During Purgolder Time on Monday, November 21st students and staff viewed Tower TV Episode 3 which included:

There will not be school Monday, December 5th. This is a staff only professional devlopment day.

Join the Boys & Girls Club for an upcoming Electrical Workshop during the school closure day, Monday, December 5th, from 12:00-4:00pm. Students will tour the electrician’s training center, learn about apprenticeship, and try some hands-on electrical projects! Free lunch and afternoon snack will be provided! Meet at 12pm at the Boys & Girls Club Allied Club, located at 4619 Jenewein Rd, Fitchburg, WI 53711. Space is limited, register ASAP.

Due to technical issues during the last photo retake day, we will have one more photo retake day on Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 from 7:30am-1:00pm in Room 1041C (near the copy machines on the 1st Floor near the LMC)

Join us at East High School on Wednesday, December 7th from 5:30-7:30pm for a free Family Science Night event, "Noche de Ciencias". The event is open to anyone of any age and aims to engage the community in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). There will be food, hands-on activities for a variety of ages, and college STEM readiness, support, and financial information in English and Spanish. Students can meet with representatives of the UW-Madison Engineering Summer Program and ProCSi (summer computer science camp), both of which programs especially serve first-generation college students and others from groups historically underrepresented in STEM at Wisconsin. Students will also have an opportunity to talk to members of the UW-Madison's Engineers Without Borders chapters about their international projects in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico. Sponsors include: Society of Hispanic, Professional Engineers, East LatinX Parents, East Engineering Club and Engineers Without Borders.

East High School Staff will present information about East's Personalized Pathways, AVID, and Dual Language Immersion Program Options to current 8th grade students and families on the evening of Thursday, December 8, 2022 from 6:00-7:30pm in-person in East High School's Theater and virtual via Facebook Live. More information for rising 9th grade students and families (Class of 2027) can be found at east.mmsd.org/9th-grade.

It is time for Juniors to begin preparing for the ACT! Registration is now open for FREE virtual and in-person ACT preparation opportunities! Courses begin next week.

We are so excited to welcome Leo White, 2016 East Alum and the son of East High School Speech and Language Clinician, Helena White, to the Ray Edwards Gallery. His show, titled "Empty Spaces," is open through December 9th. Gallery hours are from 8am to 4pm, and closed at lunchtime. There will be closing reception in the gallery on Friday, December 9th from 5:30-7:30pm.

10th Grade Students and Families: As you may have heard, we have a partnership with Madison College to expand access to college courses in science, technology, engineering and math in order to increase opportunities for students to earn college credit as high school students at no cost to them or their families. We are looking to increase students underrepresented in STEM related fields (students of color and females, as well as first generation and/or low socioeconomic background). View more information on the Early College STEM Academy (ECSA) website or attend the virtual information session via Zoom at 6pm on Wednesday, December 7th. Applications for the Fall of 2023 are due January 27th.

Check out these slides with next week's new scholarships, jobs, events, and college visits.

Families interested in meeting with the principal and other staff to share important information and partner in efforts to provide students with the best educational experience possible at East can join our next Virtual Purgolder United Parent Meeting on Wednesday, December 7th at 6pm via Zoom. This meeting was rescheduled from Wednesday, November 30th due to technical issues.