Nicolet High School

13 Nicolet Seniors Named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

Students Walked The Red Carpet To Kick Off The 2018-2019 School Year

On Tuesday, September 4, Nicolet High School kicked off the school year by rolling out the red carpet! Check out the event covered by local news: 

Nicolet rolls out red carpet for returning students

Nicolet High School rolls out the red carpet to welcome students back to class

Thousands of students head back to school Tuesday

2017-18 School Year

Nicolet Announces Dean's List For 2nd Semester

Nicolet High School is proud to announce the Dean’s Lists for the 2nd semester of the 2017-2018 school year.  Click on the link to see students listed by grade level that have made the Dean’s Lists.

To qualify for this honor, students must earn all A’s or B’s for each quarter or semester separately.  Additionally, students are allowed to earn one C if they have an A to offset it.  Congratulations to all of our students that have earned this distinction. 

*If your student’s name is missing from the list it may mean that we did not have parental consent to publish your child’s information.  Please contact Amy.Lee@nicolet.us if you have a question regarding Dean's List. If you would like to give consent for publishing, a consent form will be emailed to you by request.

Two Nicolet Students Capture Awards at the International Science & Engineering Fair

Teacher Stephanie Deering and ISEF finalists Louisa Wood, Anna Spektor and Napsy Isahaku returned to Nicolet after an AMAZING week at the International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh. It was a week of special events, speeches by Nobel Laureates and lots of judging! There were 1800 students from 81 different countries!

Napsy and Anna received a first place award ($3,000) in their category of Animal Science, and went on to win Best of Category ($5,000 ) with a separate $1,000 award going back to their local fair! To top it off, they were one of two projects in the fair to be recipients of the Indo-US Science and Technology Visit to India Award that will have them heading to India to compete and present their work to universities and researchers.

The awards were the culmination of countless hours of work over the course of the year including over 110 hours spent in the lab at the UW-Freshwater Science Lab under the mentorship of Dr. Caravan.

Congratulations to all three finalists. Talking to kids and judges from all over the world, gaining new perspectives, and learning and engaging in some serious science this past week is a great way to end the year!!

See coverage from Fox 6 news

Nicolet French Students Triumph At Recent Competitions

Congratulations to the French Students for their successes in two recent competitions.

2018 French National Contest

Gold Medal
Anna McDougall (Ranked 6th nationwide)

Silver Medal (85th percentile nationwide)
Yanni Ma, Mariana Torres-Alvarez, Louisa Wood, Julia Baldwin, Anna Gould, Ryan Malone, Kevin Norris and Louis Miller

Bronze Medal (80th percentile nationwide)
Madeleine Buckley, Meredith Riedijk, William Kissinger, Yoana Petrinska, Megan Sullivan, Anna Christenson and Caroline Schoenfeldt

2018 State French Pronunciation Contest

Gold Medal - Extemporaneous prose
Nicole Karaffa

Gold Medal - Poetry
Emma Laskowski, Anna Gould, Yoana Petrinska and Mariana Torres-Alvarez

Nicolet Spanish Students Collect Honors on the National Spanish Exam

Pictured (left to right): Allyson Janowski, Evelyn Deitrich, Nicholas Weseman, Angelina Jaglinski, Miah Bohlen and Thomas Nguyen.

Nicolet Musical Students Receive High Score At State Festival

Congratulations to the following Nicolet musical groups and students who all scored a "1" (the highest possible score) at the Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) State Solo & Ensemble Festival, held at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on April 28 and Cardinal Stritch University on May 5, 2018:

Nicolet Big Band
Nicolet Chamber Orchestra
Nicolet Chamber Singers Quartet
Nicolet Symphonic Band Percussion Ensemble

Annabelle Crowley - violin solo (WSMA Exemplary soloist award)
Ross Abrams - Clarinet Choir
Lam Akio - Percussion Ensemble
Matthais Baker - Clarinet Choir
Nicholas  Best -  Percussion Ensemble
Eleanor Bird - Big Band
John Bushman - Percussion Ensemble
Saul Dinauer -  Big Band
Adam Du - tenor solo
Christopher Flick - Clarinet Choir
Jackson Folstein - Big Band
Aaron Gess George - Big Band
Megan Gendelman - Musical Theatre and alto solo
Parker Gimbel - Clarinet Choir
Sam Gist - Musical Theatre tenor/bass solo
Cathleen Greene - harp solo
Grace Greene - Musical Theatre and alto solo
Samantha Grant - Percussion Ensemble
Priyanka Guptasarma - Musical Theatre and alto solo
Miles Guralnick - Big Band
Gabriel Guralnick - piano solo
Lucas Houchin-Miller - violin solo
Angelina Jaglinski - piano solo
Aaron Johnson - Clarinet Choir
Sigurds Kakulis - Big Band
Nathan Karl - Big Band
John Karnes - Percussion Ensemble, Big Band
Ben Kramer - Clarinet Choir, clarinet solo, Big Band
Callahan Lieungh - Clarinet Choir,  bassoon solo
Olivia Llanas - Big Band
Daniel Manger - Big Band
Anna McDougall - violin solo
Liam McLean - string bass solo
Louis Miller - violin solo
Avery Mitchell - Musical Theatre soprano/alto solo
Neville Nazareth - flute solo
Libby Noll - Musical Theatre soprano/alto solo
Kevin Norris - Percussion Ensemble
Maxwell Selbach - Big Band
Ariana Smith - string bass solo
Patrick Smith - Big Band
Joseph Tocco - Big Band
Samuel Vondra - Big Band
Don Vu - cello solo
Elliott Weigel - Big Band
Flasche Nrig Yang - Big Band

Nicolet Take First First Place In German Pronunciation Contest

Saturday, April 21st Nicolet German students took part in the 2018 WI-AATG State Pronunciation contest. Held at Marquette University, this event required students to present poems and make two-minute extemporaneous presentations. Nicolet had a dominant showing, leading the state in first place ratings. Please congratulate the following students:

Level 4/5: Poem: Die Lorelei (Heinrich Heine)
1st Place Rating: Hal DeLong

Level 3: Poem 1940 (Bertolt Brecht)
1st Place Rating: Ryan Dziengel, Yan Qi Li, Caspar Woehl-Sauvignon, Felix Woehl-Sauvignon

Level 2: Poem: Ottos Mops (Ernst Jandl)
1st Place Rating/Perfect Score: Megan Stevens, Khiem Vu and Zoe Zaretzke.
1st Place Rating: Matthias Baker, Matt Korfhage, Chris Lipscomb

Level 1: Poem: Fünfter sein (Ernst Jandl)
1st Place Rating/Tops in State: Octavia Grimes and Langdon Oldenburg
1st Place Rating: Pedro Peralta
2nd Place Rating: Zafirah Lieblein, Jeremy Stone

Nicolet Students Capture Awards in the Lake Country Film Festival

Nicolet Announces Dean's List For 3rd Quarter

Nicolet High School is proud to announce the Dean’s List for the 3rd quarter of the 2017-2018 school year. To qualify for this honor, students must earn all A’s or B’s for the quarter. Additionally, students are allowed to earn one C if they have an A to offset it.

Congratulations to all of our students that have earned this distinction. Follow this link to see students listed by grade level that have made the Dean’s List.

*If your student’s name is missing from the list it may mean that we did not have parental consent to publish your child’s information. Please contact amy.lee@nicolet.us to confirm this for you.

Nicolet Students Excel at the Badger State Science & Engineering Fair

Nicolet performed exceedingly well at the Badger State Science and Engineering Fair this past Saturday placing in 5 out of the 6 categories. Nicolet students took 3 first place awards, 2 second place, 1 third and 1 grant award along with many additional specialty awards. A huge shout-out and congrats to all of the students who competed at both the regional and state fairs! Here's a complete list of the awards.

24 Nicolet Musicians Qualify For State-wide Festival

On March 17th Nicolet High School musicians performed in the Wisconsin School Music Association District Festival at Homestead High School, and qualified to move on to the state-wide festival in May. Congratulations to the following:

Adam Du
Angelina Jaglinski
Anna McDougall
Ariana Smith
Ariel Cohn
Ben Kramer
Callahan Lieungh
Cathleen Greene
Don Vu
Gabriel Guralnick
Grace Greene (in two separate events)
Kayla Bessette
Liam McLean
Libby Noll
Louis Miller
Lucas Houchin-Miller
Megan Gendelman (in two separate events)
Mitchell Avery
Priyanka Guptasarma (in two separate events)
Sam Gist
Sara Abrams
Yanni Ma
Annabelle Crowley
Neville Nazareth

In addition, the following ensembles also qualified to move on to state:
Two Vocal Quartets
Percussion Ensemble
Chamber Orchestra
Big Band
Brass Ensemble

Two Students Selected To Represent Nicolet at the International Science and Engineering Fair

Eight Nicolet Seniors Named 2018 National Merit Scholarship Programs Finalists

Nicolet High School Art Students Receive Scholastic Art Exhibition Awards

Congratulations to the Nicolet students recognized by the prestigious Scholastic Art Awards program! Winners were selected from a total of 3,754 submissions throughout the state. Nicolet student portfolios earned 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Honorable Mentions and individual awards earned 5 Gold Keys, 8 Silver Keys and 13 Honorable Mentions. View the Silver and Gold Key Award-winning students' artwork showcased at The Milwaukee Art Museum through March 18, 2018. Congratulations to the following students:

Gold Key Portfolios
Buchman, Ashlyn (“Cardiovascular”)

Silver Key Portfolios
Laskowski, Emma (“Point of View”)
Laskowski, Emma (“Get in my Head”)

Honorable Mention Portfolios
Fedderly, Sam (“Daniel”)
George, Miles (“Immigrant”)
Zetley, David (“Curvilinear”)

