Hey Knights & Dames ...

Welcome to our Website!   This site has been established to help reconnect us ... and to communicate and share information about ourselves and happenings ... as well as keep our communications network alive for future class & school news and event planning.

If you are new to the site, please go to the link on the left margin  entitled "Join Our Class Website" to register yourself and begin to take full advantage of all our website features!

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Who's registered for our 60th so far???

Registration momentum is beginning to increase!!!  Check out who's coming so far by clicking here ... Who's coming to our 60th? ... or on the same named link on the left margin ... then register & make your plans to join our classmates!

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60^th Reunion Weekend Details

Friday, September 13 thru Sunday, September 15

*** Reunion60 is Underway!!!***

* Friday Evening - an informal "Get Reacquainted" Gathering

At the Brown Deer Park Boathouse

(site of our 50^th(+1) Friday event)

Scenes from the Gathering...

  

Stay tuned for more Reunion60 weekend highlights 

* Saturday Evening Reunion Celebration

At the Beautiful Ozaukee Country Club

• A somewhat "fancier" get-together, beginning at 5:30 pm:  the evening will include hors d'oeuvres, cash bar open throughout the evening, buffet dinner with several  entree choices (vegetarian & GF options available) with wine at dinner & celebratory cake ... and the opportunity for many forms of Class remembrances!
• Dinner will be at 6:30 pm and the evening will end at 10:00 pm
• Cost per person ... $100, includes food, dinner wine, coffee & soft drinks, dessert, service charges plus gratuity, taxes and facility fees (again, see Reunion Registration Process, below, for special pricing considerations) 
• Driving directions ... click here ... or go to "Directions to Reunion60 Venues" on left margin

* Other Reunion Weekend Events

• See section below entitled "Additional Reunion Weekend Opportunities " for details on the following events scheduled for Saturday:
  • School tour - 9 am
  • LakeFront Brewery tour & optional lunch - 12:30 pm
• There will be ample time over the weekend for smaller groups of classmates to connect in various other informal, ad hoc ways

* Weekend Lodging Considerations

• We've arranged with the Holiday Inn Milwaukee Riverfront (4700 N. Port Washington Rd.) to hold a block of rooms until early August for a reduced rate of $159 per night, plus taxes and fees (this was our "reunion hotel" for our 50^th+1).  Reservations can be made directly with the hotel online or via phone ... please state the name “Nicolet 64 Reunion Group Block” or Block Code X17.   The hotel phone number is (414) 962-6040 (option 2); or you can book online referencing the Nicolet 64 Reunion Group Block.  You can visit their website for more hotel info at:  Milwaukee Holiday Inn Riverfront

... of course there are many other options in the area and you may prefer to use your own resources to arrange for your lodging, e. g. Expedia, Travelocity, Trivago, etc., as well as points you may have accumulated over the years at favorite hotels.

* Reunion Cost Considerations & Sponsorship Opportunities

• Cost Considerations: We know that travel and housing costs, along with our two planned dinners, can be daunting. While we can’t control travel and hotel charges, we can have some control over the dinner costs. To that end we have secured a small but growing cadre of “sponsors” to help defray costs. Therefore, if cost is the only thing standing in the way of your attending the reunion events, we ask that you consider makeing a payment of  $25 for Friday and/or $50 for Saturday--or some other amount you are comfortable with--and please remember, our goal is to have a reunion that is attended by as many of our classmates as possible!  See below in the Reunion Registration Process section instructions as to how to register.
• Sponsorship Opportunities: If you are in a position to do so, we encourage you to become a sponsor. We will VERY gratefully accept the widest possible participation in the sponsorship program.  Sponsorship donations will help cover: (1)  registration costs of classmates who may not otherwise be able to attend, as cost may be a barrier; and (2) additional reunion costs, such as photo name tags, dinners for faculty, reunion mementos, website costs, photo displays, etc.  Sponsors among members of the planning group are committed to covering any ultimate shortfall; but we hope to lessen their burden by recruiting additional sponsors.  All financial arrangements--both sponsor assistance for classmates as well as sponsorship donations--will be private and confidential and will not be shared!  You can become a sponsor by going to this link ... 60th Reunion Sponsorship/DonationCenter ... or by finding it on the left margin.

* Reunion Registration Process

• Registration for the Reunion consists of registering for the Friday and Saturday evening events separately.  You can do so by clicking here for online registration ... 60th Reunion Online Registration, or by going to that link on the left margin. Those opting into the payment assistance plan need to register with the mail-in form, by clicking on 60th Mail-in Registration, or again by clicking on that link on the left margin..  We ask that you register by June 15th so we have a good indication as to who's coming. The wide variety of payment options includes Venmo, PayPal, Zelle, bank transfer, paper check or e-check. In an effort to avoid substantial fees, payments for Reunion events will not be made on this website. On the registration page, you will see details regarding how to pay for your reservation.

We sincerely hope to have a fabulous turnout for this reunion. Realistically, we may not have another “official” reunion of this sort, so let’s make it truly representative of our unique class. We’re looking forward to seeing many of you this September!

Your 60^th Reunion Planning Committee

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Additional Reunion Weekend Opportunities 

• Tour of Our Beloved School Campus ... in the Midst of a $77M Renovation Project (Saturday, September 14)

Take a tour of our school ... where so many memories were made ... led by the current superintendent, Dr. Greg Kabara.  We'll have an opportunity reminisce on our school experiences as well as to understand the scope & see the progress of the major renovation project!  You can become more familiar with the school renovation project by viewing a video from a WISN channel 12 story featuring a renovation project tour by Dr. Kabara at this link:  Nicolet Renovation

• Tour will begin @ 9 AM & last for 2-2 1/2 hours
• Meet in school lobby
• Participate as long as available
• Driving directions ... click here ... or go to "Directions to Reunion60 Venues" on left margin

• Tour of the Lakefront Brewery (Saturday, September 14)

Rated America’s 4th best brewery tour by Trip Advisor, Lakefront is best known for their raucous, highly-sought after beer tours. A paid admission price gets you four 6oz. samples, a souvenir pint glass, a free Lakefront beer elsewhere, and a highly eccentric, entertaining tour guide. The tasting room and restaurant, located in a giant German-inspired beer hall. A leader in brewing the best, most innovative beers in Milwaukee, there’s sure to be brews for everyone.

