Sources
Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a site - Become an editor
Wikipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Are you an expert in this subject? Join the discussion and share your knowledge at Wikipedia.org.
Wauwatosa East High School
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Wauwatosa East High School |
|
| Established | as Wauwatosa Senior High School, 1897; as Wauwatosa East, 1960 |
| Type | Public, co-ed secondary, non-charter |
| Principal | Nick Hughes |
| Faculty | 98 |
| Students | 1,183 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | Wauwatosa, Wisconsin USA |
| Accreditation | North Central Association |
| Mascot | none |
| Newspaper | Cardinal News |
| Website | Wauwatosa East High School Homepage |
 |
|
Wauwatosa East High School is a comprehensive public secondary school in the city of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, also home to Wauwatosa West High School. It was originally known as Wauwatosa Senior High School until the opening of Tosa West in 1960. Today, the school is often referred to as Tosa East or simply East High School in Wauwatosa.
Contents |
Wauwatosa East High School was originally known as Wauwatosa High School. All students in the Wauwatosa School District attended until half of the building was made into what is now known as Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln and Wauwatosa East are still connected via a blocked-off underground tunnel. Wauwatosa West High School was then established prior.
Much of the current structure of the school was built in the second half of the 20th century. This resulted in severe alterations to the original design of the building, including the removal of its tower and the closing of the school's third floor, which is now used by the district for storage. A restoration project in the mid-2000s uncovered several WPA murals on the walls of what was formerly the school's main entrance; the murals had been painted in the 1930s and subsequently covered up.
In 2006, amid calls from local Native American leaders and the state superintendent of schools that the Wauwatosa School Board act to change the school's mascot, the board voted to remove depictions of the mascot from the school. A new logo will be created, but the "Red Raider" nickname will be retained.
The district put three designs up to vote to the student body early November, and the new logo is planned to be announced November 21, 2006.
The school's newspaper is the Cardinal News, and it is part of the High School National Ad Network.
The school's drama organization is the Wauwatosa East Players, often abbreviated as the Tosa East Players or TEP. The school stages two theatrical productions each year (one in the fall and on in the spring), as well as a smaller-scale production in the winter put together by the school's acting class. All productions are staged in the Dale K. Hidde Theatre, which also serves as the school's auditorium and is home to the independently run Wauwatosa East Student Play Festival.
- Antler, poet
- Devin Harris, National Basketball Association player
- John Morgridge, Cisco Systems executive
- Brad Rowe, actor
- Richard Schickel, Time cinema critic
- Jerry Smith, University of Louisville basketball player
- Tony Smith, National Basketball Association player
- Pete Stark, U.S. Representative, D-California[1]
- Michael Torke, composer
- ^ Stingl, Jim. "To believe or not to believe, it's your choice", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2007-03-16, p. 1B. Retrieved on 2007-03-16.
- Wauwatosa School District
- Wauwatosa East High School
- Cardinal News, school newspaper
- Wauwatosa Historical Society work on the Wauwatosa East mural project
 |
This Wisconsin school-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |