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Nicolet High School is a public secondary school located in Glendale, Wisconsin. Today, Nicolet is considered one of the premier public high schools in Wisconsin. Nicolet High School is the only school in the Nicolet Unified School District, which serves Glendale, Fox Point, Bayside, and River Hills. Primary schooling is left up to three feeder districts. The Nicolet Unified School district is one of the few school districts in Wisconsin to be made up of only one school.

Nicolet High School

Established 1955 Principal Elliott Moeser School type Public Location Glendale, Wisconsin, USA Enrollment Approximately 1400 School colors Columbia Blue and White School mascot Knight Web site [1]

History

Before the construction of Nicolet, students living in the district attended either Shorewood High School or Whitefish Bay High School. Nicolet first opened its doors on 15 September 1955. During the 2005-2006 school year, Nicolet High School celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Notable alumni

Kato Kaelin (1977): Witness in the O.J. Simpson trial.
Oprah Winfrey (1971): Media personality (only attended freshman year).
Lance Painter (1985): Professional baseball player.
Julia Phillips (1961): Academy Award recipient.
Howie Epstein (1973): Guitarist.
Rick Perlstein (1988): Political commentator
Skip Kendall (1984): Professional golfer

Sports

Nicolet High School participates in the North Shore Conference. It has one main football & soccer field surrounded by a track, a secondary soccer field, fourteen tennis courts, and two gyms. It also has three baseball diamonds. Nicolet's strongest sport is tennis. The boy's tennis team has won the state championship six times in the last ten years.

Foreign Language

While Nicolet High School's foreign language department had been considered one of the best in the greater Milwaukee area, it has begun to shrink. It once offered French, Spanish, German, Latin, and Hebrew. Now, Latin is not offered, and Hebrew will be taught for only 3 more years. In addition, the French program has received significant cuts. The majority of foreign language students take Spanish.

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 == Sports ==
-Nicolet high school participates in the North Shore Conferance. It has 1 main football field, 1 main soccer field, 14 tennis courts, and two gyms. It also has 3 baseball diamonds. Nicolet's strongest sport is undoubtedly tennis, and the boy's tennis team has won the state championship 6 times in the last 10 years.
+Nicolet High School participates in the North Shore Conference. It has one main football & soccer field surrounded by a track, a secondary soccer field, fourteen tennis courts, and two gyms. It also has three baseball diamonds. Nicolet's strongest sport is tennis. The boy's tennis team has won the state championship six times in the last ten years.
 == Foreign Language ==
-While Nicolet High School's foreign language department had been considered one of the best in the greater milwaukee area, it has begun to shrink. It once offered French, Spanish, German, Latin, and Hebrew. Now, Latin is not offered, and Hebrew will be taught for only 3 more years. In addition, the French program has received significant cuts. Spanish, which is the dominant language at Nicolet, is taught by more than 4 teachers, and easily overshadows the other languages.
+While Nicolet High School's foreign language department had been considered one of the best in the greater Milwaukee area, it has begun to shrink. It once offered French, Spanish, German, Latin, and Hebrew. Now, Latin is not offered, and Hebrew will be taught for only 3 more years. In addition, the French program has received significant cuts. The majority of foreign language students take Spanish.