Gold Key Individual Entries
Binder, Jozi (Digital Art - “Defective”)
Buchman, Ashlyn (Ceramics - “Atrium”) 
Eiers, Cassidy (Photography - “Furca”)
Lord-Huertas, RaeVaughn (Photography - “Exit on the Right”)
Mitchell, Ryan (Photography - “Concentric Focus”)

Silver Key Individual Entries
Berman, Elianna (Ceramics - “Canopic”)
Dittmar, Kendra (Sculpture - “Although they are beautiful, I can’t breathe”)
Dittmar, Kendra (Ceramics -  “The Stress of Melting”)
George, Miles (Photography - “Waiting”)
Laskowski, Emma (Design - “Glow”)
Mahoney, Cailin (Sculpture - “Vine:Study for Sculpture in Park”)
Mitchell, Ryan (Photography - “Linear Perspective”)
Weiler, Leah (Ceramics - “Poppin’ A Squat”)

Honorable Mention Individual Entries
Binder, Jozi (Photography - “-Outro”)            
Eiers, Cassidy (Photography - “Contritum”)            
Frijia, Greg (Photography - “Threshold”)            
Frijia, Greg (Photography - “Ooze”)                
George, Miles (Photography - “Cornered”)            
George, Miles (Photography - “Kneaded Eraser”)        
Haworth, Emilie (Photography - “Ctrl ALt Delete”)        
Laskowski, Emma (Painting - “Water”)            
Mahoney, Cailin (Ceramics - “Lean on Me”)            
Mitchell, Avery (Painting - “Floating in Earnest”)     
Mitchell, Ryan (Photography - “Reflection of Purpose”)  
Weiler, Leah (Ceramic - “Curlique”)               
Zetley, David (Photography - “#MyPublicLand”)        

Nicolet Announces Dean's List For 1st Semester

Nicolet High School is proud to announce the Dean’s Lists for the 1st semester of the 2017-2018 school year.  Click on the link to see students listed by grade level that have made the Dean’s Lists.

To qualify for this honor, students must earn all A’s or B’s for each quarter or semester separately.  Additionally, students are allowed to earn one C if they have an A to offset it.  Congratulations to all of our students that have earned this distinction. 

*If your student’s name is missing from the list it may mean that we did not have parental consent to publish your child’s information.  Please contact Amy.Lee@nicolet.us if you have a question regarding Dean's List. If you would like to give consent for publishing, a consent form will be emailed to you by request.

Interview with Nicolet Social Studies Teacher

In preparation for Black History month, Social Studies teacher Ms. Holifield spoke with WISN about Oprah's short time at Nicolet and what it was like in Milwaukee in the 1960s. Watch the interview, here. You can even see Oprah's yearbook photo! 

NBHS and the Leadership and Service Club partner to help the St. Francis Children's Center

Nicolet student food drive brought in 19,000 cans of food and raised thousands for local organizations

Nicolet Spanish students Parham Abunasr-Shiraz, Benjamin Stellhorn and Autumn Stelzer were on Fox 6 this morning talking about their highly successful food drive that raised 19,000 cans and thousands of dollars for Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin and other local organizations. We are proud of our students and community for supporting this important cause! Watch the interview here.

Nicolet Exceeds Expectations On School Report Card

On November 21 the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released School Report Cards for every publicly funded school in the state. I am excited to let you know that Nicolet’s score is 78.7 (out of 100), a rating of Exceeds Expectations. I congratulate our faculty, staff and students on this accolade.

This news is encouraging because Nicolet’s score is continuing to rise year after year despite the fact that the Report Card has undergone modifications each year. The state report card also validates other metrics that show Nicolet is headed in the right direction, including the Class of 2017 ACT composite score of 23.0 (compared to the statewide composite of 20.5).

Over the last five years Nicolet implemented several curriculum enhancements to help all students reach their academic potential while also addressing the achievement gap. The recent metrics demonstrate the impact of these learning initiatives. A closer look at the Report Card shows a number of affirmative indicators, including:

The data shows positive trends in closing gaps in graduation rate, English Language Arts (ELA) and math for African American students, low socioeconomic students and students with disabilities. The math gap is almost completely closed (Nicolet 16.6 compared to the state at 16.7).

Nicolet outscored the state in overall student achievement, closing gaps and on track to post secondary readiness.

Nicolet has no deductions for absenteeism or dropout rate.

DPI has produced two versions of each Report Card: a quick one-pager labeled “School Report Card” and lengthier, detailed version labeled, “School Report Card Detail.” Both versions can be accessed online at https://dpi.wi.gov/accountability/report-cards along with resources that explain the Report cards.

Nicolet Announces Dean's List For 1st Quarter

Nicolet High School is proud to announce the Dean’s Lists for the 1st quarter of the 2017-2018 school year.  Click on the links to see students listed by grade level that have made the Dean’s Lists.

To qualify for this honor, students must earn all A’s or B’s for each quarter or semester separately.  Additionally, students are allowed to earn one C if they have an A to offset it.  Congratulations to all of our students that have earned this distinction. 

*If your student’s name is missing from the list it may mean that we did not have parental consent to publish your child’s information.  Please contact Amy.Lee@nicolet.us if you have a question regarding Dean's List. If you would like to give consent for publishing, a consent form will be emailed to you by request.

Adaptive Wellness Triathlon

Nine Nicolet Seniors Named 2018 National Merit Scholarship Programs Semifinalists

Red Carpet Tradition

2016-17 School Year

Nicolet Announces Dean's List for 4th Quarter & 2nd Semester

Nicolet High School is proud to announce the Dean’s Lists for 4th quarter of the 2016-2017 school year and 2nd semester of the 2016-2017 school year.  Click on the links to see students listed by grade level that have made the Dean’s Lists.

To qualify for this honor, students must earn all A’s or B’s for each quarter or semester separately.  Additionally, students are allowed to earn one C if they have an A to offset it.  Congratulations to all of our students that have earned this distinction. 

*If your student’s name is missing from the list it may mean that we did not have parental consent to publish your child’s information.  Please contact Amy.Lee@nicolet.us if you have a question regarding Dean's List. If you would like to give consent for publishing, a consent form will be emailed to you by request.

Nicolet French Students Dominate 2017 National French Contest

The French Department is pleased to announce the results of the National French Contest and the French Pronunciation Contest.

Winners of a gold medal on the National French Contest are Evelyn Deitrich and Benjamin Kramer.
Winners of a silver medal are Anna Gould, Kevin Norris, Louis Miller, Sam Kovnar, Rachel Blumenthal and Anna McDougall.
Winners of a bronze medal are Ryan Malone, Amanda Mlekoday, Rachel Riedijk and Caroline Schoenfeldt.

The following students won a gold medal at the state French Pronunciation Contest:
Extemporaneous: Annabelle Crowley, Megan Sullivan, Rachael Riedijk
Poetry: Anna Gould
Reader’s Theater: Anna Christenson, Kailee Rosen and Anna McDougall

Svetlana Lerner won a silver medal for extemporaneous prose.

Congratulations to these students on their achievements.

Nicolet Spanish Students Excel on 2017 National Exam

These students are recognized for having a score in the top ten across the state on the National Spanish Exam 2017. For a second time, we have the student(s) with the top score in Wisconsin in Spanish levels 2,3,4 and 5. Finally, beyond this list of students, 77% of those who took the exam at Nicolet were awarded honors, bronze, silver or gold recognition for their Spanish proficiency and achievement! ¡Felicitaciones!

Spanish 2 Place in Wisconsin
Miah Bohlen 1st
Eva Whitney 1st
Ryan Mortonson 3rd
Ella Hardin 3rd
Mia Lee 6th
Gabriel Guralnick 7th
Sadie Cross 7th
Nick Best 7th
Savir Maskara 8th

Spanish 3 Place
Angelina Jaglinski 1st
Jason Scheuer 1st
Anna Spektor 1st
Neville Nazareth 2nd
Nikhil Bhadkamkar 4th

Spanish 4 Place
Thomas Nguyen 1st
Callahan Lieungh 4th
Emily Hilger 4th
Miles Guralnick 6th
Julia Bohlen 7th
Lucas Houchin-Miller 9th
María Kravtsova 10th

Spanish 5 Place
Joseph Azbel 1st
Takahiro Ishikuri 3rd
Zachary Ellner 6th
Amir Rasuli 8th
Molly McBride 9th
Alexa Abrahamian 10th
Joel Kaswan *bilingual 7th*

Nicolet Relay for Life Raises over $16,000 for the American Cancer Society

Nicolet Music Students Receive Exemplary Soloist Award

Congratulations to the following students, who have received an Exemplary Soloist Award at the Wisconsin School Music Association State Festivals, held over the last two weekends at UW-Milwaukee and Cardinal Stritch University.

Annabelle Crowley, Violin Solo

Ben Kramer, Bb Clarinet Solo

Thomas Nguyen, Piano Solo

Neville Nazareth, Flute Solo

Nicolet German Students Honored

Nicolet Senior Awarded a Congress-Bundestag Scholarship to Germany

Senior Maria Graziano has been awarded a Congress-Bundestag Scholarship to Germany for the 2017-18 school year. CBYX scholars serve as youth ambassadors for the United States, sharing our culture with Germans and bringing a German Weltanschauung back to their home communities. She joins a team of Americans who believe that citizen diplomacy can make a difference, and can be a step towards achieving peace through understanding. Maria is the 11th German student to be selected for this program in the last fourteen years. NHS 2016 alum Robert McCracken is currently studying in Münster, Lower Saxony.

In August Maria will attend orientations in America and Germany before traveling on to her new school and family. While in Germany, Maria will enjoy cultural excursions to Munich, Berlin and select German cities. A highlight is the Berlin seminar, where students will meet with members of the German parliament.

