Nicolet High School is a public

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located in Glendale, Wisconsin. It is the only school in the Nicolet Unified School District, which serves

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, Fox Point, Bayside, and River Hills. Primary schooling is administered by three feeder districts. The Nicolet Unified School district is one of the few school districts in

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to be made up of only one school. Its main feeder schools are Milwaukee Jewish Day School, Glen Hills Middle School, Maple Dale Middle School, and Bayside Middle School.

Academics

The school offers French, German,

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, and Spanish languages. Nicolet High School has an

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program that includes calculus (AB and BC), statistics, computer science, physics (B, C: mechanics, and C: electromagnetism), chemistry, biology, environmental science, English language and composition, French language, Spanish language, Spanish literature, German language, music theory, American history, European history, macro-economics, micro-economics, studio art (drawing, 2D, 3D), and American government. Nicolet offers Microsoft Certification. Students earn college credit for each application they become certified in. Certification are available in 365, Access, Excel, SharePoint, Word and more. Nicolet High School was named a

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by the Department of Education and was listed as one of the 50 best schools in Wisconsin by '' U.S. News & World Report'' in 2008. Nicolet spends more money per student than other comparable high schools in Wisconsin.

Athletics

Winter

*Boys' basketball *Girls basketball *Girls' gymnastics *Boys' ice hockey (co-op) *Girls' ice hockey (co-op) *Boys' swimming *Boys' skiing *Girls' skiing *Co-ed Winter Musical *Boys' wrestling *Boys' diving

Spring

*Girls' softball *Girls' soccer *Girls' lacrosse (co-op) *Boys' lacrosse (co-op) *Boys' rugby – club sport *Boys' golf *Boys' tennis *Boys' track and field *Girls' track and field *Boys' baseball

Notable alumni

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– journalist, screenwriter *

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– Brigadier General USAF Academy *

Monte Davidoff Monte Davidoff (; born 1956) is an American computer programmer. Davidoff is from Glendale, Wisconsin. He graduated from Nicolet High School in 1974, and went on to Harvard College, where he majored in applied mathematics, the department at Harva ...

– co-creator of

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's first product,

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* Randee Drew – professional football player for the

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Montreal Alouettes * David Einhorn – hedge fund manager, founder and president of

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– musician,

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* Hal Erickson – media historian, author * David Evans – professor of geology and geophysics at

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– "NBA Superfan" *

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– professional basketball player *

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– Oscar and Grammy award-winning composer and writer *

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– small forward for the Atlanta Hawks. *

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– creator of

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compression software *

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– professional golfer * Michael Konik – author, television personality *

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* AzMarie Livingston – fashion model * Bari Lurie – politician * Brian Lynch –

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musician * Thomas L. Miller - film and television producer, co-founder of

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– professional

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pitcher *

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– author and historian *

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– motion picture and television editor * Tierney Sutton – jazz singer and five-time

nominee *

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– reporter at ''

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'' and talk radio host at

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* B.J. Tucker – professional football player for the

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– professional basketball player *

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– Wisconsin State Representative *

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–

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– talk show host (attended her sophomore year; did not graduate)

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