The latest February-March edition of the Northside News included updates from some of East's programs:

For many years, our MMSD comprehensive high schools have held commencements at the Kohl Center, part of the UW-Madison campus. However, as you may have heard, the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department announced plans to renovate the Kohl Center ice hockey rink floor. At this time, UW leadership does not know if construction will begin before or after our scheduled graduation ceremonies this June, and will likely determine this in mid-April. This decision timeframe would not allow sufficient time to adjust our plans should construction begin prior to our graduation dates. Therefore, after weeks of research and collaboration with stakeholders, including our principals, MMSD has decided to shift the location of our graduation ceremonies for our comprehensive high schools to the Alliant Energy Center Veterans Memorial Coliseum located at 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way. As part of this location shift, and due to a conflict with a previously scheduled graduation ceremony for another district on Friday, June 7th, all graduations will now be held on Saturday, June 8, 2024. East's commencement will take place at 4:00pm on Saturday, June 8th. We will continue to share information and logistics surrounding our graduation ceremony throughout the semester.

Students should discuss their intended course requests for next school year their family. To aid in this discussion, here are our:

If you have any questions, please contact your School Counselor.

Beginning this week, there is a new, convenient way for families to request an excused absence through their Infinite Campus Parent Portal. Learn more at east.mmsd.org/attendance.

View Upcoming College & Career Visits and Post-Secondary Opportunities which include scholarships, jobs, events, college visits, and more.

MMSD will be hosting a Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) Fair at Memorial High School on February 21st from 5:45-8:00pm. Students must register online by Friday, February 9th to be able to receive transportation from East High School and food at the event. Students may register at the event if they are providing their own transportation and do not need food.

The HBCU Fair will feature:

East students can take a Biotechnology course this spring. This is a night course (paid for by the district) for students as an intro class to the industry and is a strongly recommended course to getting a Youth Apprenticeship during junior and/or senior year. Students should take it this spring if they are current Sophomores or Juniors.

Students who are interested in a biotech youth apprenticeship should also attend the upcoming Youth Apprenticeship Information Night held at Monona Grove high school on February 13th. The representative/teacher for the promega class will be present.