Nicolet High School

Overview

Nicolet High School has a long and well-deserved reputation for excellence. We've been one of the state's premier high schools since 1955 and are nationally recognized for student achievement. 

What lies at the heart of our success? A combination of high standards, exceptional staff, positive relationships with students, and strong partnerships with parents and the community. Nicolet occupies a unique position as a neighborhood hub and its multicultural student body comes from: Fox Point, Glendale, River Hills, Bayside and Milwaukee. 

Nicolet students are well known for their academic achievements. They're also known for excellence in creative and performing arts, career and technical programs and athletics. We firmly believe co-curricular activities play a vital, integral role in students' success, both during high school and beyond, and national studies confirm this belief. We strongly encourage every student to participate in an activity and offer many options to facilitate this. 

A diverse cross section of Nicolet students choose to take advantage of our athletic programs. Our student-athletes are expected to demonstrate compassion, responsibility and dedication to their teammates and sport, and to act with integrity, honor and an understanding of their role in the school and beyond. Nicolet athletes learn lessons that benefit us all: sportsmanship, responsibility, teamwork, cooperation and winning or losing with dignity. 

But our ability to impart these valuable lessons is now compromised by deteriorating outdoor athletic facilities. 

The Need

• A recent Common Ground study identified Nicolet as one of eleven school districts in Milwaukee County with substandard athletic facilities. Many of the fields do not have lights, concession stands or other amenities that are standard at surrounding schools. Seating capacity and parking also present challenges.
• Many of the grass fields are saturated and unusable in the spring, especially the upper field. 
• The tennis courts have flooded several times and continue to be vulnerable to future storm damage.
• The track does not have enough lanes to host major meets such as WIAA sectionals and regionals. New facilities would allow for collegiate level opportunities including those for NCAA track and field events, football, etc. 

The Solution: Nicolet United: Today's Athletes, Tomorrow's Leaders Capital Campaign

Over the past several years, district leadership has worked together with a consortium of parents, alumni, concerned residents and local businesses to understand the challenges our facilities present and propose a plan to address them. We are embarking on a capital campaign to raise the funds rebuild our outdoor athletic facilities.

In May, Nicolet received approval from the City of Glendale to move forward with the creation of a state-of-the-art softball facility and community field at Maslowski park.

The future home of the Nicolet Girls Softball team will be constructed of synthetic turf and conforms with all WIAA and NCAA facility standards. This field includes masonry dugouts, LED athletic field lighting and batting cages. 

Additionally, a second softball/recreation field will be constructed with natural materials and include a fencing backstop and dugouts, plus flexible outfield fencing that allows multiple levels of competition and recreation softball. Both fields will be made available for local family use and host Glendale Little League, Recreation Department, Youth Softball and other community leagues. 

Construction will begin in July 2020 and the field will be complete in time for the 2021 softball season.

Baseball Stadium At Maslowski Community Park In Glendale (Completed)