Initiated in 1983, the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange program was created to strengthen ties between Germany and the United States. CBYX is jointly funded by the U.S. Congress and the German Bundestag, and is overseen in the U.S. by the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The value of the scholarship is placed $16,000.

Maria has been active in a wide variety of Nicolet activities. She serves as president of the Nicolet Gay-Straight Alliance and is co-president of Delta Epsilon Phi, the German Honor Society. is a six time medalist at the Wisconsin AATG German Pronunciation contest and the winner of the 2016 Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers" Lynne Bolton Award. She also took part in both the 2014 and 2016 GAPP Exchanges with the Gymnasium Leopoldinum. Maria is active in the Nicolet vocal music program and the Multicultural Club. In social studies, she participated in the state level of National History Day, and in English earned an honorable mention from the Scholastic Writing Awards for her poetry.

Outside of school, Maria has been very active in the First Stage Youth Theater Program, including the Organized Chaos Theater Improv group and the Young Company and has also completed three internships at the organization.

Nicolet National History Day Students Excel at State Competition

Nicolet Orchestra to Play at Carnegie Hall

Nicolet Announces Dean's List For 3rd Quarter

Nicolet High School is proud to announce the Dean’s Lists for the 3rd quarter of the 2016-2017 school year.  Click on the links to see students listed by grade level that have made the Dean’s Lists.

To qualify for this honor, students must earn all A’s or B’s for each quarter or semester separately.  Additionally, students are allowed to earn one C if they have an A to offset it.  Congratulations to all of our students that have earned this distinction. 

*If your student’s name is missing from the list it may mean that we did not have parental consent to publish your child’s information.  Please contact Amy.Lee@nicolet.us if you have a question regarding Dean's List. If you would like to give consent for publishing, a consent form will be emailed to you by request.

Nicolet Math Students Perform Admirably In Contest

In March, the Nicolet mathematics students concluded their participation in the Wisconsin Mathematics League's contest for 2016-2017.  For six months (once a month), the students took Mathematics test after school.  Nicolet has placed 7th in the state as a school (3rd in our conference).  Thomas Nguyen is our top point earner and has placed among the top 30 students in the state.

Nicolet German Students Had An Impressive Showing At The State Competition

Nicolet's "Ragtime" earns 21 Tommy Award nominations for the first time in school history

Nicolet UN Team Finds Success at the State Meet

6 Nicolet Students Inducted Into The German Honor Society

Forum organized by senior Sean Hanzel and League of Women Voters

Nicolet High School will be the site of a School Board Candidate Forum on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Nicolet High School, 6701 N. Jean Nicolet Rd.

The forum will feature the three candidates running for the two Nicolet School Board seats. Incumbent school board member Joseph Kasle as well as past Glendale-River Hills School Board President Theresa Seem and newcomer Leigh Wallace Tabak have been invited to the forum. Kasle is unable to attend.

The League of Women Voters will moderate the forum, which will be open to questions from the public, though the moderators have the final say in the inclusion.

Nicolet High School is among several village boards, common councils and school boards across the North Shore suburbs that will be seeing changes in membership after the Spring 2017 election on April 4. The forum was organized by Nicolet senior Sean Hanzel.

The Nicolet Area Schools Are Celebrating Youth Art Month

The Nicolet Area Schools are celebrating Youth Art Month by displaying an exhibit of student art across grade levels at each school. Youth Art Month Exhibits will be on display at the following area schools: Nicolet, Glen Hills, Stormonth, Bayside, Indian Hill and Maple Dale. Student work ?can be viewed during school hours or after school during times when the buildings are open for evening events.

Please visit and enjoy the beautiful art created by the skilled art students from our community.

For more information on Youth Art Month around Wisconsin, visit www.wiarted.org.

Nicolet State Science Fair Students Bring Home Awards

Nicolet Science and Engineering Fair Results

Nicolet High School held a Science and Engineering Fair on Saturday, February 25.

The brother team of Julian and Neville Nazareth received the "Best of the Fair" project award and will be moving on to the International Science and Engineering Fair from May 14 – 19 in Los Angeles, where they will compete against over 70 countries and thousands of students.

Several Nicolet students also received category and specialty awards. A number of students will also advance to the State Fair on Saturday, March 11. Congratulations to the student award winners.

The students whose projects were recognized are as follows:

Specialty Awards

Association for Women Geoscientists -  Smita Nayak
Intel - Julian and Neville Nazareth
Ricoh Americas Corporation - Olivia Haraway
Yale Science and Engineering Association - Ciara Jones
NASA Earth System Science Award - Anna Spektor-Bulatova
ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiative from Arizona State University - Bryce Krychowiak and Olivia Haraway
American Psychological Association - Sarah Fleming
Mu Alpha Theta - Julian and Neville Nazareth
The Stockholm Junior Water Prize - Anna Spektor-Bulatova, Olivia Haraway, and Smita Nayak
United States Air Force - Tehya Crego, Anna Gould, Maya Falkenstein, and Miah Bohlen
U.S. Metric Association - Ben Cook and Kamran Moos
Society For In Vitro Biology - Napsy Isahaku

Category Awards

Physical Science Category:

• Second place: Ben Cook and Kamran Moos for their work with “Compressive Strength of an Organic Waste Bioplastics”:
• First place: Julian and Neville Nazareth for their work on “Traffic Congestion Reduction Using Ant Colony Optimization”

Life Science I: Human Implications:

• Third place: Sarah Fleming for her project, “The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Ethics”
• Second place:  Napsy Isahaku for his work on “The Effect of Ethanol on the Central Nervous System of Danio Rerio.”
• Tied for first place: Ciara Jones for her project on “The Effects of Damaged Trigger Cells on the Action Potential of a Venus Flytrap” AND Anna Gould for her project “The Effect of Different Fertilizers and Growth Conditions on the Growth Rate of Duckweed.”

Life Science II: Environmental:

• Second place: Anna Spektor-Bulatova with her project, “The Effect of Different Concentrations of Metformin on the Regeneration of Planaria.”
• Tied for first place: Smita Nayak for her work on “The Analysis of Variance in Clinical Antibiotic Cross Resistance Rates Among MKE River Sediment Bacteria” and Olivia Haraway for the her work with “Different Aquatic Plants and Lead Removal from Water.”

Moving on to State on Saturday, March 11

• Ben Cook and Kamran Moos
• Tehya Crego
• Julian and Neville Nazareth
• Sarah Fleming
• Smita Nayak
• Bryce Krychowiak
• Maya Falkenstein
• Anna Gould
• Anna Spektor-Bulatova
• Olivia Haraway
• Ciara Jones
• Napsy Isahaku
• Miah Bohlen

Ananda Deacon participates in USSYP at the U.S. Capitol

Nicolet History Day Students Advance To State Competition

On Saturday, March 4th fifteen Nicolet students participated in regional National History Day competition at UWM.  The Milwaukee regional is the largest, with well over 400 students participating.

Congratulations to the following students who will be representing Nicolet at the state NHD competition in Madison in April.  Alternates will attend if the winners are unable to do so.

Senior Paper

• Nevile Nazareth: Diane Fossey: A Tireless Protector of Mountain Gorillas

Senior Individual Exhibit:

• Sophie Packman: Kamarad and Vedem: Taking a Stand in Theresienstadt

Senior Individual Documentary

• Evelyn Pisch: Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood & the Birth Control Movement of the Early 1900's
• Alternate: Miah Bohlen: John F. Kennedy: Taking a Stand to Go to the Moon
• Alternate: Taylor Robinson: Lynched! - James Cameron's Story

Senior Group Documentary

• Casey O'Hare and Grace Blunck: Barbara Johns: Taking A Stand Against Racial Segregation
• Eva Whitney and Mia Lee: Frances Kelsey: Taking a Stand for Drug Safety
• Alternate: Jonah Kartman and Kyle Krychowiak: Castor's Revolution

Senior Individual Website

• Sadie Cross: Dickey Chapelle: Taking a Stand Through Dedication and Excellent

Special thanks to 

• Mark Schill for agreeing to judge and reviewing 7 junior websites the evening before the competition
• Kasey Ehrke for monitoring students, working the registration table, and trouble-shooting tech problems in the Lubar building at UWM (UWM may want to consider hiring her!)
• Deb Krause for working with students on their project all the way through Friday and for bringing We Video to Nicolet!

Nicolet Robotics Team Earns Jack Kamen Imagery Award

Five Nicolet Students Named National Merit Finalists

Nicolet Counselor Receives Excellence in College Counseling Award

Congratulations to Nicolet counselor Jeffrey Artero for receiving the “Excellence in College Counseling Award” from Nova Southeastern University for his commitment to our Nicolet students. Artero was recommended by Nicolet alumnus Theodore Uy (’16) and current Nova Southeastern University student.

Nicolet German Students Qualify 19 Students For The State Competition

On Saturday, February 25th Nicolet German students competed in the WI-AATG Regional Pronunciation contest.  This event required students to present poems and make  two minute extemporaneous presentations.  Nicolet had a very impressive showing, qualifying 19 students for the state competition, to be held on April 1st at Marquette University.   Please congratulate the following students:

Level 4/5:   Poem:   Meleken an der Elbe bei Brokdorf   (Wolf Biermann)
Audrey Boos, Francisco Cid Rodriguez, Jenny Davis, Kendra Dittmar, Maria Graziano, Emily Janicik, Caroline Marowski, Yoana Petrinska
(Congrats to Maria and Emily for their sixth state qualification!)

Level 3:    Gefunden   (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Rachel Blumenthal, Hal DeLong, Anja DuPlessis, Ed Sherman, Melissa Stevens

Level 2:    Mein kleiner weißer Hund und ich   (Silja Walter)
Yan Qi Li,  Nick Holmes, Siggy Kakulis, Leighton Kennedy, Olivia Llanas

Level 1:   Im Regen   (Jörg Steiner)
Christian Marowski

Nicolet's Production of Ragtime Featured on WISN

Nicolet High School English Students Receive Scholastic Writing Awards

Please join the English department in congratulating the following students for their recognition in the 2017 Scholastic Writing Awards.  We had an incredible turnout for the competition this year, and we are excited that so many of our talented students have earned this regional recognition for their writing.

