NOCTILUCA December 2016

LEAVI A LE North abounds with names fro to a certain special place. We p a second thought to the name Well, we stopped. And then ask cases – these people? That qu stories about very real people North – and they still do. Then we asked around: If you c something, what would it be? Contributors to the Center Spread: Salma Abdel- Ahmad Abdel-Azim, Maddy Schilling, Sarah Flem

“I would want ot be named after a type of su- shi becaue it’s my favor- ite food.” ~Kristen Vermeulen

Aerial photo by Jamie Silver, Herff Jones

Why is Appleton North’s football stadium named after Paul Engen? Paul Engen was inducted into the Wisconsin Football Coaches Asso- ciation in 1998. Engen started his football coaching career at Winona State University, as their Assistant Football Coach in 1968. Winona State is also his Alma Mater, which he graduated from in 1965. How- ever, Engen left Winona State in 1969 to become the Head Football Coach for the Appleton West Terrors, where he was also their Assis- tant Track Coach. In 1995, when Appleton North opened, Engen left Appleton West to be the Assistant Football Coach for North, as well as our first athletic director. Currently, Engen is back at West as their Var- sity and JV Assistant Coach, while his son, Brent Engen, is the Head Football Coach for Appleton West. “Our team enjoys playing there because it is an excellent facility. Our team is aware of Coach Engen’s time at North but know him more as a West coach,” Brent Engen said.

“I want to be buried in the middle of Wash- ington D.C. with a plaque that says ‘Here lies Sahil Beaherawa- la, former presient of the United States’.” ~Sahil Baherawala

“The swimming pool, because I love swimming and I’ve been a swimmer for eight years.” ~Lexi Hilt

“I’d want to have a cer- tain soccer trick named after me that will live for a long time. Lots of kids growing up who will want to be soccer play- ers will know my name because of the trick and also the legacy I will leave; the odds of it hap- pening are slim, but you have to dream big.” ~Meedo Amin

Photo by Sonia Tallroth

The Appleton Area School District has a long history of fine arts. Apple- ton’s first music program, an orchestra, was formed in 1920 by Herbert Helble, and they practiced in a local church’s basement. Appleton’s music program has greatly expanded since then. Roosevelt Middle School even had a ukulele club in 1931! Orlyn A. Zieman came to Appleton in 1953 to teach social studies at Wilson Middle School, and in 1959, he became the principal of Wilson. In 1964, he became the Director of Secondary Educa- tion. He stayed in that position until 1971, when the old superintendent of the Appleton school district, William Spears, passed away and Zieman was called to the position. Besides making the Appleton Area School District officially separate from the city government, he was very supportive of the arts, like his wife and daughters. He was known to have an easy going and approachable personality, both inside and outside of school. According to Gerald Howard, a retired North English teacher and friend of Zieman, he was a “handshake and a smile kind of guy” as well as an honest man. “If he told you he was going to do something, he did it. There was no double talking with him.” After a battle with cancer, Zieman passed away in 1985. In the late 1980s, AASD realized that in the next decade the high schools would become increasingly overcrowded, and another high school needed to be built. A new auditorium was built along with the new school. In remembrance of Zieman’s passion for the arts, Appleton North’s new audi- torium was named after him.

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“It (the prairie) is a legacy to the wh Connie Roop. Most appreciate the pr woman behind the natural beauty, Co and environmental science teacher at sion for environmental conservation. by over $25,000 in grants and constr dents. All of the plants are native to students studying environmental sci ment plant progression and evolutio “School is not inside four walls. I f what nature has to offer. Learn from not only an environmental enthusias husband both taught at Appleton Nor than a hundred books.

“A forest because I like to spend most of my time there, and I enjoy forests very much.” ~Mr. Sugrue