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Snake on the Loose: The Search for Moose

Snake on the Loose: The Search for Moose

Violet Pandya, Editor March 6, 2024

On February 7, Phillip Olsen, a science teacher at Tosa East, entered his classroom in the morning only to notice that his classroom pet, Moose, was missing. Moose is a bright orange corn snake that was...

Phone Lockers. The Right Choice?

Phone Lockers. The Right Choice?

Mary Vande Hei, Writer February 1, 2024

This year, cell phone pockets have been reinvented into much a more extreme form, one that many high schoolers question on a daily basis. The implementation of cellphone lockers has been nearly unanimously...

Exchange Students' Year Comes to a Close

Exchange Students’ Year Comes to a Close

Violet Pandya, Editor June 5, 2023

AFS is a foreign exchange student program that partners with Tosa East to bring exchange students into the Wauwatosa community. This year, five students arrived, coming from Switzerland, Portugal, Finland,...

What is So Compelling About IBA?

What is So Compelling About IBA?

Mariana Perez, Editor March 11, 2023

The Intramural Basketball Association holds a powerful position at Wauwatosa East High School. Talk of IBA flies around East on a daily basis, there are many team Instagram accounts, and more teams every...

This Week in Science: 2/5 - 2/11

This Week in Science: 2/5 – 2/11

Bowie Funk, East Staff February 15, 2023

Webb Telescope Captures Stars Forming Last week, the James Webb telescope captured something amazing: the formation of stars.  Now, for the first time ever, scientists can witness the formation of...

This Week in Science: 1/22 - 1/27

This Week in Science: 1/22 – 1/27

Bowie Funk, East Staff Writer February 1, 2023

Meteorites Reveal Possible Origin of Building Blocks of Life Meteorites have revealed to researchers the likely far-flung origin of Earth's volatile chemicals, some of which form the building blocks...

The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards: What’s the Point?

The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards: What’s the Point?

Mariana Perez, Editor January 27, 2023

Last year, an astonishing 56 Wauwatosa East students earned awards from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, more than any other school in the state of Wisconsin. This included seven Gold Keys, 17 Silver...

This Week in Science (1/1 - 1/5)

This Week in Science (1/1 – 1/5)

Bowie Funk, East Staff Writer January 9, 2023

The Last Apollo 7 Astronaut Has Died Civilian astronaut Walter Cunningham, age 90, has died in Houston, Texas.  He was on board the Apollo 7 in 1968 and was part of NASA’s mission to put humans on...

Tosa East Students Visit Bruce Guadalupe Community School

Tosa East Students Visit Bruce Guadalupe Community School

Abigail Heffner, East Staff Writer December 21, 2022

On Friday, December 16th, around 30 Tosa East Spanish students and teachers delivered holiday gifts to kindergarten students from the Bruce Guadalupe Community School. Several Spanish teachers and upperclassmen...

Behind The Desk: Ms. Lamers Hernandez

Behind The Desk: Ms. Lamers Hernandez

Mariana Perez, Editor October 19, 2022

Ms. Lamers Hernandez is the new mental health specialist at Tosa East. What do you do as a mental health specialist/school social worker? “I support student’s mental health and wellness needs....

Photo Credit to Natalie Bigman-Pimentel

Tosa East Creates Girls’ and Non-Binary Students’ Ultimate Frisbee Team

Abbigail Schell, East Staff Writer January 24, 2022

Francis Kelley, teacher of Project Lead the Way and engineering courses at East, decided to start a girls' and non-binary students' ultimate frisbee team with the help of his students. This club has been...

Wauwatosa Blazers Lacrosse Team Increases Knowledge of Sport

Wauwatosa Blazers Lacrosse Team Increases Knowledge of Sport

Sam Wade, Staff Reporter May 17, 2018

The Wauwatosa Blazers is the lacrosse youth program teams that hopes to create interest and participation in the sport of lacrosse. The Wauwatosa Blazers high school program was started about seven...

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