Gold Key Winners: (Their work is now considered for national recognition!)
Emily Chester: Short Story, "The Horrible Flight"
Andrew Eidenberger: Personal Essay/Memoir, "Football: The Greatest Teacher"
Zachary Ellner: Short Story, "The Ocean"
Sophia Fangman: Poetry, "Gold and Silver" (Also American Voices Nominee)\
Miles Guralnick: Critical Essay, “Interpreting the Bias of the UNESC….”
Ryan Hagan: Poetry, “A Lone Soldier”
Emily Hilger: Flash Fiction, “The Places We Go”
Joel Kaswan: Personal Essay/Memoir, “Authenticity” (Also American Voices Nominee)
Maggie Navarre: Personal Essay/Memoir, “If you choose bad companions, no…”
Jacob Newman: Dramatic Script, “Hands of Creation”
Thomas Nguyen: Personal Essay/Memoir, “Fifth Grade: A Colonist’s Education”
Jonah Packman: Flash Fiction, “Five Hundred Words” (Also American Voices Nominee)
Harry Rosmann: Personal Essay/Memoir, “The Crossing”
Alexandra Soyke: Personal Essay/Memoir, “Always the New Girl”
Kristina Webb: Poetry, “Twenty-Two” (Also American Voices Nominee)
Kristina Webb: Poetry, “Mama Cuts My Hair” (Also American Voices Nominee)
Delaney Weiss: Personal Essay/Memoir, “Literary Whiplash”

Silver Key Winners:
Emily Chester: Short Story, "Hope is the Thing With Feathers"
Anna Christenson: Personal Essay/Memoir, "A Bridge"
Ariel Cohn: Poetry, "Masked"
Michael Dunst: Personal Essay/Memoir, "Music and Me"
Sophie Gilbert: Personal Essay/Memoir, “Cow-Town, U.S.A.”
Michael Goldstein: Humor, “Another Episode”
Ryan Hagan: Short Story, “An Odyssey Into The Conflicted Mind”
Benjamin Koziol: Poetry, “America”
George Lawton: Personal Essay/Memoir, “My Youth in the Driveway”
George Lawton: Science Fiction/Fantasy, “Clockwork”
Yanqi Li: Poetry, “Sweetening the Tea”
Rachel Miller: Personal Essay/Memoir, “Beautiful Journey”
Thomas Nguyen: Poetry, “The Twenty Dollar Bill: Tubman vs….”
Thomas Nguyen: Flash Fiction, “Scribble Scribble Scribble with a Hi…”
Thomas Nguyen: Humor, “Letter to Sleep”
Lia Oren: Personal Essay/Memoir, “Lacrosse”
Jonah Packman: Personal Essay/Memoir, “The King of Capitol Hill”
Jonah Packman: Poetry, “Skin in the Game”
Anai Parker: Poetry, “Pardon the Garden”
Anai Parker: Poetry, “The Power of the Rare Flower”
Myles Porter: Personal Essay/Memoir, “Road America”
Cheyanne Roszina: Dramatic Script, “Next To Wild”
Abeje Schnake: Poetry, “October Anthology”
Kristina Webb: Poetry, “Daddy Never Taught Me How To Dance”
Delaney Weiss: Critical Essay, “Freedom vs. Safety”
Eli Winter: Poetry, “My Introspection”
Caitlin Wood: Personal Essay/Memoir, “Hudson River Ride”

Honorable Mention:
Yoni Altman-Shafer: Personal Essay/Memoir, "The Tale of Two Thousand Years"
Eleanor Bird: Science Fiction/Fantasy, "The Wych Elm"
Kaeson Back: Humor, "Nerdgasm - Defining the Word "Ne...
Augusta Byrne: Humor, "Freshman Optimism vs. Senior Pessimism"
Michael Dunst: Flash Fiction, "Jack Kennedy the Warlord"
Zachary Ellner: Personal Essay/Memoir, "Shabbat"
Zachary Ellner: Personal Essay/Memoir, "Mail"Zachary Ellner: Flash Fiction, "River of Euphoria"
Sophia Fangman: Personal Essay/Memoir, "Eyes with Scales and Fish with Las..."
Sarah Fleming: Personal Essay/Memoir, "An Open Letter to Donald Trump"
Olivia Forshee: Flash Fiction, "Running Away"
Ben Friedman: Poetry, "American Imperfections"
Gregory Frijia: Critical Essay, "Melancholy"
Ryan Hagan: Personal Essay/Memoir, "Ryene: The Insane Artist"
Lucas Houchin-Miller: Poetry, "Lightning and Rain"
Lucas Houchin-Miller: Flash Fiction, "G.H.O.S.T"
Kayla Howze: Poetry, “Dear Us,”
Kayla Howze: Poetry, “Stop Sign”
Jacob Izard: Humor, “Trump-O-Matic 5000”
Ciara Jones: Humor, “A Day in the Life”
Michael Kaplan: Short Story, “Lost Island”
Morgan Kramer: Personal Essay/Memoir, “What Friendships Mean to Me”
Callahan Lieungh: Personal Essay/Memoir, “Little Bear”
Morgan Markenson: Personal Essay/Memoir, “The Place I Love Most”
Ryan Morton: Flash Fiction, “Twilight Zone”
David Perry: Flash Fiction, “Why Kangaroos Hop Instead of Wa…”
Kailee Rosen: Flash Fiction, “The Encounter”
Sunil Sabnis: Personal Essay/Memoir, “The Boy and the Ocean”
Maya Schnake: Flash Fiction, “Goosebumps”
Hannah Stoffield: Poetry, “My Thoughts and Other Blackholes”
Ellie Strelow: Poetry, “Rudolph Ripped Me Off”
Kristina Webb: Poetry, “Peaches”
Victoria Weidner: Poetry, “Candles”
Brynn Weiss: Personal Essay/Memoir, “Sketchbook”
David Zetley: Humor, “A Pencil’s Luck

American Visions & Voices Nominees: (Now considered for national recognition!)
Sophia Fangman: Poetry, "Gold and Silver"
Joel Kaswan: Personal Essay/Memoir, “Authenticity”
Jonah Packman: Flash Fiction, “Five Hundred Words”
Kristina Webb: Poetry, “Twenty-Two”
Kristina Webb: Poetry, “Mama Cuts My Hair”

In addition to this wonderful honor, students can apply for programs and scholarships at the local, regional, and national level. 

Explanation of Regional Awards:

Gold Key: The very best works submitted to local programs are awarded Gold Keys. Gold Keys are automatically considered for national-level recognition

Silver Key: Stand-out works submitted to local programs that demonstrate exceptional ability are awarded Silver Keys.

Honorable Mention: Accomplished works submitted to local programs showing great skill and/or potential earn Honorable Mention Awards.

American Visions & Voices Nominees: Five works, from across all categories and grades, are selected from those earning Gold Keys as the “Best of Show” for each local program.

Nicolet High School Art Students Receive 38 Scholastic Art Exhibition Awards

The Nicolet High School Art Department entered 178 entries into the Scholastic Art Exhibition and has received 38 awards (27 Honorable Mention, 8 Silver Key and 3 Gold Key).

Gold Key works will be forwarded to National adjudication and with national results in mid-March.

There is a great deal of prestige associated with receiving any kind of recognition in this competition. Receiving an award in the Scholastic Competition is similar to earning a National Merit Scholar Award.

Individual art works receiving Gold and Silver Keys will be be on display in the exhibit held at the Milwaukee Art Museum from February 4 - March 19, 2017.  Students will be attending the awards ceremony this Saturday, February 11 at the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Congratulations to the student winners and the art department faculty.

The students whose work were recognized are as follows:

ART PORTFOLIOS
Entrants:
Amanda Gullickson
Kylie Early
Tayla Hart
Hlee Xiong

Honorable Mention
Amanda Gullickson (12 HM Art Portfolio Internal Transmission)
Tayla Hart (12 HM Art Portfolio Technical Evolution)

INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES
Entrants:
Marissa Baker
Ashlyn Buchman x 2
Ananda Deacon x 2
Dylan Dineen x 2
Jaida Drame x 3
Anja du Plessis
Kylie Early x 9 
Zach Ellner x 3
Sam Fedderly
Greg Frijia x 6
Amanda Gullickson x 3
Katerina Gurneau x 2
Ryan Hagen x 2
Genevieve Harper
Kaelyn Hart
Tayla Hart x 7
Emilie Haworth x 2
Madeline Holton x 2
Maria Kravtsova
Emma Laskowksi x 3
Yanqi Li 
RaeVaughn Lord-Huertas x 8 
Tate Mattingly x 4
Avery Mitchell 
Ryan Mitchell
Kailee Rosen x 4
Maria Sanfilippo 
Marli Stelhorn
Madison Wolff
Hlee Xiong x 2
David Zetley x 5

