The Tosa Compass

Tosa West Seniors Submit Early Applications for College By Deadline

Brady Metzner — November 2, 2022

During the last week of October, many Wauwatosa West seniors can be found throughout the school frantically completing and finalizing all of the parts of the college applications by the November 1st college...

Wauwatosa West Theater’s Fall Production During COVID-19

Eve Lazarski, Editor — November 30, 2020

The Wauwatosa West Theatre Trojan Players submitted a recording of their one act play, All the King's Women, to the Wisconsin High School Theater Festival. All the King’s Women focuses on the life of...

Wauwatosa West to Welcome New Principal for 2020-21 School Year

Sara Stanislawski, Editor — June 9, 2020

Ebony Grice will begin her new position as the Wauwatosa West Principal for the 2020-2021 school year following the retirement of West Principal Frank Calarco. After attending professional learning...

Tosa West Holds Annual Art Show

Myela Cooper, Staff Reporter — June 5, 2018

Over 200 students presented artwork to the Wauwatosa community at the annual Wauwatosa West Art show. Students from introductory art classes to advanced placement classes presented art. “Most of them...

Administration, Teachers Re-Enforce Dress Code and Cell Phone Rules

Maddie Bishop and Katie McCabe — March 20, 2018

A recent spike in hoods, headphones, phones, and tardies at Tosa West have led to principal Frank Calarco and teachers to reinforce these rules. On March 1st, an email was sent to the entire...

Calling all West Students!

September 11, 2012

Hey, West students! Interested in joining West Side Stories? If you are, then don't hesitate to get involved. Within are a number of ways for you to get involved, including working on the print edition, broadcast, or the web posse.

A New Year at West

September 10, 2012

September 4th is finally here and Tosa West's newest students are the first to don its halls. Feelings of excitement and anxiety are inevitable. Kelly Tucker, the parent of a freshman, admits her daughter...

Leah Rogers-First at State

May 1, 2012

On Saturday, breaking West's slump of three years without a state champion, Leah Rogers won first place in group discussion, her forensics event. Several other members of the forensics team also placed well.

Challenge Students Visit Milwaukee Art Museum

April 23, 2012

On Friday, April 20th, seniors taking West's Challenge Seminar visited the Milwaukee Art Museum in conjunction with their unit on the nature of aesthetics. At the museum, they viewed the "Accidental Genius" exhibit.

Cue Lights. Cue Sounds. Cue Big Tall Invisible Rabbit Only The Inebriated Man Can See.

February 19, 2012

Harvey centers itself around one man, Elwood P. Dowd, and his imaginary friend Harvey, an enormous rabbit, against the backdrop of 1950’s America. In my “expert” opinion, Harvey was one of Tosa West’s...

Expulsion Policies

January 21, 2012

According to the statistics at the Wisconsin Information Network for Successful Schools, in the 2009-10 school year 1,218 students were expelled in the entire state of Wisconsin. That year there were...