Sturgeon Bay High School needs your help to ensure the auditorium is as beautiful as the music made inside of it. The school started fundraising efforts on Friday to fully renovate its auditorium. The planned $2.025 million project aims to install new seating, improve accessibility, upgrade the sound and lighting controls, apply new finishes to the floor, walls, and ceilings, and install new safety and sustainability technology. The efforts pay tribute to former Sturgeon Bay Principal Robert Nickel, who passed away shortly after his retirement in 2022. Nickel’s legacy has left a big impression on his successor, Sturgeon Bay Principal Keith Nerby. He says the stories he has heard about Nickel’s commitment to the performing arts at Sturgeon Bay makes the “Leaving a Legacy” campaign a noble cause.

The campaign is seeking a $1 million lead donor to launch the program with other sponsorship opportunities available to improve the space that will be named in Nickel’s honor when the work is completed. You can learn more about the Launching a Legacy campaign by clicking this link.