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New Chess Champ

Leo Brunmeier, East Intern May 2, 2025

Tosa West Winter Guard Places 2nd in Program's First Judged Competition

Tosa West Winter Guard Places 2nd in Program’s First Judged Competition

Jocelyn Marin-Cano April 15, 2025

On Saturday, March 8th, the Wauwatosa West Winter Guard placed 2nd for their first ever judged competition at Minooka High School in Channahon, Illinois. ¨We're a very baby program compared to a lot...

"You're Part of the World": Wauwatosa West Gifted Mural From Class of 1969

“You’re Part of the World”: Wauwatosa West Gifted Mural From Class of 1969

Avianah Zarnowski, Editor April 12, 2025

“I’m not a person of a lot of words, but essentially, the idea behind it is to move your mind from the literal to the metaphoric,” Jim Koconis stated just moments after his art was hung in the Tosa...

Tosa West Students participate In Nationwide Demonstration to Bring Awareness to the LGBTQ+ Community.

John Metzner April 4, 2025

The Wauwatosa West Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) sponsored student participation in the nationwide “Day of No Silence” on Friday, April 4th.   The Day of No Silence was started in the 1990s by two...

Explain The Game: Tosa West VS Racine Park State Championship

Explain The Game: Tosa West VS Racine Park State Championship

Alijah Jackson March 28, 2025

Wauwatosa West Boys Basketball wins its first-ever state title in the WIAA Division 2 State Championship game in a 60-57 Overtime thriller against Racine Park. This is the first-ever title for Boys Basketball...

Meet the Candidates: Tosa West Students Interview 2025 School Board Hopefuls

Meet the Candidates: Tosa West Students Interview 2025 School Board Hopefuls

Emmersen Weber, Editor March 20, 2025

With the 2025 school board elections on April 1, 2025, Tosa West journalism students conducted Q&A styled interviews to help people gain a better understanding of who is running and why. Candidates...

Tosa West and East Bands Perform in New York’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Tosa West and East Bands Perform in New York’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Tarion Cunningham and Jayden Coleman March 20, 2025

The Wauwatosa West and East bands spent 4 days in New York City and participated in the St. Patrick's Day parade on March 17th, 2025  26 Tosa West students welcomed the experience of going to a new...

The State of Wisconsin has used the ACT as the state wide assessment for students since 2015.

ACT & Pre ACT: What You Need to Know

Keira Grusnick and Brandon Wuerzberger March 17, 2025

On Tuesday March 18th, 2025, approximately 750 9th, 10th and 11th grade Wauwatosa West students will be taking the ACT and PreACT. Students should arrive at school at the regular school start time. Students...

Tosa Compass Attends 2025 WNA Convention; Wins Awards

Tosa Compass Attends 2025 WNA Convention; Wins Awards

Avianah Zarnowski, Editor March 10, 2025

On Friday, March 7th, the west side Tosa Compass attended the 2025 Wisconsin Newspaper Association (WNA) Convention. This was their first time attending since the Covid pandemic began in 2020. The...

Tosa Students Face Parking Challenges

Tosa Students Face Parking Challenges

Josephine Canavan January 29, 2025

For Wauwatosa West and Wauwatosa East students, driving to school isn’t a problem. The problem is finding a place to park their car. Student parking at Wauwatosa School District high schools has been...

Career Connect Offers Students Professional Connections

Matthew Zuege December 19, 2024

Wauwatosa West students had the opportunity to talk to professionals in several different career paths during both lunch periods at the learning center on Thursday, November 21, during both lunch periods. This...

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