NICE Community School District

06/02/2026

From Coach Wolf:

Summer Workout Times (Monday–Thursday)

5:45–6:45 AM – Open Workout

10:00–11:00 AM – Varsity Boys

11:00 AM–12:00 PM – JV/Freshman/Middle School Boys

12:00–1:00 PM – Girls

Athletes can attend whichever session(s) they are able to make. Consistency is more important than making a specific time every day.

06/01/2026

Westwood Welding students Spencer Zorza and Michael Blanck recently completed a replica mining head frame structure. This structure is to serve as a memorial placed on the cap of the Barnes-Hecker mine shaft.

On November 3rd 1926, the Barnes-Hecker mine caved in resulting in what would be the worst mine disaster in Lake Superior iron district history. On that day, 51 men perished. Of those that perished, 41 were never recovered. This year marks the 100th anniversary of that disaster.

Ely Township, under the direction of Mr. Glenn Wing, is currently working on creating a beautiful new park at the mine site. Spencer and Michael also created a CNC plasma cut sign to commemorate the park.

Excellent work Michael and Spencer we are very proud of you both!

06/01/2026

Summer Food Service Program Information

On the district website, www.nice.k12.mi.us, under the Parents tab, select Lunch Program then summer Food Service Program. Click on the Meet Up and Eat Up Site Locator Map of the USDA Meals For Kids Site Finder to find Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) Summer meal sites near you.

The SFSP was established to ensure that low income children 18 and under continue to receive nutritious meals when school is not in session. You can use the maps to find Summer Meal sites near you or to help someone find a Summer Meal site near them.

NICE is a public school district; the acronym "NICE" stands for National Mine, Ishpeming Township, Champion – Humboldt – Spurr Townships and Ely Township.

06/01/2026

Summer Tennis camp!

06/01/2026

Congratulations to the following varsity softball players on their all-conference awards this season:

Morgan Schneider: West PAC first team, MPC first team
Makayla Fisher: West PAC second team, MPC first team
Lyn Magnuson: West PAC honorable mention, MPC first team
Grace Tossava: MPC first team
Sami Ruby: MPC second team
Kaylin Doney: MPC second team
Eliisa Doney: MPC honorable mention
Niila Nurmi: MPC honorable mention

05/30/2026

Our 6th graders had a great time and beautiful weather for their 6th grade trip to Mackinac Island this week. Their day was filled with biking, learning about the history of the island, sampling fudge, crossing the Mackinac bridge and much more. Thank you to Mrs. Verville for organizing this memorable trip and all those who volunteered their day to chaperone.

05/29/2026

⛳🏀 Westwood High School Buckets & Birdies Golf Outing 🏀⛳

Join us for a great day on the course while supporting Westwood High School Golf & Boys Basketball Programs!

05/29/2026

Our Aspen Ridge 5th graders had a fun overnight field trip to Bay Cliff Health Camp earlier this week!

05/27/2026

We'd like to send out a big Thank You! to the West End Health Foundation. We really appreciate their support for the work of our school nurses throughout the years. Their continued support of Nurse Cittadino and her programming is fantastic! Thank you so much, West End Health Foundation!

05/27/2026

Congratulations to senior Louis Salmi for breaking the longstanding Westwood pole vault record today in Negaunee at the MQT County meet!

The previous record of 13’ 3” was set by Jeff Maynard back in 1991. Today Louis hit 13’ 4”, 13’ 6” and finally 13’ 9” to hold the new record.

Pole vault coach Dan Carlson couldn’t be more proud, “Louis is a great kid. He puts in the hard work, so he certainly deserves this”.

Way to go, Louis and Coach Carlson!

Photos courtesy of Kara Camps