Check out this trailer of our Spring Musical!

Thank you East parents, United Way of Dane County, American Family Insurance (our Adopt-A-School Partner), Greenbush Bakery, Cargo Coffee, and Hy-Vee for showering our staff with appreciation and gratitude this week.

"That was delicious and wonderful. Thank you to the East Parents group for putting this together, and all of your/our work this year."

"Feelin the happy love of a full stomach and time well spent."

"Thank you, Parents, for the cards, delicious food and drinks, love and support. We appreciate it!"

"Delicious! Thanks parents for the time and love you put into the meal!"

"Many thanks to East Parents for providing us with such a nutritious and delicious lunch. It was also fun to spend time together in a social setting and to get to see whole faces (sans masks) as people ate their lunches."

"The care kits were so cute! Can't wait to use my bath bomb, tea, and pop-it this weekend!"

Check out this video and Wisconsin State Journal article about Monday's student led march to the capitol in support of the Day Without Latinxs & Immigrants.

Please give a big shout out to the following students and staff who helped clean up East on Saturday to help ease the load of our understaffed custodial team: Aiden Schmiedlin, Chris Teggatz, Flora Sjachrani, Cesar Martinez and Sara Schaefer.

On Tuesday East culinary students toured Vintage Brewing Co. Capitol East to learn about their "front of the house" and "back of the house" operations and the different roles needed to run a restaurant. They toured the kitchen and learned about the flow of food from "throwing the truck" (unloading the food) to serving customers. This supportive family-owned business offers a paid hospitality internship that provides students an opportunity to learn about the hospitality industry as well as culinary arts. There are also opportunities for those who are hired as full-time employees to be a part of their college tuition reimbursement program!

East's "Intro to Barbering" class taught by Harry Bernard III's caught the attention of multiple news outlets, including the Wisconsin State Journal and Capital Times. The class is funded through MMSD's Big Ideas Campaign which provided a total of $9.5 million from federal COVID relief funding to 14 innovative ideas around the district.

Congratulations to the Purgolder Scenic Photo Contest winners!

This .25 credit ACT Prep Course (offered virtually and in person for all students entering grades 9-12) offers a unique free opportunity to prepare for the ACT, a standardized test commonly used in the college admissions & scholarship processes. Through this course taught by academic prep professionals, students will learn how to maximize test performance, tackle test anxiety, extend vocabulary, increase comprehension of difficult passages, and learn how to write a position/support essay. The course is offered during the Summer Semester (June 20 - July 28) Monday through Thursday from 8am-10am or 10am-12pm (both virtually and in person). In person courses will be offered at the following community centers (days and times TBD based on interest):

The 22nd Annual Pi-Mile is here! The 22nd Annual Pi-Mile will be held in person on Saturday, May 28th at Warner Park as well as virtually from May 28th-June 6th. Thank you for your interest and support of our East High students and community members and we look forward to seeing you there.

The African Association of Madison is hosting a year end celebration to commemorate Senior scholars in the Greater Madison Area on Friday, May 20th from 6:00-8:00pm at Madison College featuring Keynote Speaker, Dane County Judge, Nia Trammel. The event is open to all scholars in the Greater Madison Area and their families.

Did you know that East has a digital library of eBooks and audiobooks called Sora available in ClassLink or as an app on smart devices? Even better, every week from April 28 to August 17, the AudioFile SYNC program gives away two thematically paired audiobooks each week that you can download to KEEP! They change every Thursday at midnight Eastern Time.