Alumni Association
Welcome to the Alumni Association
Our mission is to develop a relationship with all D.C. Everest alumni, community members, and local businesses in an effort to recognize alumni, provide scholarships and gain support for activities that enrich the educational experiences for current students.
Founded in 1995, the D.C. Everest Alumni Association exists as a subsidiary of the D.C. Everest Education Foundation, Inc. and helps provide linkage of the Education Foundation to the community.
The Alumni Association also provides assistance with class reunions and promotes awareness of the Education Foundation to graduates of D.C. Everest High School.
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Alumni News
Eighty-seven Business and Marketing students from both the D.C. Everest Junior High and Senior High competed in Junior Achievement’s Business Challenge hosted at Northcentral Technical College.
- DCE District News
- Junior High
- Senior High
- Student Awards
43 D.C. Everest Senior High students visited the Heavy Equipment Operators Training Center in Coloma, Wisconsin.
- CTE
- DCE District News
- Senior High
Thirteen members of the D.C. Everest Junior High Choir participated in “Singing In Wisconsin” — a state -wide event organized by the Wisconsin Choral Directors Association.
- DCE District News
- Junior High
- Performing Arts
D.C. Everest Equestrian teammates Katie Hoppe and Neah Zimmermann have been riding horses together since they were in fourth grade and this year, under the guidance of Coach Brenda Bartender, earned second place at the state competition with 115 points.
- District news
- Performing Arts
- Senior High
- Staff awards
On October 25, 2023, D.C. Everest band instructors Joe Finnegan and Ben Burish received the Melvin F. Pontius Creatives Sparks in Music Education Award at the 2023 Wisconsin State Music Conference hosted at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison, Wisconsin.
- District news
- Performing Arts
- Senior High
- Staff awards
- Junior High
- Student awards
The D.C. Everest Junior High recently hosted its National Junior Honor Society induction ceremony, welcoming 81 new members
- Junior High
- Student Awards
DCE Junior High students participated in the day-long Heavy Metal Tour and an Engineering Tomorrow challenge.
- CTE
- Community Outreach
- DCE District News
- Junior High
- STEAM
- Senior High
- Community Outreach
- District news
- Work based learning
The documentary explores the role baseball played for Japanese Americans forcibly detained in World War II internment camps.
- Community Outreach
- DCE District News
- Senior High
- Student awards
The DCE students were selected after an arduous selection process that began in 2022.
- DCE District News
- Senior High
- Student Awards
- Community Partners
- District news
- Special Education
On September 26, the D.C. Everest Area School District launched its TREE House — the Traveling Resources for Early Evergreens bus designed to meet the needs of the district’s special education preschool students. The launch of the TREE House marks the culmination of a three-year project that began with the generous donation of a bus by Allen Lamers in memory of a family member.
- DCE District News
- Special Education
- CTE
- Senior High
- Student awards
Each year, D.C. Everest Senior High students attend the Bricklayer 500 competition in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Once again, the DCE students earned top honors — securing first place in the Wisconsin Regional Junior Bricklayer 500 event on September 13.
- CTE
- Senior High
- Student Awards
- Riverside
Ashley Hagenow, Wisconsin’s 76th Alice in Dairyland, visited Riverside Elementary to speak with 4th graders about the importance of agriculture and showcase specialty crops grown in the state.
- Community Partners
- Riverside
On November 9, six D.C. Everest FBLA teams competed at the Regional Finance Bowl hosted at Northcentral Technical College with 5 of the 6 teams advancing to at least the quarter finals round. A total of 26 teams competed at the event.
- Extracurricular
- Senior High
- Student Awards
- Work based learning
As part of National Youth Apprenticeship Week, the D.C. Everest Senior High is celebrating its current student apprentices. DCE’s youth apprenticeship program helps students explore career options, develop relationships with leaders in the community, and gain critical job skills.
- CTE
- Senior High
- Work based learning
Fifty-two students from the D.C. Everest Junior High and DCE Senior High Business and Marketing Departments competed in Junior Achievement’s Titan Business Challenge held at Northcentral Technical College on November 17. The event provides student teams the opportunity to compete against their peers as they navigate the challenges of running a simulated company.
- Extracurricular
- Junior High
- Senior High
- Student Awards
On December 7, the D.C. Everest Senior High hosted its annual National Honor Society Induction Ceremony and welcomed 130 initiates from grades 10 – 12.
- Extracurricular
- Senior High
- Student Awards
Two D.C. Everest Senior High Students earned second and third place in the 2022 Congressional App Challenge for Wisconsin’s 7th District. The IT contest allows middle and high school students to code their own apps using any programming language and platform.
- STEAM
- Senior High
- Student Awards
After months of preparation, 14 aspiring D.C. Everest Junior High entrepreneurs put their best foot forward and pitched their business ideas to 24 local business leaders in the hopes of earning starter funds to launch their enterprises.
- Community Outreach
- Community Partners
- Junior High
- Student Awards
This summer 239 talented Wisconsin student-musicians traveled throughout Europe as Wisconsin Ambassadors of Music, including 22 D.C. Everest Senior High students and a collection of North Central Wisconsin students from Auburndale, Lakeland and Minocqua.
- Extracurricular
- Performing Arts
- Senior High
- Student Awards
In its 38th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, Gatorade today announced Sara Mlodik of D.C. Everest Senior High School is the 2022-23 Gatorade Wisconsin Girls Cross Country Player of the Year. Mlodik is the first Gatorade Wisconsin Girls Cross Country Player of the Year to be chosen from D.C. Everest Senior High School.