Honorable Mention
Marissa Baker (12 HM Sculpture Cu 29)
Ananda Deacon (12 HM Drawing Coming Apart at the Seams)
Jaida Drame (12 HM Ceramics & Glass Boundaries)
Kylie Early (12 HM Photography Two Faced)
Hailey Ellis (10 HM Photography Hybrid)
Hailey Ellis (10 HM Photography Melting)
Samuel Fedderly (11 HM Painting Piano Grams)
Gabriella Flores (9 HM Drawing Commons Intersection)
Ben Friedman (12 HM Film & Animation Flickering Dimensions - Saunders)
Miles George (11 HM Photography Forsaken)
Miles George (11HM Photography The Immigrant)
Sophie Gilbert (11 HM Photography Divided)
Genevieve Harper (12 HM Painting Retrograde)
Madeline Holton (12 HM Painting Roots and Branches)
Yanqi Li (10 HM Drawing Illusions)
Raevaughn Lord-Huertas (10 HM Photography Bus Ride)
Raevaughn Lord-Huertas (10 HM Photography Oasis)
Kallia Kaiser (10 HM Painting Kira)
Cailin Mahoney (11 HM Sculpture Unfolding)
Michael McLaughlin (11 HM Photography Natural Lumination)
Michael McLaughlin (11 HM Photography Shielding)
Ryan Mitchell (10 HM Painting Alone in Space)
Maria Sanfilippo (12 HM Painting Frozen Roses)
Madison Wolff (10 HM Painting Ryan)
Hlee Xiong (12 HM Sculpture Tower)

Silver Key
Jaida Drame (12 SK Sculpture Mackenzie)
Kylie Early (12 SK Photography Mirror Me)
Miles George (11 SK Photography Tonal)
Emilie Haworth (10 SK Painting Distant Lover)
Gabriella Morice (11SK Photography Curvature)
Kailee Rosen (11 SK Photography Veins in the Ice)
Daniela Steinberg (9 SK Painting Za'layia)
Eva Whitney (9 SK Drawing Complementary Beans)

Gold Key
Kylie Early (12 GK Photography Cave Into Me)
Maria Kravtsova (12 GK Painting Backyard Stroll)
David Zetley (11 GK Ceramics & Glass Bubble Backfire)

Nicolet Announces Dean's List for 2nd Quarter and 1st Semester

Nicolet High School is proud to announce the Dean’s Lists for 2nd quarter of the 2016-2017 school year and 1st semester of the 2016-2017 school year.  Click on the links to see students listed by grade level that have made the Dean’s Lists.

To qualify for this honor, students must earn all A’s or B’s for each quarter or semester separately.  Additionally, students are allowed to earn one C if they have an A to offset it.  Congratulations to all of our students that have earned this distinction. 

*If your student’s name is missing from the list it may mean that we did not have parental consent to publish your child’s information.  Please contact Amy.Lee@nicolet.us if you have a question regarding Dean's List. If you would like to give consent for publishing, a consent form will be emailed to you by request.

Ananda Deacon selected to prestigious U.S. Senate Youth Program

National Business Honor Society Helps Donate New Toys and Stuffed Animals

Nicolet Alumni Visit With English 10 Students

From left: Barry Shafrin, Lani Denni, Cullen Billhartz, Mrs. Walny, Adriana Torres, Emily Poklar, Maria Brondino

Nicolet Announces Dean's List for 1st Quarter

Nicolet High School is proud to announce the Dean’s Lists for 1st quarter of the 2016-2017 school year.  Click on the link to see students listed by grade level that have made the Dean’s Lists.

To qualify for this honor, students must earn all A’s or B’s for each quarter or semester separately.  Additionally, students are allowed to earn one C if they have an A to offset it.  Congratulations to all of our students that have earned this distinction. 

*If your student’s name is missing from the list it may mean that we did not have parental consent to publish your child’s information.  Please contact Amy.Lee@nicolet.us if you have a question regarding Dean's List. If you would like to give consent for publishing, a consent form will be emailed to you by request.

Nicolet Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive

Nicolet Spanish Club Students Participate In "Ofrenda" Contest

Nicolet Students Receive ACLU's Youth Civil Libertarians of the Year Award

Nicolet English Teacher Named 2016 Global Innovator

Congratulations to Nicolet English teacher, Lisa Wathen, who was named a 2016 Global Innovator by Turnitin.com!  

Each year, Turnitin recognizes outstanding practitioners worldwide who "demonstrate commitment to improving student writing, enhance student learning, promote academic integrity, and champion the use of Turnitin products at their institution."

For years, Lisa has used the online program with students as a tool for peer review, descriptive feedback, and tailored classroom rubrics.  She's led staff development on how to bring these tools into our own classroom, and keeps an open door policy for troubleshooting and idea sharing about ways to further improve student learning.

Students Walked The Red Carpet To Kick Off The 2016-17 School Year

BROADCAST COVERAGE

CBS

TMJ4

FOX6

SOCIAL MEDIA

2015-16 School Year

Nicolet Announces Dean's List for 4th Quarter and 2nd Semester

Nicolet High School is proud to announce the Dean’s Lists for 4th Quarter of the 2015-2016 school year and 2nd Semester of the 2015-2016 school year.  Click on the links to see students listed by grade level that have made the Dean’s Lists.

To qualify for this honor, students must earn all A’s or B’s for each quarter or semester separately.  Additionally, students are allowed to earn one C if they have an A to offset it.  Congratulations to all of our students that have earned this distinction. 

*If your student’s name is missing from the list it may mean that we did not have parental consent to publish your child’s information.  Please contact Amy.Lee@nicolet.us if you have a question regarding Dean's List. If you would like to give consent for publishing, a consent form will be emailed to you by request.

4 Nicolet Student Named National Financial Literacy Scholars

The following Nicolet students scored 95% or higher on w!se's 2015-16 National Financial Literacy Certification Test.  To honor these student Scholars, the National Financial Literacy organization will be hosting an annual Scholars' Reception on June 10th from 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm at the Museum of American Finance in New York City. 

Nishant Sabnis (Perfect Score!)
Jaskarn Mann
Yogev Ben-Yitschak
Kent Tianan

Nicolet Student Inducted Into National Honor Society

Nicolet Student Ranked As Top French Student In State

Freshman Ben Kramer was THE top ranked student in French III in the state of Wisconsin according to National French Contest. As a result, he is the recipient of the Lillian Trottier award which is a gift of $25 from the American Association of Teachers of French. This is evidence of the time and effort Ben puts forth in his study of the French language. Bravo Ben!! Magnifique!

Nicolet Students Earn Their Financial Literacy Certification

Nicolet Spanish Students Excel on National Exam

It was a banner year for Spanish students on the National Spanish Exam! 100 students or 55% of those who took the exam at Nicolet placed in the state of Wisconsin for their level. We had first place scores in levels 2-5. Click here for the list of students.

Nicolet Student Explores Naturalist Ancestor

http://www.glendalenow.com/news/nicolet-student-explores-naturalist-ancestor-b99720552z1-379959631.html

Nicolet Hires New Varsity Basketball Coach

On May 12, The Nicolet High School District announced that Al Hanson has been hired as the head boys basketball coach at Nicolet High School. Hanson will begin his duties as head boys basketball coach effective immediately in preparation for the 2016-17 season.

“We have a strong leader committed to strengthening the Nicolet boys basketball program,” said Krychowiak. “We believe Coach Hanson’s dedication to the program and past experience will really help the team grow. These students deserve the best leadership we can give them.”

Hanson coached at Playground Elite and Dominican High School, where he served as the assistant boys basketball coach to future Division I players Duane Wilson and Diamond Stone. In addition to coaching, Hanson served as University of Wisconsin Milwaukee’s Men’s Basketball Director of Basketball Operations, as well as the Video Coordinator and Director of Player Development. He also teaches as a professor of Sport and Recreation.

Prior to his coaching career, Hanson played basketball with Wauwatosa East High School and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he helped lead the team to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 2005. He showed an early interest in sports leadership as captain of both teams.

Hanson’s former teammates and coaches have nothing but good things to say about him.

“Al is a high school legend from Tosa East. He was a terrific player and coach at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and he will enhance and add to the incredible diversity at Nicolet High School. He has unbelievable character, and I think he will be a great, great high school coach,” said Bruce Pearl, Head Basketball Coach at Auburn University and Hanson’s coach when he played for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

"Al is sharp, smart with a great personality and work ethic. He is a coaching star in the making," added Rob Jeter, former Head Coach at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Hanson graduated from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee with a degree in economics. He then went on to receive his Master’s Degree in Sports Management from Cardinal Stritch University.

The 2016 season officially starts November 14, and Hanson will participate in many school activities between now and next fall in anticipation of the new season. 

Learn more about Coach Hanson:

NOW (May 12)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (May 12: Sports Blog) 

Nicolet French Students Bring Home 5 Gold Medals In State Contest

Nicolet French students brought home 5 gold medals and one silver medal at the State French pronunciation contest at Arrowhead High School on Saturday. Libby Noll won gold for level II Music Performance, Elissa Olson and Emma Laskowski each took gold for level two poetry recitation, Megan Sullivan won gold for level II extemporaneous prose, Emily Blumenthal won gold for level V extemporaneous prose, and Anna Christenson took silver for level III extemporaneous prose. Congrats to all on their hard work and preparation for the contest!

Nicolet French Students Dominate National French Contest

The French department is so very proud to announce that Nicolet French students once again dominated in National French Contest this year. Students who ranked in the top 10 in State in their level are Louis Miller, Megan Sullivan, Avery MItchell, Rachael Riedijk, Anna McDougall, Caroline Schoenfeldt, George Lawton, Ben Kramer, Sidney Capati, Eric Walsh, Asante Lanier, Sita Agterberg, Emily Blumenthal, Sona Perlin, and Sarah Schoenfeldt. Anna McDougall, Ben Kramer, and Louis Miller were all ranked in the top ten nationally. Congratulations to all!

Nicolet Student To Compete In The International Science and Engineering Fair

Nicolet German Students Take 3rd Place in State Competition

Nicolet German students earned a respectable 3rd place at the 2016 UW-Madison German Day Competition on April 21st.   Featuring high schools from around the state competing in spelling, poetry, skit and singing, Nicolet outpointed its rivals from the Milwaukee and the North Shore, but was edged out by Mukwonago and Neenah St. Mary's for the top spot. 

