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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...

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: Mrs. Folta

Behind The Desk: Mrs. Folta

Sarah Heimerl, East Staff Writer October 28, 2022

What do you teach? I currently teach three sections of Geometry and two sections of Algebra 2. However, I have taught Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, and GED prep in my time as a teacher.  What...

Wauwatosa East Orchestras Perform Spring Concert

Wauwatosa East Orchestras Perform Spring Concert

Audrey Catlin May 13, 2022

The Wauwatosa East Orchestras performed their annual spring concert on May 11th in the Dale K. Hidde Theater. The concert featured performances by the three East orchestras, as well as an appearance by...

First Concerts of the Year Mark Slow Return to Normal

First Concerts of the Year Mark Slow Return to Normal

Maeve Kaufman May 23, 2021

The past two weeks have been very important ones in the Tosa East music department. Both the orchestra, led by director Mr. Michael Hayden, and band, led by director Ms. Jennifer Lato, had their first...

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,...

Best Holiday Treats in MKE

Best Holiday Treats in MKE

Emerson Neldner December 22, 2020

1. Black Twig Bakery Black Twig Bakery, one of the more recent installations in the Tosa village, offers a wide variety of seasonal flavors perfect for this holiday season. From cupcakes to macarons,...

East Students Engage in Best Buddies

December 12, 2020

Best Buddies at Wauwatosa East High School works to make sure that everyone in the school community benefits from the diversity of the student population. This video was produced by Wauwatosa...

Wauwatosa East Freshman Olivia Small swims in a meet against DSHA on September 10.

Tosa East Girls Swim Team Sends Freshman to State

Maeve Kaufman November 24, 2020

The Tosa East Girls Swim team has an extremely successful season despite setbacks this year due to COVID and the renovations of the swimming pool at East. On Saturday, November 7th, the girls Varsity team...

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