Some of our top articles are Meet the Candidates: Tosa West Students Interview 2025 School Board Hopefuls by Ellie Scholtus, Evelyn Davis, Emmersen Weber, and Devin Long, In Review: Best Pizza and Garlic Bread in Wauwatosa? Try Barbieres on Bluemound by Michael Reis, and IN REVIEW: NFL Retro Bowl 25 by Matthew Zuege.
Meet the Candidates: Tosa West Students Interview 2025 School Board Hopefuls
Total Views: 1,419
By: Ellie Scholtus, Evelyn Davis, Emmersen Weber, Devin Long
“Many students did not have a prior understanding of the school board so the story provided students with the necessary info to make an informed school board decision.” said Junior, Emmersen Weber.
Why it stood out:
This article featured in depth analysis on each school board candidate. The interviews gave insight into possible policies and plans for each candidate making it a great read for anyone looking for a closer connection to the school board.
In Review: Best Pizza and Garlic Bread in Wauwatosa? Try Barbieres on Bluemound
Total Views: 900
By: Michael Reis
Why It Stood Out:
Reis gives a deep analysis of the garlic bread and pizza giving the readers mouthwatering insight into the menu at Barbaries. This article is a testament to the popularity of Barbaries in the Tosa Community.
IN REVIEW: NFL Retro Bowl 25
Total Views: 431
By: Matthew Zuege
Why It Stood Out:
The article gives an insightful report on a new game with amazing features while stating the drawbacks associated. Retro Bowl 25 has been widely praised for its gameplay with a number of complaints stemming from it’s paywall. Overall, the article effectively informs and entertains readers to give them the insight to make their own decision about the game.
Tosa Compass’s Instagram is also a big source of content. We had a few posts that really scored higher than the rest of the posts. The Instagram page is a place that has all different types of content, it goes from so reels that students made to having caption teasers of articles, and then just some reporting on things that are happening. Over the past school year we posted a total of 132 posts to Instagram 121 were posted from the West side and 16 of them were from the East side.
Top 3 instagram posts:
Boys Basketball heads to state
Total views: 12,689
Total likes: 529
Boys basketball won state for the first time in school history and cemented their legacy as a winning team. Tosa united as they heard the news of their team’s success, the post and article gave a glimpse into the hard work and dedication that brought the team to state.
Tosa East Hoco Day 4
Total views: 8,450
Total likes: 352
Caption was by Goran Novalija.
This post was to celebrate day 4 of Tosa East Homecoming week. On that day Tosa East student theme was classic toga day for seniors, a longstanding tosa east tradition. This post showed the impressive amount of participating students showing their strong school spirit.
Tosa West Senior Decision Day
Total Views: 8,439
Total likes: 374
Caption by Ellie Scholtus
This post commemorated the hard work that brought tosa west seniors to decision day. It summed up the excitement after a year of hard work and dedication that culminated in a relieving and exciting day.
