Beth Nicols

Occupation: Executive director, Milwaukee Downtown

High School: Solomon Juneau High School, Milwaukee

I would have been voted most likely to: "Succeed at cheerleading — for people and causes I believe in."

If I knew in high school what I know now: "I would have worried less about the small stuff. I would have spent more time learning how to play a musical instrument or delving into the arts and literature. I definitely would have paid more attention in my world geography class. I would have hugged my grandparents even more than I did."

If my children knew the high school me, they would: "Definitely want to hang out with me!"

Paul Piaskoski

Occupation: Anchor and reporter, CBS 58 News

High School: Marquette University High School, Milwaukee

When the final bell rang, you would usually find me: "Running (or at least fast walking) for the door like the place was on fire. Didn’t everybody?"

At school dances, I was usually the one: "Staring at my shoes."

My high school self always pictured my future career would be in: "Broadcasting. Strange, but true!"

Jane Kaczmarek

Occupation: Actress, currently starring in "Raising the Bar" on TNT

High School: Greendale High School

After school, you would usually find me: "Heading to my job at Casual Corner at Southridge Mall. After that, I would go to play practice at school. When I got home on Wednesday nights, my mom always made me do the dishes. I’d say, ‘Mom, why do I have to do the dishes if I didn’t even eat here?’ But there was a good work ethic in my family."

One of the major things that have changed since I went to school is: "How people care for their books! When I was in school, the books didn’t belong to us. So, I would sit home and make brown paper bag book covers since we were responsible for them. To this day, when I see people writing in books, I cringe. I also liked to stop at Leon’s after school. It was always 10 cents. One summer the price rose to 11 cents, and I didn’t have an extra penny. They wouldn’t give it to me, so I had to walk to my friend’s house and borrow a penny from her mom."

I always envisioned my career would be: "In acting, but that was absurd at that time. That was like saying I wanted to be an astronaut. There were no teen stars then like there are now. I never really dreamed it would happen because it seemed too wildly unrealistic. Now, it’s all turned out so well. I could never have imagined the bounty I would get because of it."

Elizabeth Kay

Occupation: Morning show co-host, 99.1 WMYX

High School: St. Thomas More High School, Milwaukee

In my high school yearbook, most people described me as: "Having the ‘best personality.’ To be honest, at the time I thought that was kind of lame (which shows my maturity level in high school). But now I think that’s quite a compliment and out of all the amazing people that were in my graduating class, I’m flattered that’s how my peers described me."

I would have been voted most likely to: "Become famous. I’m still waiting for that to happen — I just hope if it does happen, it’s for something cool, not completely embarrassing myself on a reality TV show."

I would describe my high school style as: "Extremely casual. Even though I lived three blocks from my high school, I was always just barely making it to my first class before the bell rang. I would typically oversleep to my alarm, which meant I would have to throw on jeans and a sweatshirt with barely any makeup on almost every day. One day I had to get dressed up for an all-school mass and a guy in my class told me he didn’t even recognize me ‘looking like a girl!’ That’s what’s great about working in radio — I can get away with that same kind of dress code for work too!" 

Scott Schwebel

Occupation: Drummer and co-founder, The Gufs

High School: Racine Horlick and Wichita Southeast, Wichita, Kan.

I would have been voted most likely to: "Live in Europe. Funny how things work out — Milwaukee isn’t exactly Milan, but I love it."

My fondest high school memory is: "The summers, of course!"

I was in the "every" group because: "I was a jock that was into art and loved music, plus I rode a motorcycle. How could I fit into just one group?"