Nicolet Hammers Out Hunger With Annual Food Drive

For the 36th year, Nicolet High School students collected donations for the Milwaukee Council for the Spanish Speaking. More than 14,000 canned goods and $5,600 in cash came through the school this year.

While dancing to Latin pop songs from Juanes Friday afternoon, dozens of Nicolet students passed canned goods down the line and into a few U-Haul trucks. Spanish teacher Diane Tess said the group was more than 50 percent behind where they were exactly one year earlier on Wednesday. But in just two days, Nicolet students brought in more than 11,000 canned goods, bringing the total to a whopping 17,858 canned food items and $5,630. But no one's really sure why so much was donated right at the end.  "Some people have been speculating because there's been a lot of other giving," Tess said. "We had a girl with a lost house. We have a girl we're raising money for because she's got leukemia, Audrey. There's Hurricane Sandy." All the canned goods …

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Meetings: Early Release Wednesday The next early release day is this coming Wednesday. Students will be dismissed at 1:19 p.m. and buses will leave at 1:25 p.m. Class times are adjusted on these days. Food Drive Kudos A big thank you to the 39 Nicolet students who spent Saturday morning sorting and packing the food boxes that were later distributed to needy families on the near south side of Milwaukee. The helping hands belonged to Cydney Anderson, Mitchell Bass, Micki Bear, Kendahl Brier, Sara Buttrum, Luiza Campos, Joseph and Brianna Cardinale, Elizabeth Carlton, Sophia Chavez, Kelsey Clark, Abby Cole, Christie Crossman, Sarah Gribble, Allison Hung, Shrindhi Kalluru, Miriam Kleynerman, Bryce Kramer, Marta Laplae-Arthur, Ben Levey, Cormac…

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Giving Thanks: Nicolet Food Drive

Nicolet High School's annual Thanksgiving food drive feeds thousands this year.

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Thanksgiving Food Drive Goal is 28,000 Food Items at Nicolet

More than 171,000 people live below the poverty line.

Meetings the week of Nov. 7: Nicolet 2nd Annual Open House Nov. 8 Come see Nicolet as you’ve never seen it before! There will be demonstrations and displays throughout the building. Performances by our choir, orchestra, band and theatre students will be scheduled throughout the evening. Meet faculty from all of our curricular areas in the cafeteria. See the array of athletics and student activities that your student can choose from in the gym. Tell your friends and neighbors... you will not want to miss the second annual Nicolet Open House! Call 414.351.7522 for more information. Nicolet Booster Club Spirit Wear Sale Nov. 7-22 Checks should be made out to Nicolet Booster Club. An order forms is attached and may be dropped off in the …

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