East Music Teacher, Luke Hrovat-Staedter, was awarded the 2023 Teacher of the Year award by MAMA, the Madison Area Music Association. It comes with a $500 gift to the choir department. He was also was able to nominate and award East 11th grader Ana McCallum-Moore with the Student of the Year Award. Mr. H-S recently completed his Masters in Music Eduction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and formed East's latest music group, Cypher.

Registration for Spring 2024 AP Exams is open through October 22nd, 2023. Interested students should fill out registration form found at aptsusa.com/mmsd, indicate all desired AP exams, and pay $40 deposit per exam (if applicable). The balance is due by February 24th. Students will then receive an order confirmation email from APTS during the week of October 23rd. Students will enter join codes onto myAP between October 23rd-30th. Second semester-only courses will have a second registration opportunity between January 27th-February 23rd, 2024. The price for regular AP exams is $125/exam, and AP Capstone (Seminar and Research) is $160/exam. The $40 deposit per exam is due in the fall at the time of registration and the remainder will be invoiced to students in January with a due date of February 23rd. Students approved for Free/Reduced lunch for 23-24 school year will have a balance of $0 per exam; must enter promo code RDMHAS to bring balance down. This code is also listed on the registration website while they are in the registration form. Even students who are not submitting payment must use the website form to register.

East students Daphne Cooper and Oliver Dugas were invited to the US Culinary Olympic Practice dinner at Madison College. Chefs from around the country gather monthly to practice their fine dining techniques and culinary ideas in preparation for the Culinary Olympics held once every 4 years. Next March they will be held in Germany. "We got to enjoy a 3 course meal and we’re inspired by both tastes and techniques," commented Ms. Sonneman, East Culinary Teacher, who accompanied the students.

All East students and families are invited to join us for our Community Dinner and Back-To-School Night Open House on Monday, September 18th from 5:00-7:00pm. The tradition of our annual FREE Community Dinner will start in the Cafeteria at 5:00pm. Hotdogs and drinks will be provided by the school and staff will bring dishes to pass. Join one of the student led tour groups and visit with staff and students along the way. Many teachers will be in their classrooms for you to stop in and say hello! Note this event does not include individual student conferences, those will be held in November.

Students who were unable to get their photo taken during the first week of school can have their photo take during the Lifetouch Portrait Make-Up Day on Tuesday, September 19th between 7:30am-12:00pm in the East High School Multipurpose Room (near the Field House, on the side by Door #4/concessions). These photos are printed in the yearbook and on Student IDs. Once photo proofs from the photo days in September are provided to students and families, students who would like their photo retaken can do so on Wednesday, October 25th.

The optional PSAT test will be held at East High School on Wednesday, October 18th from 8:30-11:30am. Registration closes at 3:45pm on Friday, September 22nd, 2023. Priority registration is given to East High School 11th grade students.

MSCR offers a variety of after school program options at East High School for East High School students.

Throughout the school day, students are supported to think about how their experiences help them to grow and get closer to who and what they want to be. This is the Academic and Career Planning (ACP) Process. Each week students have access to view our Upcoming College & Career Visits and Post-Secondary Opportunities which include scholarships, jobs, events, college visits, and more.