• Not only do you get 50 minutes with one of our practiced entertaining tour guides, you will also receive 32oz. of award-winning beer and a free beer coupon at one of many fine establishments in the greater Milwaukee area (good for 3 days from your tour day). Beer will be available before the tour as well as part-way through the tour. Don’t forget to grab your souvenir pint glass before you head out!
• If looking to get a table in the Beer Hall following the tour,  open seating is  offered on a first come, first served. Once you have a table, food can be ordered at the food counter and drinks are available at the main bar. The patio is also first come, first served seating when available. The patio offers bar service and our CurdWagonfood truck on the weekends.
• We are suggesting that if interested, we meet at the Brewery for the 12:30 tour (please arrive 15 minutes early)... with the opportunity to stay together for lunch afterwards.  If you can't make this, but are still interested in a tour sometime over the weekend, here are the tour times:
  • Friday: 12PM, 1PM, 2PM, 3PM Environmental, 5PM, 5:30PM, 6:30PM, 7PM
    Saturday: 12PM, 12:30PM, 1PM, 1:30PM, 2PM, 2:30PM, 3PM, 4PM, 4:30PM, 5PM, 5:30PM, 6PM
    Sunday: 12PM, 1PM, 2PM, 3PM
• To Register:  go directly to the Lakefront website at this link: Brewery Tour ... cost per person is $17.  Remember to choose the 12:30 tour to join our classmates!

• Sunday, September 15, Casual Brunch (arrive 8:30-9:00 am ... hotel serves until 10:00 am)

... memories from our 50th(+1)

• Casual brunch at the Holiday Inn Riverfront (the Reunion60 hotel; brunch open to everyone; $16 per person)
• 4700 N Port Washington Road, Milwaukee, 53212
• Hotel reservation details at www.nicolet64.com (there are still a few available rooms in our block)

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We’re Still Missing Classmates!

We still have 86 out of some 300+ classmates not accounted for on our website ... almost 30%!  Where are the rest? 

Please help us to reach them and help get them registered to our website and "in the loop".  You can see who they are by going to this link: Missing Classmates.

Our 50th(+1) Reunion Celebration 

May 15 - 17, 2015

Weekend Highlights

Saturday Night's "Main Event"

... at the Town Club

Our Leader Honored!

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Sunday Brunch ... the Weekend's

Final Event

Our "littlest Knight" all tuckered out

from the weekend festivities!

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Saturday's School Tour ...

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A lunch getaway with "old" friends ...

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Friday night at the Brown Deer Boathouse

The far travelers ... Ron Resnick (Hawaii)

& Bill Jackson (Papau New Guinea)

Matt Miller & Don Krahnke

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Faculty Guests -  ... we had 5!!!

And ... 

Yes! ... Mrs. Veidemanis!!!

Memories from our School Years

It's "Theatrical" Throwback Thursday Friday Any Day ...

We (some of us) were very talented! ... and probably still are!

- Pictures courtesy of Class of '65 (we pirated them!)

Our Class, SAS and our Nicolet European Trip from 1964 Celebrate 50 Years!

Who would have imagined ... or remembered ... that our HS European trip was one of the 1st ever to be passengers on SAS from Chicago to Copenhagen?

(thanks to Terry Wendt for uncovering this!)

Some of our Classmates on the tarmac awaiting departure ...

Chuck Post, John Held, Terry Wendt, Don Krahnke & Pete Schuyler

Trip Highlight Photo ...

Terry Wendt, John Held, Chas Haworth(?) and Pete Schuyler ... enjoying refreshment on warm afternoon

at well known West Berlin watering hole

(Stay tuned for more pics ... if you were on the trip and have some, please submit!)

Gridiron Heroics ...

... when boys were men ... we toughed out August 2-a-days ... always fought for & defended every yard, etc., etc., ... blah blah blah ...

... and some highlights ... our coaches, and yes! ... that's Lenny "the Toe"!

Memories from our School Days ...

Finally ... representation from Riverview (courtesy of Joyce Williams)

Our Bayside contingent ...

Our Fox Point Contingent ...

Gene Marck, Penny Mayerson & Fran Sharpe Richman (1963)

Mini-Reunions Along the Way ...

Patty Korf Schuyler (toasting), Pete Schuyler, John Gleysteen, Clydy Robinson & Marty Winter Gross

Fran Sharpe Richman, Terry Thompson, Margie Dutcher & Sig Other

Marlene Orenstein Bilsky, Carolyn Kohls, Don Dustin & wife

(sorry if some of the names didn't come out right)

Portland Airport -March, 2015 - Joyce Williams & Dail Fields cross travel paths!

Venice, FL - February, 2015 - Tom & Margie (Engle '65) Krauskopf visit Sandy Schinke Ingram

You are highly encouraged to submit your own photos to share with us ... of you and other classmates ... before, during or following our high school years!

Our Knight Classmates in Action since Graduation ...

See "Classmates in Action - Archives" link on the left for items shown here in the past.

School News

Sports  Report

Nicolet Athletic Hall of Fame Includes Faculty Members of Our School Years

 See bios of each on the "Hall of Fame Inductees" link on left.