He grows up with supportive parents that encourage him to be his best. With his family as his rock, this Appleton East High School student finds himself involved in many activities. He thrives in DECA and serves as a crucial teammate for the basketball and football teams.

He is the ideal image of a student athlete.  With so much going for him, his high school path is as smooth as silk.

“I didn’t make the best decisions; I guess it took me a while to grow up.”

Regret is real and often functions as the anchor to advice.  As he reflects, he bravely details the bad choices of his high school career.

Sophomore year he finds himself in trouble for skipping class.

Junior year, he and his friends pull a Homecoming prank resulting in heavy consequences. They dig up about 200 for sale signs from yards around Appleton and scatter them like ashes around the school. It turns out putting the school up for sale is not as brilliant as it seems.

Senior year, a bad decision forces him to kiss his basketball career goodbye. Violating the code will forever be his biggest high school regret.

Now, as a principal, Mr. Brian Wunderlich regrets not being the best high school student he could be. As a principal he believes these moments have helped him understand what high school is like for many students. He is able to remind students that making a few mistakes is not the end of the world.

He admires the students that walk halls in NHS caring about one another and giving back. He realizes he was much different in high school. He was much more selfish.

He says: “We all grow up at different times; I just took a little bit longer.”