Wauwatosa East High School

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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 located 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.

1 History
- 1.1 Mascot Controversy
- 1.2 Notable alumni
2 Extracurricular Activities
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

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 Elementry. 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 school, 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 formely the school's main entrance; the murals had been painted in the 1930s and subsequently covered up.

[edit] Mascot Controversy

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; though a new logo will be created, 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 on Tuesday, November 21st, 2006.

[edit] Notable alumni

Michael Torke, composer
Richard Schickel, Time cinema critic
Tony Smith, National Basketball Association player
Devin Harris, National Basketball Association player
John Morgridge, Cisco Systems executive
Antler, poet
Brad Rowe, actor

[edit] Extracurricular Activities

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 independtly-run Wauwatosa East Student Play Festival.