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Black Student Union Aims to Recruit More Minority Teachers to Apply for District Positions

Taniya Dula April 30, 2021

Tosa West Junior Miles Coppage went to Eisenhower Elementary, Whitman Middle School and Wauwatosa West. In those 11 years, Coppage had just one minority teacher. “I think that it's been a real detriment...

Minority Teacher Recruitment Video by Wauwatosa BSU

April 30, 2021

Students members of the Wauwatosa West Black Student Union and Black Student Union clubs at Whitman, Longfellow and Tosa East created this video to recruit more minority teachers to apply to available...

Elizabeth Thompson

Community Remembers Life of Elizabeth Thompson

Energetic, strong, and impactful are the words often used to describe Wauwatosa West Junior Elizabeth Thompson, known to many as Lizzy. Lizzy unexpectedly passed on April 10, 2021. She was a member...

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4 Things to Know About Superintendent Candidate Demond Means

Ava Beisenstein and Sara Stanislawski April 22, 2021

The last of the three Superintendent candidates, Dr. Demond Means, toured Wauwatosa schools and participated in multiple forums on April 22, 2021. Means participated in a staff luncheon at Wauwatosa West...

Wauwatosa School District Follows Startling Superintendent Trend

Wauwatosa School District Follows Startling Superintendent Trend

Ava Beisenstein April 22, 2021

On Friday, April 16, the Wauwatosa School District officially announced three final candidates for the Superintendent position in an email and press release to the school community.    This...

Wauwatosa Superintendent finalist Mark Holzman

4 Things to Know About Superintendent Candidate Mark Holzman

Beatrice Lazarski April 21, 2021

Wednesday, April 21 brought the second of the three finalists for the Wauwatosa School District Superintendent position to Wauwatosa. Mark Holzman toured Wauwatosa schools and participated in multiple...

4 Things to Know about Superintendent Candidate Kurt Schneider

4 Things to Know about Superintendent Candidate Kurt Schneider

Ava Beisenstein and Lucy Hildebrand April 19, 2021

On Monday, April 19, the first of the three finalists for the Wauwatosa School District Superintendent position, Dr. Kurt Schneider, toured Wauwatosa schools and participated in multiple forums. Dr....

Tosa West Beirut Sticker Fundraiser with Nai Chalhoub

Eve Lazarski, Editor April 18, 2021

Wauwatosa West junior Nai Chalhoub is holding a sticker sale from Friday 4/9 to Friday 4/23 in the West cafeteria. There are 8 types of stickers, with most being just one dollar. Chalhoub, who is Lebanese,...

Tri-M Celebrates Music In Our Schools Month

Tri-M Celebrates Music In Our Schools Month

Ava Beisenstein April 13, 2021

Every March, schools across America celebrate Music In Our Schools Month, a program to promote student music by the National Association for Music Education. This year, Wauwatosa East’s new Tri-M Music...

Pollution in Lake Michigan by Nadya Mahdasian

April 12, 2021

As a Wauwatosa East junior in American Public Policy, students choose a problem in their community to focus on. To raise awareness for their project students have the option to write a press release. Below...

Ineffective Disaster Aid in America by Gwen Tuffnell

April 9, 2021

As a Wauwatosa East junior in American Public Policy, students choose a problem in their community to focus on. To raise awareness for their project students have the option to write a press release. Below...

AP Seminar: The Key to Increasing Life Expectancy in the US

Ava Beisenstein April 9, 2021

Below is Ava Beisenstein's final research paper for AP Seminar in the 19-20 school year. The AP board's prompt for this paper was "happiness". "This paper took, what felt like, countless hours. My class...

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