Congratulations the following competition participants:

Event One: Poetry Advanced - Maria Graziano: Die Lorelei, Kendra Dittmar: Mondnacht

Event Two: Poetry II - Caroline Marowski: Gefunden

Event Three: Spelling Advanced -  Audrey Boos, Francisco Cid Rodriguez, Jenny Davis

Event Four: Spelling II - Helena DeLong, Rachel Blumenthal

Event Five: Skit - Deutsch - Sprache der Zukunft - Nick Bronek, Aleyah Coleman, Maria Graziano, Dana Hamilton, Emily Janicik, Tom Driscoll, Zack Hampel, Devin Harrison, Stephen Johnson, Robert McCracken, Brandon Poll, Teddy  Uy, Yoana Petrinska, Alayna Mayer

Event Six:  Vocal - Und wenn ein Lied -  Superior Murphy, Stephen Johnson

Nicolet Students Wins Essay Contest

Congratulations to Julian Lowe (11th grade) for winning the Holocaust essay contest in division II (10th-12th grades).

The topic this year was: "How has learning about the Holocaust influenced the way you act, the way you look at the world and/or the way you treat others?"

22 Schools in Wisconsin participated in this contest and 170 essays were submitted. Two winners were chosen in each division.

Julian received his award yesterday in the Holocaust Commemoration event (Yom Hashoah) held at the Jewish Community Center (JCC). It was a beautiful, meaningful ceremony. Other Nicolet students participated in different parts of the program as well.

In addition to a certificate presented to him at the ceremony, Julian won a fully-paid trip to the U.S Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. He also received a copy of a book written by the keynote speaker of the event, Samuel Harris.

In Julian’s honor, Nicolet’s library received the book "The Holocaust Chronicle" -  A history in words and pictures.

Nicolet Announces Dean's List For 3rd Quarter

Nicolet High School is proud to announce the Dean’s List for the 3rd quarter of the 2015-2016 school year.  Follow this link to see students listed by grade level that have made the Dean’s List: //www.nicolet.us/news_events/deans_list/15_16/quarter_three.pdf

To qualify for this honor, students must earn all A’s or B’s for each quarter or semester separately.  Additionally, students are allowed to earn one C if they have an A to offset it.  Congratulations to all of our students that have earned this distinction. 

*If your student’s name is missing from the list it may mean that we did not have parental consent to publish your child’s information.  Please contact  Amy.Lee@nicolet.us to check on this for you. If you would like to give consent for publishing, a consent form will be emailed to you by request.

8 Nicolet French Students Advance To State Pronunciation Competition

On Saturday, April 23 eight Nicolet French students participated in the Regional French Pronunciation Contest at Brookfield Academy. Six students will be advancing to the state competition which will take place on May 14th at Arrowhead High School in their respective levels and categories. Congratulations to the following students:

Emily Blumenthal, level 5 extemporaneous prose

Anna Christenson, level 3 extemporaneous prose

Megan Sullivan, level 2 extemporaneous prose

Emma Laskowski, level 2 poetry

Elissa Olson, level 2 poetry

Libby Noll, level 2 music performance

Nicolet Orchestra Wins Gold Rating at International Music Festival

Congratulations to the members of the Nicolet High School Orchestra, who return triumphant from the Heritage World Strides International Music Festival at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida bearing two prizes - a Gold Rating (the highest the festival offers), and designation of "Best Orchestra" at the festival!   Due to the performance at this workshop, Nicolet Orchestra have been invited to appear at one of their Festivals of Gold (in either Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Washington D.C.) or their festival at Carnegie Hall. The months of hard work have paid off!

Nicolet Student Wins 2016 Congressional Art Award

Nicolet National History Day Students Find Success at State Competition

On Saturday ten students represented Nicolet at the state level competition for National History Day (NHD) on a beautiful day in Madison.  Over 10,000 students participated in NHD in Wisconsin this year, and only two students in each category are chosen to represent Wisconsin in Washington, DC for the national competition.

The following students achieved outstanding results:

Zachary Newman winner of the Robert and Carroll Heideman Award for Archival Research for his website "Saving One Third of a Nation: How Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal Established Government Responsibility to Provide a Social Safety Net"

Blair Wales winner of the Civil Rights History Award for her performance "Southern Jews and Civil Rights"

Megan Gendelman, second alternative to nationals for her performance "Ada James: Wisconsin's Journey to the 19th Amendment"

Olivia Weslow, second alternative to nationals for her exhibit "Axis Prisoners of War: Saved the United States from Labor Shortages"

Representing Nicolet and Wisconsin at the NHD competition in Washington, D.C.: Adelie Content for her documentary "John Burroughs: America's Forgotten Naturalist"

Nicolet Fed Challenge Team Captures Midwest Regional

Nicolet Students Win Wisconsin Economic Challenge

Nicolet Math Students Perform Admirably In Contest

Each year Nicolet participates in the Wisconsin Mathematics League (WIML).  A math contest test is taken once a month for six months after school.  Only the top five scores count towards the schools total.  The Nicolet math students performed admirably once again.  As a school, Nicolet placed 2nd in conference and 8th in the state.  Takahiro Ishikuri was highlighted in the WIML report as being one of the top point earners in the state.  Below is a list of the top 15 students at Nicolet:

Takahiro Ishikuri
August Eurich
Thomas Nguyen
Michael Goldstein
Anna Christenson
Christopher Hellman
Lucas Houchin-Miller
Anna McDougall
Jonah Packman
Raman Kashpar
Martin Muenster
Nishant Sabnis
Yonatan S. Altman-Shafer
Zachary Asmann

Nicolet Art Students Receive Awards for the State Fair Art Exhibition

The Art Department would like to announce the student's who have received awards for the State Fair Art Exhibition:

In the Junior division:
Emilie Haworth received a 2nd place for, "Reflections of Fall," a pastel drawing

In the Senior division:
Lieschen duPLessis received a 1st Place for, "I can't look now," an acrylic painting.
Jennifer Froh received a 2nd place for, "Homage to Joan of Arc," a chainmaille inspired dress with accessories.
Ciara Jones received a 2nd place for, "Caught" a photograph.
Max Kinstler received a 2nd place for, "REPLACE [x,y,z]" a digital art piece.
Katie Novak received a 2nd place for, "Calla Lily" a sculptural ceramic piece.
Henry Carruth received a 3rd place for, "The Trail Continues" a photograph.
Maddy Holton received a 3rd place for, "Figure Study," an stylized acrylic figure painting.
Sam Scribner received a 3rd place for, "Tin Roof," a photograph.

In the Special Needs category:
Talia Trevino received a 2nd place for, "Alexander" an acrylic painting.

The students' work will be on display in the front lobby in the Fall.

Nicolet Students Triumph at Solo & Ensemble Festival

Congratulations to all of the Nicolet Musicians that performed at the North Shore District Solo & Ensemble festival last Saturday, March 19th.

The following 93 students qualified for the Wisconsin School Music Association State Festival later this spring:

Katie Cianciola
Ben Kramer
Yonatan Zehavi
Callahan Lieungh
Noah Hallerman
Patrick Smith
Ariel Cohn
Nick Best
Oliver Lefebvre
Billy Manger
Nathan Karl
Aduarius Stutts
Kayla Howze
Saul Dinauer
Craig Freigang
Sona Perlin
Gabe Rosenthal
Josh Trimble
Michael Dunst
David Cranberg
Nathan Karl
Donovan Carter
Daylen Fisher
Miles Guralnick
Jackson Folstein
Adrian Carter
JaRon Williams
Evan Johnson
Chad Hunt
Ben Keene
Max Selbach
Benny Koziol
Elissa Olson
Troy Wagner
Ben Chester
Nathan Inyang
Dan Manger
Alex Weida
James Hightower
Emily Blumenthal
Mikayla Penn
Bella Hutson
Cheyanne Roszina
Christopher Flick
Madeline Folstein
Madilyn Reick
Lauryn Wagner
Neville Nazareth
Aaron Broadnax
Colin Delvecchio
Robert-Claud Diedrich
Anja du Plessis
Lieschen du Plessis
Cassidy Eiers
Daria Gill
Jenna Koshakow
Kayla Melkonian
Connor Weida
Joseph Azbel
Brandon Kennedy
Ben Babisch
Amani Reid
Jake Tarnowski
Jubilee Hou
Anna McDougall
Tehya Crego
Lucas Houchin-Miller
Kieran Agterberg
Liam McLean
Louis Miller
Thomas Nguyen
Emma Juettner
Eleanor Bird
Sam Kovnar
Ava Stallmann
Annabelle Crowley
Smita Nayak
Aleyah Coleman
Zhi Zhang
Jennifer Davis
Audrey Whitnah
Kyra Orvis
Maria Sanfilippo
Ellie Strelow
Ben Cook
Don Vu
Grace Greene
Mitchell Reed
Cathleen Greene

Nicolet Students Successful at the State Science Fair

Nicolet Orchestra Students Succeed at Solo & Ensemble Festival

All of the orchestra students that participated in Saturday's Wisconsin School Music Association District Solo & Ensemble Festival scored a "1" - the highest level!

In addition, the following students scored high enough to proceed to the State Solo & Ensemble Festival, to be held at Cardinal Stritch in May:

The Nicolet Chamber Orchestra
Liam McLean
Tehya Crego
Kieran Agterberg
Anna McDougall
Neville Nazareth
Thomas Nguyen
Louis Miller
Lucas Houchin-Miller
Jubilee Hou

German Pronunciation Contest Results

On Saturday March 19th Nicolet students competed at the State German Pronunciation Contest.  Held at Marquette University, students competed against their rivals from Rufus King, Milwaukee School of Languages, Greenfield and Tosa West and took home over one quarter of all medals awarded.   Please congratulate the following students:

Level 4/5       
1st Place: Yoana Petrinska
2nd Place: Maria Graziano

Level 3         
1st Place: Alejandro Damonte-Vegas and Cassie Eiers
2nd Place: Jenny Davis

Level 2            
1st Place: Helena Delong, Caroline Marowski and Melissa Stevens

Level 1           
1st Place: Ed Sherman                      
2nd Place: YanQi Li
3rd Place: Ryan Dziengel

Special congratulations to Caroline for earning a perfect score for the second straight year!

