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May 8, 2020
by: Étude Staff Writers

Meet Miguel, Étude Class of 2020!

Meet Miguel Guevara, Étude Class of 2020 graduate. Miguel is the Salutatorian of this year’s Étude senior class. This fall Miguel will be attending the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

This was Miguel’s first year at Étude High School. While many might have felt transferring senior year was a risk, Miguel recognized the benefits Étude had to offer his future.

“Transferring schools in my senior year is not a decision I thought I would be making prior to the end of my junior year. I decided to take this route, because I felt my creative passions weren’t going to come to fruition throughout my time at my previous school. I also believed that as I had gotten nearly all the necessary credits to graduate early, a conventional route would not give me very much room to explore new concepts and ideas.”

Miguel focused heavily on his musical talent while at Étude. Miguel completed an independent study in Music Theory focusing on jazz performance and composition. He performed with the Étude folk music band, Font 96., at the John Michael Kohler Art Center, Paradigm Coffee and Music, and Jams for Jackson—a benefit for an Étude alum. Miguel also played guitar in the Étude rock band. Finally, Miguel committed his Project Block experience to composing the entire musical score of an original movie written by one of his senior colleagues.

“My artistic passions did come true, and to a further extent than I had originally expected. I did plenty of work with music, an interest I take very seriously, and collaborated with classmates and teachers to make gratifying pieces and experiences.”

Congratulations Miguel and thank you for being a part of the Étude community! Go forth with an excitement for learning, a desire to explore and the knowledge that you are empowered to change the world.

“I wanted to make education personal and meaningful rather than simply confine myself to a system that identifies talent by what my GPA is. That is the mindset that I have created in my time at Étude, and is likely my biggest lesson. My experience here has allowed me to understand that the importance of education isn’t to pass a class and earn good grades, but to take control of what and how you learn to improve yourself for challenges that come after high school. Even more importantly, I found that Étude gave me an opportunity to take my education to places I didn’t have the bandwidth to explore previously. I was able to make my education more personal, take the reins a little more to learn what I believe is important.”


May 6, 2020
by: Étude Staff Writers

Meet Alex, Étude Class of 2020!

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Meet Alexander Ruppel, Étude Class of 2020 graduate. This fall Alex will be attending Lakeland Technical College working toward dual majors to become a Network Administrator and Computer Support Specialist. In fact, Alex has been part of LTC the entirety of his senior year through the Start College Now program.

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May 1, 2020
by: Étude Staff Writers

Meet Elizabeth, Étude Class of 2020!

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Meet Elizabeth Kraus, Étude Class of 2020 graduate. Elizabeth is Valedictorian of her senior class. This fall Elizabeth will be attending Marquette University as part of the MU Honors Program.

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March 20, 2020
by: Michael Q. Hanlon, Étude Theater and Film Teacher

Filmmaker Shares Industry Experience in the Classroom

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Students at Étude High School participate in seminars that develop their ability to investigate, analyze, and synthesize relevant topics and issues in our modern society through a creative lens. Seminars include visual arts, dance, engineering, theatre arts, and music. Seminars also provide a space for guest professionals to share their individual experiences in their given industry with students inside the classroom.

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March 17, 2020

Information About Étude Virtual Learning

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During this time of uncertainty, one thing we can continue to rely on is Étude’s mission to make learning visible. Since the beginning of the school year, Étude High School students have been accessing their daily learning agendas online. They should keep doing so during virtual learning. Please continue reading below for quick access to important information!

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March 13, 2020
by: Damian Kuester, Étude Student Writer

Students Bond in Presentations of Creative Works and Winter Games Competitions

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The Étude High School staff noticed over the years that many students start to lose motivation at the beginning of the second semester due to the stress of Exhibitions of Learning, Presentations of Learning and other school work. Because of this, Étude Think Tank (our school’s version of student council) decided to hold a school breakout day to not only rejuvenate the student body but also celebrate the Étude community.

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February 29, 2020
by: Marie Grawien, Payton Damkot, and Addie Degenhardt

Issues + Ethics Students Analyze Kiss of the Spider Woman Through Project Creations

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Students at Étude High School have the opportunity to choose between four humanities classes throughout their four years of schooling. The Issues and Ethics course delves into specific issues facing today’s world at large and encourages students to consider the ethical and moral implications in dealing with potential problems and issues on a global scale. This year’s Issues and Ethics class is participating in the University of Wisconsin - Madison’s Great World Text in Wisconsin program. Great World Text is a program for teachers and high school students across the state to study literature and history through the humanities lens.

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November 26, 2019
by: Michael Hanlon

Étude Writers Attend UW-Whitewater Creative Writing Festival

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It's the end of November, which means that it's time once again to attend the Whitewater Creative Writing Festival. Étude has been attending the Festival for over a decade, but this was the first trip for most of our attending students this year. Fourteen 9th, 10th, and 11th graders hopped on the bus and spent the day on the UW-Whitewater campus, interacting with peers from across the Midwest, workshopping their writing, and learning from some of the finest writers in Wisconsin.

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November 13, 2019

Substitute Teaching in Science Class

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Subbing in a science class can be intimidating for a non-science teacher, but when the students have clear directions and are excited about their work, it’s easy! Today the Chemistry students worked in small groups to write short fictionalized stories about scientists who contributed to the atomic theory.

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October 23, 2019

Literally Acuity

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Students from Étude Middle and High School participated in the Literally Acuity event that brought renowned young adult author M.T. Anderson to Sheboygan. High school students read his book Feed, a futuristic warning of the ways advertising and internet access can negatively impact societal development. Middle school students read The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, a novel about social experiments conducted in Revolutionary Boston.

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