This week during Purgolder Time students learned about support programs, programs that provide activities and assistance to help enable students to provide themselves with long-term effective measures. Students learned about various ways to get engaged in the school and community through school clubs and community organizations like Centro Hispano, the Goodman Community Center, Girls Inc., MSCR, and more.

In honor of October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month, East's Gender Equity Club is hosting an Essential Needs Drive to support Hope House of South Central Wisconsin. Examples of needed items include: lotion, body wash, laundry detergent, diapers, and baby wipes. Items can be dropped off in Student Services (Rm 2031) until November 18th.

Congratulations to the Madison East Football student-athletes who were awarded All City and All Conference awards this week!

Congratulations to the entire East Mountain Bike Team on a fabulous and fun season! Sam Strawser, Cooper Van Horn and Anika Derby all had great races this past weekend at the Wisconsin Mountain Bike State Championships in Waterloo. Congrats to freshman Lyllie Sonnemann for taking the win and representing East High School as the Wisconsin Girls Varsity Mountain Bike Champion.

It is definitely sweater weather! Stop by the mall during lunch on Monday to celebrate the season and purchase hot chocolate (with marshmellows!) for $2. All proceeds will benefit the Special Education Program's Coffee Cart. This month, Coffee Cart funds were used for students to take a field trip to Schuster's Farm (pictured below).

East's Orchestra will have their Fall Concert on Wednesday, November 9th at 7:30pm in the Theater. It is free and open to the public, no tickets needed.

Don't miss your last chance to view the Eastside Players production of We Found a Finger on Saturday, October 29th at 7pm and 8pm in the Theater. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at madisoneast.ludus.com or at the door. We don't want the price of the ticket to be a barrier for those that want to attend, so if needed, please fill out this google form for a complimentary ticket.

East student artwork will be featured at MMOCA Gallery Night on Friday November 4th from 5:00-9:00pm at Lauer Realty Group, 2229 Atwood Ave. Students include: Kevyn Jones, Flora Sjachrani, Henry Maurer, Norah Al-Amoodi and Noema O'Conner.

Join us on Saturday, November 5th for our East Día de los Muertos event, a celebration of life, the lives of our passed loved ones, and a day of honoring our ancestors. Performances will take place in the Theater and there will be a food sale, craft sale, face painting in the Cafeteria.

Funds raised at this annual event (that had to take a break for two years due to COVID) are split between the Ballet Folklórico de María Díaz and East's Raza United Student Association. The Ballet uses funds raised to help dancers pay for dresses, accessories and regalia that normally cost between $150-300 each outfit. Dancers, who are school age students from around Madison, are very dedicated to what they do in the ballet and being in the ballet has made a huge difference in many of their lives, from learning about la cultura to giving them a huge boost in self esteem. Raza United uses funds to pay for transportation to museums in Chicago, leadership conferences, Raza graduation stoles, end of the year field trip, and if enough funds are donated, to scholarships for our graduating seniors planning on higher education.

MMSD will host a HBCU Fair on Wednesday, November 9th in the La Follette High School Spec Gym from 5:00-7:30pm. Students must register by November 2nd to attend and present an MMSD Student ID to enter the event. There will be bus transportation from East going to and coming back from the HBCU Fair at La Follette. The bus will depart from East at 4:30pm on November 9th.

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