- Athletics
- Senior High
- Student Awards
The D.C. Everest District is proud to announce Point of Convergence, the D.C. Everest Senior High student literary magazine, has received the rank of Excellent in the 2022 Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM) program.
- Extracurricular
- Senior High
- Student Awards
The D.C. Everest Future Business Leaders of America team competed at the Regional Leadership Conference on February 4 and earned an overall second place finish out of a field of 30 team competitors
- Extracurricular
- Senior High
- Student Awards
On February 13, members of the D.C. Everest Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) team competed at the regional competition held in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
- Extracurricular
- Senior High
- Student Awards
Each year the DCE Gaming Club selects organizations that will receive the charity funds. This year, all of the charity auction proceeds — more than $6,500 — were donated to Prevent Suicide Marathon County.
- Community Outreach
- Community Partners
- Extracurricular
- Junior High
On February 18, the D.C. Everest Fishing Team was named the 2022 Wisconsin Interscholastic Fishing Association Team of the Year out of a field of more than 120 WIFA high school teams around the state. WIFA is committed to the education, conservation and management of natural resources and building an understanding of aquatic ecosystems and sciences. WIFA’s primary goals are to get students involved in the outdoors and to become future ambassadors of the sport of fishing through spirited competition.
- Extracurricular
- Senior High
- Student Awards
As part of a new Electricity Engineering Project at the D.C. Everest Middle School, sixth grade students delved into the field of study through a variety of hands-on circuitry activities, model construction, electric vehicle design challenges and input from a current NASA engineer.
- Middle School
- STEAM
Seventeen members from the DC Everest DECA Chapter competed in the Wisconsin DECA State Career Development Conference last week in Lake Geneva.
- DECA
- Junior High
- Senior High
On March 14, the Everest Area Optimists hosted their annual Optimist Speech Contest at the D.C. Everest Junior High IMC. Students had to present a four-to-five-minute speech on the topic: "Discovering the Optimism Within Me".
- Extracurricular
- Junior High
- Senior High
- Student Awards
D.C. Everest Junior Gabriel Golbach participated in the prestigious Senate Scholar Program in Madison, Wisconsin.
- Senior High
- Student Awards
Members of the D.C. Everest Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) team competed at the state competition and had a strong showing, earning a series of gold and silver place finishes with one member advancing to national-level competition to be held in Denver, CO.
- Extracurricular
- Senior High
- Student Awards
Nine D.C. Everest juniors were selected to participate as student delegates in Badger State programs this summer. During the week-long civic leadership program, students will learn how government works by creating their own city, county and state level governments
- Senior High
- Student Awards
Recent D.C. Everest alumna (Class of 2023) Elizabeth Krause earned second place in the U.S. in the Teach and Train event at the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America national competition.
- DCE Alumni\
Former Weston Elementary student Reid Frame spent approximately six hours completing a Smart Track painted obstacle course on the grounds of the school. Reid, an Eagle Scout from Troop 435, was joined by family and community members as well as staff.
- Community Outreach
- Community Partners
- Senior High
The U.S. Department of State's National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) provides critical overseas language learning opportunities and cultural immersion experiences for selected students.
- DCE District News
- Senior High
Emily Jacobson, Gao Jer Vang and SunJana Yang — have completed the rigorous requirements to earn the Global Scholar Designation and Certificate via the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
- DCE District News
- Senior High
D.C. Everest Senior High students Lauren Koslowski and Dan Gerrits have been selected to represent their school and community as a member of the “All American D-Day Band,” which will perform in Normandy, France in June.
- DCE District News
- Senior High
Students enrolled in the D.C. Everest Senior High Woods 2 and Woods 3 courses recently participated in the annual Wood Olympics & Career Fair hosted at Northcentral Technical College's Wood Technology Center in Antigo.
- CTE
- Community Partners
- Senior High
- Student Awards
The Central Wisconsin Mathematics League hosts math competitions for high school students across the state of Wisconsin. The D.C. Everest Math Team continued its proud history of excellence with students earning top honors across all categories.
- Extracurricular
- Junior High
- Senior High
- Student Awards
Eight students from the D.C. Everest Middle School recently participated in the Regional Science Bee competition.
- Extracurricular
- Middle School
- STEAM
- Student Awards
On May 3, D.C. Everest Senior High students enrolled in the DCE Enterprises course delivered a custom-made reinforced steel door and frame to members of the SAFER Fire District (South Area Fire and Emergency Response).
- Community Outreach
- Community Partners
- Senior High
Since the new Tech Ed wing and Culinary Lab opened in 2020, the D.C. Everest Senior High has invited younger DCE Evergreens to participate in hands-on lessons with DCE Senior High students.
- CTE
- Community Outreach
- Rothschild
- Senior High
DECA members demonstrate their college and career readiness by participating in DECA’s industry-validated Competitive Events Program, aligned with Career Clusters in the areas of marketing, finance, hospitality, management, and entrepreneurship.
- DECA
- Senior High
- Student Awards
D.C. Everest seniors competed in the Central Wisconsin Manufacturing Alliance (CWIMA) Machining Competition, testing their skills against 20 other students from eight area schools.
- CTE
- Community Partners
- Senior High
- Student Awards
In May, two D.C. Everest Junior High Global Scholars — Mackenzie Stone and Cadence Rice — completed their Service-Learning project by organizing a “Tape a Teacher” fundraiser for the Ripple Effect Project
- Community Outreach
- Junior High