Nicolet Model UN Team Brings Home Awards at Conference

Dr. Phyllis Santacroce Selected as a Behring Teacher Ambassador for National History Day

Nicolet history teacher Dr. Phyllis Santacroce was among 23 teachers selected to be a Behring Teacher Ambassador for National History Day® during the 2016-2017 school year.

To be selected, recipients must show outstanding creativity, commitment and inspiration in developing students’ interest in history education. Candidates must be excellent classroom teachers who are past winners of the Behring Teacher Award in their state or affiliate program. Santacroce was awarded the Wisconsin Behring Teacher Award for classroom excellence in National History Day’s Senior division in 2011.

The 2016–2017 National History Day theme is Taking a Stand in History. Throughout the school year, Behring Teacher Ambassadors work with students and teachers around the country to help them better understand the theme and to expand National History Day programs in their regions. Behring Teacher Ambassadors attend a training workshop in July and collaborate with their program’s affiliate coordinator to develop an annual strategy to help students discover the power of history.

“National History Day believes educators are the best resource a student has, and Dr. Santacroce exemplifies what it means to be an excellent educator,” said National History Day Executive Director Dr. Cathy Gorn. “All of these teachers are a credit to their discipline and a driving force behind the success of their students and our programs.”

Nicolet Student Artwork to be on Display in Milwaukee's Third Ward

Come join the Nicolet High School AP Studio Art students for Milwaukee Gallery Night and Day, April 15 and 16! Through vivid paintings, stunning photography, and finely crafted sculpture, Nicolet High School artists defy what it typically means to be an adolescent artist.

The students will be exhibiting in two locations in Milwaukee’s Third Ward: 249 N. Water St., Milwaukee, WI 53202 (1st Floor of Water Buffalo) and 231 E. Buffalo St., Milwaukee, WI 53202 (Lobby Floor of Tom Queoff’s Sculpture Studio). The event runs from 5:30-9 p.m. on Friday, April 15, and noon- 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 16.

Artwork will be available for purchase upon request, with a portion of the funds going to our sponsor of this showcase, the Nicolet High School Foundation. Please come support the extremely talented, young artists as they make their presence known in the Milwaukee art community!

Three Nicolet Students Receive Silver Medals in the 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Nicolet students Jack Berroug, Emma Bird and Lieschen du Plessis received Silver Medals for their submissions in the 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. These students have been identified by panels of creative professionals as the most talented young artists and writers in the nation. This year, nearly 320,000 works of art and writing were submitted. Only the top 1% were recognized at the national level.

Emma received a medal for her work “Gypsy” in the Film & Animation category. Jack and Lieschen both received medals for Art Portifolios, entitled “Interconnected” and “Water.” Jack and Lieschen were two of only three Silver Medal Portfolio Winners in the state, and Wisconsin had no Gold Medal Portfolio Winners. 

Robert McCracken Congress-Bundestag Scholarship Winner

Nicolet Senior Robert McCracken has been selected for the Congress-Bundestag Scholar program for the 2016-17 school year.    This program allows for a select group of American students to spend a year studying in Germany, living with host families and acting as unofficial ambassadors of our country. In July Robert will attend a three day orientation in Washington DC and then a three week immersion course in Germany before traveling on to his new school.  While in Germany, Robert will connect with German government officials and enjoy cultural excursions to the German Bundestag and select German cities.  Robert is the thirteenth Nicolet German student to be selected for this program since 2002.    Sandra Gurneau spent the 2014-2015 school year in Dortmund.   

Initiated in 1983, the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange program was created to strengthen ties between Germany and the United States through citizen diplomacy.  CBYX is jointly funded by the U.S. Congress and the German Bundestag, and in the U.S. is overseen by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.   The value of the scholarship is placed at over $10,000.

Robert has been very active at Nicolet the past four years.  He has been a member of the Pop Combo, Volleyball, Tennis and Swim Teams and Model UN.  In German, he is currently president of German Club, is a member of the German Honor Society, and participated in the 2014 GAPP Exchange Program.  Robert has qualified for the State German Pronunciation Contest three times and helped Nicolet to two UW-Madison German Day championships in the skit and poetry categories. 

Nicolet Students Advance To State In The Finance & Investment Challenge Bowl

Nicolet Students Triumph at the State Spanish Pronunciation Contest

On Saturday, March 5th, the Spanish department took 39 Nicolet Spanish students to the State Spanish Pronunciation Contest held in West Bend.  Students competed in 49 different events ranging from reciting a piece of poetry, reciting a written narration, performing a skit, presenting an extemporaneous narration and having an extemporaneous conversation.  

Nicolet faired quite well!  Of the 49 events, our students received 37 Gold ribbons, 11 Silver ribbons and 1 Bronze ribbon.  If you have any of these students in your classes, please congratulate them on a job well done!

Gregory Frijia

Thomas Nguyen

Michael Goldstein

Elizabeth Saggio

Liani Rodriguez

Benjamin Cohn

D’Angelo Picado

Callahan Lieungh

Chris Hellman

Holly Rossman

Autumn Stelzer

Sara Adams

Luz Macek

Anna Spektor-Bulatova

Nikhil Bhadkamkar

Emma Lloyd

Smita Nayak

Morgan Kramer

Molly McBride

Tamar Hallmann

Takahiri Ishikari

Joseph Azbel

Raman Kashpar

Armand Plantar

Alejandro Arisso

Deneesha Fears

Mariah Swisher

Anne Wirth

Valentina Bianchini

Ania Kotecki

Emma Juettner

Zachary Hampel

Hannah McBride

Jeremy Moser

Jack Berroug

Adam Mitchell

Stelle Kleynerman

Diana Palencia

14 Nicolet German Students Advance To State Pronunciation Contest

On Saturday February 20th Nicolet students competed in the Southeastern Wisconsin German Pronunciation Contest.  Held at Rufus King High School, the contest required students to recite a poem and make an extemporaneous presentation in German. Competing mainly against students with immersion German backgrounds, our students did well, with fourteen qualifying for the state competition.   Please congratulate the following students:

German One:   Ryan Dziengel, YanQi Li, Caspar Woehl-Sauvignon, Felix Woehl-Sauvignon.

German Two:   Helena DeLong, Caroline Marowski, Melissa Stevens

German Three:  Alejandro Damonte Vegas, Jennifer Davis, Cassidy Eiers

Advanced:   Maria Graziano, Emily Janicik, Robert McCracken, Yoana Petrinska

Special recognition goes out to Maria and Emily who have now qualified for the fifth straight year.

Nicolet FEAR Team Captures Awards

National History Day Nicolet Students Advance To State Competition

Nicolet Science and Engineering Fair Results

This past weekend students competed at our very own Nicolet Science and Engineering Fair. It was a great day for the high school students, the judges, and the three feeder middle school students that participated. 

A special thanks to Eliot Scheuer, Mike Schroeder, and Sarah Richter for the tremendous amount of help they provided running the middle and high school fair. We also had a number of AP science students judge the middle school fair which was awesome as well.

Our 2016 best of fair winner was freshman Neville Nazareth with his project titled, "Program-Based Interpretation of Electrocardiograms to Diagnose Cardiac Conditions". Neville will be traveling to Phoenix in May to compete at the week long Intel International Science and Engineering Fair where thousands of students from over 70 countries participate!

Our 1st and 2nd place fair winners are:

1st place in Life Science: Claudia Schneider with her project titled, "The Effect of Natural and Artificial Sugars on Growth of the Probiotics Lactobacillus Bulgaricus and Streptococcus Thermophilus Contained in Yogurt"

1st place in Physical Science: Neville Nazareth

2nd place in Life Science: Smita Nayak with her project titled, "The Effects of Different Contact Lens Disinfectant Solution Brands on Bacterial Accumulation in Contact Lenses"

2nd place in Physical Science: Julian Nazareth with his project titled, "Locating Cloud Data Centers using Genetic Algorithms"

These 4 category winners, along with Ryan Mitchell (with his engineering project titled, "Walking Power") are invited to the state competition March, 19th at Marquette University.

Congrats to all students that participated! 
 

Nicolet Students on Wisconsin Public Radio

Nicolet Senior Receives President's Volunteer Service Award

Nicolet Announces Dean's List for 2nd Quarter and 1st Semester

Nicolet High School is proud to announce the Dean’s Lists for 2nd quarter of the 2015-16 school year and 1st semester of the 2015-2016 school year.  Click on the links to see students listed by grade level that have made the Dean’s Lists.

To qualify for this honor, students must earn all A’s or B’s for each quarter or semester separately.  Additionally, students are allowed to earn one C if they have an A to offset it.  Congratulations to all of our students that have earned this distinction. 

*If your student’s name is missing from the list it may mean that we did not have parental consent to publish your child’s information.  Please contact Amy.Lee@nicolet.us if you have a question regarding Dean's List. If you would like to give consent for publishing, a consent form will be emailed to you by request.

Student Writers Receive Recognition in the 2016 Scholastic Writing Awards

Please join the English department in congratulating the following students for their recognition in the 2016 Scholastic Writing Awards.  We had an excellent turnout for the competition this year and we are delighted that our talented students have been recognized for their writing.

According to the Stillwaters Collective, our Milwaukee affiliate for the Scholastic Writing Awards, "This work was recognized by a panel of creative professionals as the most outstanding work submitted among [their] peers. In their 93 year history, the Awards have recognized some of America's most celebrated writers while they were teenagers, including: Sylvia Plath, Robert Redford, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, Truman Capote, and Lena Dunham."

