2025, . Bellevue Public Schools policy allows parents to visit class as long as they submit a request in advance. “We need parent involvement... I think that’s an important check and balance in our schools,” Bellevue Board of Education President Maureen McNamara said.

BPS makes changes to parental involvement policy

Victoria Bogatz, Newspaper Co-Editor in Chief
September 26, 2025
Unfortunate event. Looking at the damages of his car, Instructor Logan Patras notices his broken window, various substances in his car, and other damages. He is now taking safety precautions to prevent theft from occurring again. “I ordered a whole bunch of air tags and I’m going to toss them on all my cars and stuff,” Patras said.

Instructor Logan Patras’ car stolen

Charley Leon, Newspaper Co-Editor In Chief
September 26, 2025
Quiet. Usually, American Heroes Park is filled with laughter and joy as children play on the huge, new park. Early in the morning the park is empty waiting for children to come and enjoy its features. “My children’s favorite park is probably this one,“ Angelia Lewmen said.

New American Heroes Park has inclusive features

Emily Hollars, Newspaper Co-Entertainment Editor
September 26, 2025
Supervising. Monitoring the girls restroom, Instructor Rebekah Sidzyik [LEFT] and instructor Shelly McCarty
[RIGHT] make sure students are safe in the restroom area and that they get to class on time. All teachers have to
monitor the restrooms starting this school year. "Well, it’s not what I got all my degrees for, but you know safety of
students is a probably tied with educating them so if things are unsafe in the bathroom them we probably should
be in there," Sidzyik said.

Teachers now monitoring restrooms due to crowding

Lillian Herrick, Newspaper Sports Editor
September 26, 2025
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