Wauwatosa East High School

Infobox School
name = Wauwatosa East High School

type = Public high school
district = Wauwatosa School District
accreditation = North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
city = Wauwatosa
state = Wisconsin
country = USA
established = as Wauwatosa Senior High School, 1897; as Wauwatosa East, 1960
principal = Nick Hughes
student president = No One at the moment.
faculty = 98
mascot = none
students = 1,183
grades = 9–12
nickname = Red Raiders
website = [http://cms2.wauwatosa.k12.wi.us/display/router.asp?docid=5207 Wauwatosa East High School Homepage]
picture =

Wauwatosa East High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school in the city of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, as part of the Wauwatosa School District. It was originally known as Wauwatosa Senior High School until the opening of Wauwatosa West High School in 1960. Today, the school is often referred to as Tosa East or simply East High School in Wauwatosa.

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 Elementary.

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 early-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.

Athletics

State Championships

["http://www.wiaawi.org WIAA. Retrieved on 2008-08-07]
1937: Boys Golf
1943: Boys Track & Field (Coach Tom Duffy)
1946: Boys Golf
1947: Boys Tennis
1954: Boys Golf (Coach Rome Bedker)
1955: Boys Tennis (Coach Ben Peacock)
1956: Boys Tennis (Coach Ben Peacock)
1972: Boys Track & Field, Class A (Coach John Richmond)
1974: Girls Volleyball, Class A (Coach Katie Curran)
1975: Girls Volleyball, Class A (Coach Katie Curran)
1980: Girls Volleyball, Class A (Coach Diane Scherzer)
1981: Girls Basketball, Class A (Coach Katie Rebholz)
1985: Girls Volleyball, Class A (Coach Kim Pfaffle)
1989: Boys Basketball, Class A (Coach James Rebholz)
1990: Boys Soccer (Coach Tim Winn)
1992: Girls Volleyball, Division 1 (Coach Joe Lynch)
1993: Girls Soccer (Coach Jim Schuemann)
1994: Girls Volleyball, Division 1 (Coach Joe Lynch)
1996: Girls Soccer (Coach Jim Schuemann)
1997: Girls Soccer, Division 1 (Coach Jim Schuemann)
1997: Summer Baseball (Coach Jerry Toubl)
1998: Boys Soccer, Division 1 (Coach Steven Millen)
2006: Boys Volleyball (Coach John Simon)
2008: Boys Basketball, Division 1 (Coach Tim Arndorfer)

State Tournament Appearances

Baseball: 1991, 1997, 2004
Basketball (Boys): 1924, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1965, 1970, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2002, 2008
Basketball (Girls): 1976, 1981
Cross Country (Boys): 1987
Cross Country (Girls): 1986, 1987
Golf (Boys): 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1954
Golf (Girls): 1977
Soccer (Boys): 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1998
Soccer (Girls): 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003
Tennis (Boys): 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1969, 1970, 1999
Tennis (Girls): 1972, 1989
Track & Field (Boys): 1943, 1944, 1949, 1972
Volleyball (Boys): 1965, 1978, 2002,2004, 2005
Volleyball (Girls): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999

Conference Championships

1924-85: Suburban, 1985-93: North Shore, 1993-1997: Woodland Conference, 1997-present: Greater Metro Conference
(only years found have been from the Woodland & Metro Conferences)
Baseball: 1996, 1997
Basketball (Boys): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Basketball (Girls): 2005-06
Cross Country (Girls): 1999, 2000
Track & Field (Girls): 2000 (Indoor & Relays), 2007 (Indoor & Outdoor & Relays)

Extracurricular activities

East is home to many award-winning programs, in addition to its academics. Primarily known for its competitive sports, the school allows students to participate in many varsity level sports for both men and women; including volleyball, basketball, softball, baseball, soccer, football, golf, wrestling, tennis, swimming and diving, cross-country, track and field, hockey, and the Poms dance squad. The Red Raiders won the WIAA State Tournament for Boys Basketball in 2008, their first State championship since 1989. Intramural sports include Ultimate Frisbee, IBA (basketball), and skiing. The two former often have exciting rivalries between faculty and students.

The school's drama organization is the Wauwatosa East Players, often abbreviated as the Tosa East Players or The Players. The school stages two theatrical productions each year (one in the fall and 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 (named in 1993 for the school's longtime theatrical director, at the urging of three decades of former Tosa East Players, as well as orchestra and band members who had participated in the school's theatrical productions), which also serves as the school's auditorium and is home to the independently-run Wauwatosa East Student Play Festival.

East's many clubs include Quill and Scroll, Film Club, The Cardinal Pennant (which produces the school's annual yearbook), Parnassus in Print (the school's literary magazine), The Cardinal News (the student newspaper), National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, German Honor Society, French Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Battlebots, HOSA, Science Club, SmartTeam, Key Club, Amnesty International, AFS, GSA, STAND, Red Arrow, Sheepshead, Art Club, German Club, Latin Club, We The People, International Honorary Thespians, FBLA, Forensics, and Student Council.

In the 2007-2008 Division I WIAA State Basketball Tournament, the Tosa East Boys Basketball team defeated James Madison Memorial High School 58-56 in overtime to win the state championship title.

References

External links

* [http://cms2.wauwatosa.k12.wi.us/display/router.asp?DocID=423 Wauwatosa School District]
* [http://cms2.wauwatosa.k12.wi.us/display/router.asp?docid=5207 Wauwatosa East High School]
* [http://www.wauwatosahistoricalsociety.org/tosahigh2006.htm Wauwatosa Historical Society] work on the Wauwatosa East mural project