Silver Key Winners:
Matthew Aussem for "Dreams"
Joe Azbel for "Elimination Chamber"
Ben Brod for "Cults are Bad mmmkay"
Michael Dunst for "Retaliation"
Zach Ellner for "Channel 5 News Update: Bigfoot"
Taka Ishikuri for "Elimination"
Morgan Johnstone for "The Savior's Blood on Linoleum Floors and Tabletops"
Carly Jones for "I'm a Paradox"
Benny Koziol for "david & the harp"
Marissa Lockhart for "He Is"
Hannah Polan for "Race Shoes"
Amir Rasuli for "Elimination"

Honorable Mention:
Arielle Bordow for "Guitar Hero Feminism" and "The War on Babies"
Ananda Deacon for "Brushes and Strokes"
Lili du Plessis for "The Walls"
Rosie Goodman for "Star of David"
Maria Graziano for "You Talk Black"
Tamar Halmann for "Where I'm From"
Claire Jennings for "Bodies"
Evan Johnson for "Tick"
Noah Kennedy for "A Murder Most Fowl"
Stella Kleynerman for "What is Education?"
Kaela Lawrence for "Who I Am"
Marissa Lockhart for "Milk's Favorite Cookie"
Maya Melchert for "Narrative Piece"
Avi Paley for "The Bull and the Human"
Ricky Romersi for "Drugs"
Sammi Schnoll for "The Worst Vacation Ever"
Michelle Shterenfeld for "How to Find the Right TV Show for Your Child"
Danielle Smith for "And Then Her Heart Spoke to Her"
Marli Stellhorn for "Do NOT Forget the Gift"
Ale Tejeda for "For You"
Georgia Wood for "Acclimating Adversity"

And these writers are added to our Gold Key Winners honored in a previous email:
Emily Anderson
Augusta Byrne
David Cranberg
Morgan Johnstone
Morgan Kramer
Jacob Newman
Lauryn Wagner

In addition to this wonderful honor, students can apply for programs and scholarships at the local, regional, and national level.
 

Nicolet Mock Trial Team Takes 2nd in Regional Competition

Nicolet Students Receive Writing Awards

Congratulations to the following students who received a Gold Key in the 2016 Scholastic Writing Awards:

Emily Anderson for her short story, "The Proud Life of Jackson Hobbes"
Augusta Byrne for her personal essay, "Girls and What's Wrong with Them"
David Cranberg for his humorous essay, "Trump vs 2020"
Morgan Johnstone for her poem, "Doors Like Guns"
Morgan Kramer for her flash fiction, "My Last Night"
Jacob Newman for his poem, "Ten Minutes of Television"
Lauryn Wagner for her short story, "I'm Sorry"

Their work is now considered for national competition, with winners announced in mid-March.  
 

Nicolet Students Receive Art Awards

The following students have earned recognition in the Regional Scholastic Art Awards Competition and Exhibition. Individual art works receiving Gold and Silver Keys will be be on display in the exhibit held at the Milwaukee Art Museum from January 30 - March 13, 2016.  Students will be attending the awards ceremony this Saturday, Feb. 6 at the Milwaukee Art Museum.

The students whose works were recognized are as follows:

Art Portfolios - Honorable Mention
Arielle Bordow
Maya Magana
Rayanne Pelican
Brandon Poll
Sam Scribner

Silver Key
Arielle Bordow
Wil Dietz
Lieschen du Plessis
Elizabeth Tong

Gold Key
Jack Berroug
Emma Bird
Wil Dietz
Lieschen du Plessis
Elizabeth Jaekels

INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES
Jack Berroug (2SK, HM)
Emma Bird (GK, SK)
Arielle Bordow (2SK, HM)
Wil Dietz (HM)
Lieschen du Plessis (2GK, 2HM)
Maddie Falk (2SK, HM)
Elizabeth Jaekels (SK)
Eve Jonas (HM)
Madison Kohnke (HM)
Maya Magana (HM)
Ryan Mitchell (HM)
Katie Novak (GK)
Rayanne Pelican (HM)
Brandon Poll (2 HM)
Sam Scribner (SK, HM)
Leilani Dolphin (SK)
Jennifer Emond (HM)
Kelsey Enea  (SK)
Jennifer Froh (HM)
Anna Girton  (HM)
Sean Hanzel  (HM)
Emilie Haworth  (SK)
Maddy Holton  (HM)
Max Kinstler   (GK)
Raevaughn Lord-Huertas  (2HM)
Alesandra Tejeda  (SK, HM)
 

Nicolet Hires New Varsity Football Coach

Nicolet Student Wins Foreign Language Scholarship

Congratulations to junior Maria Graziano for winning the Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers 2016 Lynn Bolton Student Travel Scholarship.  She is one of two foreign language students in the state to be given this honor.  Founded in 1999, the scholarship exists to help deserving pre-collegiate world languages students participate in language and cultural immersion programs.  The awards committee was impressed with Maria's track record of excellence in the classroom and at German Day and German Pronunciation contests, as well as her work on the 2014 GAPP exchange and Nicolet's Multicultural Club and Unheard Voices initiative.  The $500 prize will subsidize Maria's participation in the 2016 GAPP Exchange with the Gymnasium Leopoldinum.

Nicolet National Business Honor Society Contributes To St. Francis Children's Center

Nicolet Thanksgiving Food Drive

The Nicolet Thanksgiving Food Drive, sponsored by the Spanish 4H class, donated 20,442 cans and over $5000 to the Centro Hispano.  Together with our feeder schools we worked from November 9th through the 21st collecting cans and raising money.  The highlight of this year’s drive was the $1060 raised through seven fundraisers before school and during lunch hours.  These funds purchased fresh fruit and vegetables for each basket.  Friday after school found a human chain of students loading the food onto trucks and vans and Saturday completed the project when 50 Nicolet students sorted and packed 670 boxes of non-perishable food topped with a bag of squash, potatoes, turnip greens, bananas and apples. 

Nicolet Senior Named a 2016 National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) Honorable Mention Winner

Lieschen du Plessis, Nicolet Senior, has been named a 2016 National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) Honorable Mention Winner (= a 2nd Place) in Visual Arts. Selected out of more than 12,000 applications—the largest number to date—Miss du Plessis has been recognized for her outstanding work and accomplishments and joins 819 young artists from 42 states across the literary, visual, design and performing arts who are being presented with this year’s honor. Winners receive cash awards of up to $10,000, validation by renowned mentors, opportunities to participate in YoungArts programs, a strong professional network, and guidance in taking important steps toward achieving their goals. A complete list of the 2016 Winners is available online at http://youngarts.org/winners.  

Nicolet Announces Dean's List For First Quarter

Nicolet High School is proud to announce the Dean’s List for the 1st quarter of the 2015-2016 school year.  Follow this link to see students listed by grade level that have made the Dean’s List: //www.nicolet.us/news_events/deans_list/15_16/quarter_one.pdf

To qualify for this honor, students must earn all A’s or B’s for each quarter or semester separately.  Additionally, students are allowed to earn one C if they have an A to offset it.  Congratulations to all of our students that have earned this distinction. 

*If your student’s name is missing from the list it may mean that we did not have parental consent to publish your child’s information.  Please contact Amy.Lee@Nicolet.us  to check on this for you. If you would like to give consent for publishing, a consent form will be emailed to you by request.

Nicolet Freshmen Participate In 2nd Annual Respect Retreat

On October 13, 2015, Nicolet freshmen students participated in the second annual Respect Retreat at Nicolet High School; presented by Youth Frontiers.  Youth Frontiers, a non-profit organization based in Minneapolis, works with students and school staff to build communities where students thrive socially, emotionally and academically.

The full day respect retreat focuses on empowering students to respect themselves and others as well as to stand up for the value of respect in their school. The goal is to engage students in fun social activities as well as small group work of which the cornerstone is challenging students to think about what respect means to them and discussing it with other students in positive, monitored school environment.

To begin the day, Junior and Senior mentors attended a training in which the Youth Frontiers staff informed our student leaders how to guide the underclassmen during the days activities. Here you can see Hannah Tjoflat, one of the Youth Frontiers staff talking to the mentors during the mentor training time.

The Youth Frontiers staff also have the mentors students welcome the Freshmen to the gym by the way of a human cheer tunnel to energize the start of the day. Two Freshmen, Deneesha Fears and Nicholas Best are evidently excited about being greeted in this manner.

At the beginning of the retreat, students are guided through many high energy, low risk activities in which they can get to know each other. Dancing, thumb-wrestling and a large group sit activity were some of the bonding experiences the Youth Frontier’s staff use to help students realize we may be different, but we are all human and have some things in common.

Junior and Senior student mentors helped lead small group discussions during several parts of the retreat day. During this time students focused on defining what respect means to them as well as focusing on questions like, “Where do you think people learn to be respectful?”

At the end of the retreat, students have the opportunity to stand up and make a commitment for how they will stand up for respect at Nicolet. Freshman, Matthew Schiff, made the commitment to respect himself more, “You have no chance of respecting others or standing up for others without having respect for yourself.”

Later in the year, mentor students and advisory teachers administer a survey to the Freshmen in order to extend the impact of the retreat.

Don't Text and Drive Assembly

Nicolet Seniors Commended In The 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program

Emily Blumenthal and Martin Muenster are being commended for their exceptional academic promise in the 2016 scholarship program and will continue to compete for the Merit Scholar® title.   Although they will not continue in the completion for the Merit Scholarship award, they are being recognized for placing among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered.  Congratulations!

Nicolet Seniors recognized as Semifinalists in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program

Digital Learning Initiative

Red Carpet Celebration

Nicolet Football Kicks Off New Season