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Christopher Lazarski teaches his AP Seminar class on the last day of concurrent learning Feb. 26, 2021. He along with the rest of the Wauwatosa community is preparing to go back 5 days on March 2, 2021.

Wauwatosa West Students, Staff Share Thoughts on Concurrent Learning, Return to Full In-Person Instruction

Daisy Lehman, Lillian Kiracofe, and Jackie Beck February 28, 2021

Wauwatosa West freshman Phoebe Mann spent the first weeks of second semester Zooming into classes in the concurrent model. Now Mann and other students enrolled in Phase Into Learning will return to school...

Artist Feature of the Month - February Q & A with Ellie Strand

Artist Feature of the Month – February Q & A with Ellie Strand

Eve Lazarski, Editor February 23, 2021

Ellie Strand, a senior at Wauwatosa West, has been making art since she was a child. She enjoys painting things for her friends, like their favorite animals. Ever since taking a painting class at West,...

The public comment section will be limited to 30 minutes preceding the Wauwatosa School Board's vote during the Feb. 19 meeting on an earlier shift to full-person instruction starting March 2 instead of April 5.

Wauwatosa School Board Limits Public Comment Ahead of Vote on Earlier Date for Full In-Person Instruction

Evelyn Skyberg Greer, Editor February 19, 2021

The Wauwatosa School Board will meet in a special session on Friday, Feb. 19 at 5:00 PM to vote on a proposal from Superintendent Dr. Phillip Ertl for all middle and high school students in the phase into...

Senior Sara Stanislawski has been recognized as the Wisconsin Journalism Education Association Student Journalist of the Year.

Wauwatosa West Student Named 2021 Wisconsin Journalism Education Association Student Journalist of the Year

Claire Guttormson, Writer February 17, 2021

Wauwatosa West senior, and editor for the Tosa Compass, Sara Stanislawski, has been named 2021 Wisconsin Journalism Education Association Student Journalist of the Year. The Journalism Education Association...

Key Club members wrap gifts in the learning center during the holiday season. The gifts went to families and children in need.

Key Club Continues to Find Creative Ways to Serve During a Pandemic

Annabelle Wooster, Editor February 16, 2021

Key Club had to do a full one-eighty when the pandemic forced the majority of their activities to be put on hold. With hundreds of student participants, meetings were typically held in the cafeteria to...

Wauwatosa East Amnesty Club Hosts a Fundraiser

Wauwatosa East Amnesty Club Hosts a Fundraiser

Sienna Daniels February 15, 2021

Amnesty International is an independent organization dedicated to campaigning for global human rights. As a club, Wauwatosa East’s Amnesty International works to engage in conversations about these injustices,...

Protest signs used by a few members of the ACLU club during Black Lives Matter protests over the summer.

ACLU Club Empowers Students to Explore Issues of Social Justice

Claire Guttormson, Writer February 11, 2021

Since the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was founded in 1920, millions of Americans have joined ACLU’s fight for social justice. Included in those millions is a group of students at Wauwatosa...

Senior Sienna Daniels and Ellie Cady show off their haul.

Helping Communities One Bin At A Time

Ella Bartkowski February 4, 2021

This year has definitely been a crazy ride filled with tragedy due to the pandemic. As we are  all aware by now, this pandemic affects every part of our life, even hunger. Although things have been uncertain,...

Wauwatosa West Media Leadership and Management teacher Christopher Lazarski talks with a student about the course.

New High School Classes for 2021-2022 School Year

Shannon Damuth February 2, 2021

The Wauwatosa School Board approved multiple new classes available for high school students to enroll in for the 2021-2022 school year, including two regular courses and two LAUNCH strands.  Descriptions...

Behind the Scenes with Wauwatosa West Students who Remotely Produced Video with TMJ4

February 1, 2021

Wauwatosa West student journalists Annabelle Wooster and Sara Stanislawski worked with TMJ4 to remotely produce a video airing during national News Literacy Week on Wauwatosa West students who invested...

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