Huge congrats to our 75 Nicolet students who crushed the National Spanish Exam in March. They earned an incredible 26 Honorable Mentions, 13 Bronze, 13 Silver, and 5 Gold medals❗
Special shout-out to our Gold medalists who ranked in the top 5% nationwide ⤵
Level 2: Miles Adelman
Level 3: Issabella Reid
Level 4: Benjamin Tongkumbunjong
Level 5: Laura Mendoza-Sanchez, Lauren Paulsen
Congratulations to the WNS Wolfpack Girls Lacrosse team for capturing the North Shore Conference championship 🥍
Team members include Nicolet students: Ena Hines Alana Stoddard, Rowan Williams & Anna Wantoch
🏆🏆 Champs
Please visit the Nicolet Foundation Events page for updates on registered alumni, food trucks, music and entertainment from Joe Wray (Nicolet UHS, Class of 1997), and to create ShoutOuts (messages in the event program to your classmates, current and retired staff members, et al.) for Nicolet's ALL CLASS REUNION / 70TH ANNIVERSARY, July 12, 2025 from 12p-4p.
🔗 https://www.nicolet.us/o/nhs/page/nicolet-high-school-foundation-events
Last week, the Black Student Union (BSU) hosted a panel of local entrepreneurs, including Nicolet alums. These panelists shared their stories of starting their businesses, and answered questions from students. The panelists were Asia Beckum ('06), Joah Tucker ('01) Jonathan Newby ('04), Khalif El-Amin, and Nicholas Stokes.
Thank you for visiting Nicolet Union High School❗
Nicolet Performing Arts has won the following Jerry Awards for their performance of Mean Girls:
🔵 Outstanding Ensemble
🔵 Outstanding Orchestra
🔵 Outstanding Overall Design
🔵 Outstanding Choreography: Sara Glodoski, AP Calculus Students, Lilith Baldwin, MacKenzie Wooten, Eliana Karan, Dylan Gray, Laura Mendoza Sanchez, Maya Khayat
🔵 Outstanding Direction: Laura Anderle
🔵 Scenic Design: Colleen Lentz
🔵 Lighting Design: Mike Van Dreser
🔵 Costume Design: Michelle Pendzich
🔵 Sound Design: Brandon Gregory & Lillian Hoffmann
This recognition is a testament to the hard work, collaboration, and dedication everyone brought to this project.
The Jerry Awards, one of Wisconsin’s High School Musical Awards Programs, encourages, recognizes and honors excellence in high school musical theater.
For more info please visit ⤵
🔗 https://www.overture.org/engage/jerry-awards-ensemble/
Congratulations 👏
Nicolet senior Zee Isahaku dominated at the International Science and Engineering Fair last week in Columbus, OH 🔬
Zee won two awards: a specialty award from the International Council on Systems Engineering and 3rd place category award in Environmental Engineering.
This is the largest STEM research competition in the world with 1800 students from 70+ countries competing.
Way to go Zee 👏
Celebrating National Speech Pathologist Day 🗣
Today, we honor the incredible dedication and expertise of speech pathologists around the world. National Speech Pathologist Day is a special occasion to recognize their invaluable contributions to enhancing communication skills, empowering individuals, and transforming lives.
Thank you Veronica Sargent for all that you do❗
We've got a busy week ahead at Nicolet 🎤🎭⚾⚽🥎🥍🏃♀️🏃♂️🎾🏌️♂️
For the complete list of upcoming events please visit ⤵
School 🔗https://bit.ly/3QqzZHz
Athletics 🔗https://bit.ly/3Qdi4Uz
The Nicolet ASL (American Sign Language) Club collected over 180 books to benefit HEAR Wisconsin Kellogg Child & Family Program❗
This program provides communication and therapy options including spoken language and sign language for families of children with hearing differences. We use books in all of the work we do. Whether that be in our toddler communication groups, our home visits, or to give away at our Family Link events.
Way to go 👏
Want to play a Fall Sport 🏈🎾🏃♂️🏃♀️🏌️♀️⚽🏐🏊♀️
Make sure to attend the sign-up meeting for your sport on Wednesday, May 21st
To find the location of the meetings please visit⤵
🔗 https://www.nicolet.us/o/nhs/page/tryout-start-dates
Current 8th graders students do not need to attend these meetings. Current 8th graders families please complete and submit this interest form for Fall Sports ⤵
🔗 https://bit.ly/3EiMJQv
James Becker named Nicolet Head Football Coach 🏈
James Becker will be leaving his position as Defensive Coordinator at Marquette University High School to lead the Knights football program. Coach Becker was previously a coach at Nicolet before departing to coach at University School and Marquette.
