Accelerating Achievement

Congratulations to the following Nicolet Boys Tennis student-athletes who earned All-North Shore Conference honors 👏 🎾 Justin Dorf (2nd team all-conference - singles) 🎾 Jack Schultz (2nd team all-conference - singles) 🎾 Al Vizgaitis (3rd team all-conference - doubles) 🎾 Cash Adelman (3rd team all-conference - doubles)

Ethan Zentner and Jason Shao competed at the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) last week. Ethan earned the following awards with his project titled Design, Construction, and Testing of a Passenger-Capable eVTOL Hexacopter. -1st place in Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics ($5,000 award) -The Chief of Naval Research Scholarship Award of $15,000 -INCOSE Best Use of Systems Engineering Award of $1,500 and free registration and Exhibitor Booth at a future INCOSE Symposium Congrats to both Ethan and Jason!

Yesterday members of the science department paid homage to their retiring colleague with "dress like Jim Shea Day."😄

Congratulations to the Nicolet Boys & Girls Track teams in the WIAA Regionals👏 The Girls team took 🥈 place and the Boys Team took 🥇 place 💨 Next up are the WIAA Sectionals on Thursday at Wisconsin Lutheran. Good luck❗

The Nicolet Spanish department is pleased to announce the results of the National Spanish Exam. Nicolet students received 20 Honorable Mentions, 8 Bronze medals, 21 Silver medals and 17 Gold Medals. Of special note, 4 students, Isabel Huebsch, Giovanna Pierri, Sadie Spencer and Abigail Alinda. ranked in the 99th percentile nationwide! ¡!Felicitaciones a todos

Want to play a Fall Sport❓ Make sure to attend the sign-up meeting for your sport on Wednesday, May 24th 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏈⛳⚽🏊‍♀️🎾🏐 To find the location of the meetings please visit ⤵ https://www.nicolet.us/o/nhs/page/tryout-start-dates

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 NHS Hebrew 4/5 class visited the Milwaukee Jewish day school for a special morning! Students, many of them MJDS alums, read fairy tales they had written in Hebrew to K3- 3rd graders. They brought props & costumes & had an excellent time connecting through the Hebrew language.

Congratulations to Nicolet sophomore Daniel Elling for earning Boys Golf 3rd Team All-North Shore Conference honors ⛳ 👏

Congratulations to the Nicolet Boys Tennis Team for winning the 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ Boys Tennis North Shore Conference Championship for the second consecutive year 🏆 🎾 #KnightNation

MEPA held its annual Scholarship Awards night on Wednesday, May 16th. Nicolet Alumnus Edward DeShazer spoke to the parents and students in attendance, sharing his personal story of determination and resilience. He encouraged the students to be committed to details and their purpose in order to find their path in life. MEPA received 9 applications for scholarships and awarded scholarships to 3 students: Ingrid Rivera-Mendez, Carolina Pierri, and Kamila Patris.

Congratulations to the following Nicolet Union High School student-athletes who earned North Shore All-Conference honors 👏 1st Team All-Conference: - Lauren Graham (100 Meter Hurdles) - Angela Dale, Sydney Griffin, Britt Williams, Olivia Theisen (4X100 Meter Relay) - Olivia Theisen (High Jump) 2nd Team All-Conference: - Kai Force (110 Meter Hurdles) - Angela Dale (100 Meter Dash) - Kai Force (300 Meter Hurdles) - Angela Dale (200 Meter Dash) - Sophia Dziengel (Pole Vault) - Isaac Rasmussen (Pole Vault) Honorable mention: - Lauren Graham (300 Meter Hurdles) - Olivia Theisen (Long Jump) - McKenzie Stacy (Triple Jump)

Nicolet's dual-enrollment course with UWM, Introduction to Teaching, had the exciting opportunity to welcome guest speakers into the classroom last week. A panel of Nicolet administrators took time to answer questions about teaching and leadership positions. Thank you to Dr. Kabara, Dr. Turner and Mr. Coyle for your time! In addition, Mr. Patek stopped by this week as well to chat with students.The class also welcomed Dr. Felicia Saffold as a guest speaker. Dr. Saffold is the Senior Director of Curriculum & Instruction for all 148 of Milwaukee Public Schools and the author of one of our class textbooks. We were thrilled to have Dr. Saffold visit our class and talk with our group of aspiring educators.

Congratulations to Nicolet seniors, Leah Gaffney and Rebecca Robinson, for being awarded college specific National Merit Scholarships! Rebecca has earned the National Merit Harvey Mudd College Scholarship & Leah has earned the National Merit University of Minnesota Scholarship.

Nicolet Theater invites the community to their One-Act Plays on May 19th & May 20th at 7:00pm in the Nicolet Community Room 🎭 There is no charge for admission ✨

The Nicolet Union High School Performing Arts Department has been awarded the following 2023 Jerry Awards for the production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ❗ Outstanding Musical * Direction: Laura Anderle Music Direction: Michael McDowell Music Direction: Trinny Schumann Scenic Design: Colleen Lentz Scenic Design: Eric Zentner Lighting Design: Lisa Weinshrott Lighting Design: Michael Kimmel Costume Design: Michelle Pendzich Sound Design: Brandon Gregory Outstanding Leading Performance: Ari Karan (Caractacus Potts) Outstanding Supporting Performance: Sam Taxman (Child Catcher) *The Nicolet production team is recognized with an Outstanding Musical Award for their contributions to the show. Congratulations 👏

Nicolet Band invites the community to their spring concert on May 17th at 7:00pm in the Nicolet auditorium 🎶 There is no charge for admission, so faculty, staff, family, and friends (as well as the general public) are cordially invited ‼

To all the moms out there, Happy Mother's Day 💐

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GOOD LUCK Jason Shao and Ethan Zentner!! They leave Sunday for the International Science and Engineering Fair in Dallas. There they will be competing against about 1800 students from 80 different countries. This is the largest science and engineering competition in the world and students can win money, scholarships, and other awards and opportunities. Ethan will be competing in the "Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics/Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering" Category with his project, "Construction and Analysis of a Personal Aircraft with Novel Safety Features" Jason Shao will be competing in the "Microbiology/Applied Microbiology" Category with his project, "Gut-Skin Axis Theory: A Novel Approach to Alleviating Eczema Symptoms by Identifying Direct Relationships Between the Gut and Skin Bacteria"