At USM, Becker was named the 2017 Midwest Classic Conference Assistant Coach of the Year and helped the Wildcats to their first ever Regional Championship in 2020. Arriving to Marquette in 2021, coach Becker led the Hilltopper defensie to the 2023 Division 1 State Championship Game, defeating Franklin to claim the title. He was recognized as the 2023 Greater Metro Conference Assistant Coach of the Year, the WFCA 2023 State Assistant Coach of the Year, and was recognized as one of 32 National Broyles Award winners, awarded to the most outstanding assistants in the country.
Nicolet Athletic Director Kirk Krychowiak said “We feel like we’ve hired the right person to lead our program and to continue building off our recent successes. Coach Becker is a winner.”
When he is not on the field or watching film, James enjoys spending time with his family. He and his wife, Brandi, are proud parents to two incredible children, Aybree and Easton. In his free time you can find him on a golf course, cutting the lawn, reading up on leadership, or spending time watching the two children participate in their athletic endeavors.
Nicolet Union High School is having its 70 Year Anniversary & All Class Reunion on Saturday, July 12 from noon to 4 p.m. Celebrate this special milestone at Nicolet by joining us as we explore our history and celebrate the future. Visit the Nicolet museum, take a tour of renovated school facilities, participate in the tennis and pickleball social, and much more❗
Sign up and register to attend by visiting⤵
🔗 https://bit.ly/41wdCYO
Hope to see you all there❗
Last week, we welcomed our 2025-2026 Link Crew for their first training❗
Over 80 eager and enthusiastic junior and senior student leaders have been selected to onboard our Class of 2029 in August. Ms. Hills led the training and through games, stories, and team challenges, started these leaders on their journey towards providing a safe, informative, and engaging transition to Nicolet Union High School for our incoming 9th graders on August 27th and 28th.
The Nicolet Recreation Department & Nicolet Special Education Department invites you to the 18th Annual Autumn Artisan's Fair on Saturday, November 8th from 10:00am - 3:00pm at Nicolet High School 🍂
We will have booths available for up to 70 artists. If you plan to join us this year as a vendor, register early, space will fill up fast!
For more info please visit ⤵
🔗 https://www.nicolet.us/page/autumn-artisans-fair
Nicolet music students recently performed in 30 music events at the WSMA STATE Music Festival at UW-Parkside 🎶
The WSMA State Festival is for students/ensembles that earned a “starred first” rating (*1) at the Class A level at a district festival.
Four events were nominated for exemplary performance recognition. The Exemplary Performance Recognition Project expands recognition of outstanding performers at the WSMA State Solo & Ensemble Festival. State festival adjudicators select the most exceptional performances at each of the festival campuses through a two-step process.
Alto Solo - Isabella Erato
Tenor Sax Solo - Isaac Lippow
Madrigal Ensemble - Mackenzie Wooten, Luka Vater, Emmett Schreiber, Shira Strick, Kaden Mullner, Laura Mendoza- Sanchez, Ava Hirsch, Demi Harris, Isabella Erato, Dylan Gray, Claire Dobrowits
The following Nicolet event was awarded Exemplary performance:
Creative Jazz Combo - Jonah Rondeau, Svend Luke, James Bird, Jack Hildenbrand, Pablo Beisser, Tessa McCutchen
Congratulations to the Nicolet Music Department❗
We've got a busy week ahead at Nicolet 🥎⚾🥍🎭🎷
For the complete list of upcoming events please visit ⤵
School 🔗https://bit.ly/3QqzZHz
Athletics 🔗https://bit.ly/3Qdi4Uz
To all the moms out there, Happy Mother's Day 💐
Inside the classroom at Nicolet Union High School 🥼
Vinson Chu and Emma Hainstock from MilliporeSigma instructed Mr. Keller and Mr. Schroeder's Biotech classes on the bioinks they develop at their company. Labs and universities around the world are 3D printing tissues with their products. Students got to use a bioink to extrusion print a shape in lab.
Thank you for visiting ❗
Zee Isahaku is heading to the International Science and Engineering Fair this Sunday, May 11th to present his environmental engineering project. He'll be in Columbus, Ohio for the week competing with 1800 students from 70+ different countries. It's the largest STEM research competition in the world. Please congratulate Zee and wish him luck❗️
Nicolet senior Victoria Jewell has been selected as a winner of the National Merit Scholarship 🎉
Among all students who entered the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program, only about 16,000 were named Semifinalists. They were designated on a state representational basis, in proportion to each state’s percentage of the national total of graduating high school seniors. In order to advance in the competition and be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, a Semifinalist had to become a Finalist by fulfilling several requirements that included submitting a detailed scholarship application and presenting a record of very high academic performance. All winners of about 6,870 National Merit Scholarships are being chosen from the group of more than 15,000 distinguished Finalists.
Congratulations Victoria for being recognized as a $2,500 National Merit Scholarship Winner. The entire Nicolet Community is thrilled for Victoria’s accomplishment‼
