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NEWS RELEASE Contact: Kim Marggraf Background: www.kohleducation.org 920-946-3640 mobile, 920-457-1727 office [email protected] For Immediate Release: Monday, March 4, 2019 2019 Herb Kohl Foundation Excellence Scholarship, Initiative Scholarship, Fellowship and Leadership Award Recipients Announced MILWAUKEE — The selection committee for the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Student Scholarship, Teacher Fellowship, and Principal Leadership program has announced recipients of the 304 Herb Kohl Foundation awards for students, teachers, and principals. Awards in the amount of $6,000 are being made to 100 teachers, 16 principals, and their schools, and $10,000 scholarships will be given to 188 graduating high school students. Student Excellence Scholarship recipients have demonstrated excellence in the academic arena and high motivation to achieve, have displayed a broad range of activity and leadership outside the academic setting, and have shown strong promise for succeeding in college and beyond. Teacher Fellowship recipients are educators who have been chosen for their superior ability to inspire a love of learning in their students, their ability to motivate others, and their leadership and service within and outside the classroom. Principal Leadership Award recipients are school principals who are being recognized for setting high standards for instruction, achievement and character, and creating a climate to best serve students, families, staff, and community. Student Excellence Scholarship, Teacher Fellowship, and Principal Leadership Award recipients are selected by a statewide committee composed of civic leaders, and representatives of education-related associations and the program’s co-sponsors: The Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools (WCRIS), regional Cooperative Educational Service Agencies (CESA), the Association of Wisconsin School Administrators, and the Wisconsin Parents Association. Student Initiative Scholarship recipients, chosen by their schools, have demonstrated exceptional initiative in the classroom and have shown strong promise for succeeding in college and beyond, but have not yet received other academic-based scholarships. “I think it is significant that Wisconsin’s students, teachers, principals, and schools are recognized for their devotion to education and learning," said Dr. Chris Cody, WCRIS board president. “Across Wisconsin, our communities benefit from Herb Kohl's longstanding and generous philanthropy to our educators and students,” said State Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor. (more) 825 North Jefferson Street, Suite 350, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 The Kohl Foundation Scholarship and Fellowship program was established by Herb Kohl, philanthropist and businessman, in 1990. To date the foundation has awarded $17.8 million to Wisconsin educators, principals, students, and schools. “Education is the key to the future of Wisconsin and our nation. I am very proud of the accomplishments of these students, teachers, and principals and look forward to the great contributions they will make in the future,” Kohl said. Award recipients were notified of their awards on March 4, 2019. Regional recognition luncheons honoring the recipients will be held in a few weeks. Following is the list of recognition luncheon dates and locations, and the list of recipients. Herb Kohl will attend all luncheons and present awards to recipients. Herb Kohl Educational Foundation 2019 Student, Teacher and Principal Recognition Luncheons Luncheon at Noon and Award Program at 12:30 p.m. Date Banquet Location CESAs Region Sunday, March 24 Sun Prairie High School 2, 3, 5 South Central & Central 888 Grove Street Sun Prairie 53590 Saturday, March 30 Appleton North High School 6, 7, 8 Northeast & East Central 5000 N Ballard Road Appleton 54913 Sunday, March 31 Chippewa Falls Middle School 4, 9, 10, 11, 12 North Central & Northwest 750 Tropicana Boulevard Chippewa Falls 54729 Saturday, April 13 Greenfield High School 1 Southeast 4800 S 60th Street Greenfield 53220 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation 2019 Student Excellence Scholars CESA 1 Jack Maher, Muskego Bonnie Raechal Beres, Pewaukee Muskego High School, Muskego Divine Savior Holy Angels High School, Milwaukee Gianna Milazzo, Oconomowoc Alanna Bielawski, Milwaukee Oconomowoc High School, Oconomowoc Reagan High School, Milwaukee Sierra Richardson, Shorewood Emily Cheng, Mequon Riverside High School, Milwaukee Homestead High School, Mequon Mia Rimmer, Milwaukee Megan Choy, New Berlin King International High School, Milwaukee New Berlin Mid/High School, New Berlin Nicholas Schulz, Oconomowoc David Chrisbaum, Milwaukee Oconomowoc High School, Oconomowoc Pius XI Catholic High School, Milwaukee Arjun Shreekumar, Brookfield Crystal DiBiase, Kenosha Brookfield East High School, Brookfield Saint Joseph Catholic Academy, Kenosha Shelbey Strandberg, Hartland Abigail Dowse, Menomonee Falls Divine Savior Holy Angels High School, Milwaukee Hamilton High School, Sussex Erick Torres-Gonzalez, Milwaukee Alyssa Eske, Milwaukee Reagan High School, Milwaukee King International High School, Milwaukee Maxwell Unger, Sussex Nyia Garrett, Milwaukee Hamilton High School, Sussex Reagan High School, Milwaukee Amberlee Webster, New Berlin Sabrina Huang, Brookfield New Berlin Mid/High School, New Berlin Brookfield Central High School, Brookfield Madison Xiong, Jackson Vinesh Janarthanan, Waukesha Reagan High School, Milwaukee Waukesha West High School, Waukesha Amal Khan, Mequon CESA 2 University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Abigail Buxa, Oconomowoc Alisha Khosla, Brookfield Lakeside Lutheran High School, Lake Mills Brookfield Academy, Brookfield Kaitey Crosby, Sun Prairie John Klaves, Bayside Sun Prairie High School, Sun Prairie Home School, Bayside Claire Darmstadter, Sun Prairie Madeline Koenig, Wales Sun Prairie High School, Sun Prairie Kettle Moraine High School, Wales Matthew Gille, Stoughton Vivica Lewis, Milwaukee Stoughton High School, Stoughton Carmen High School South Campus, Milwaukee Christian Karabas, Fontana Katherine Liu, Brookfield Big Foot High School, Walworth Brookfield Central High School, Brookfield Krista Krien, Waterford Kelly Longhini, Pewaukee Catholic Central High School, Burlington Pewaukee High School, Pewaukee Nicholas Kuzoff, Whitewater Whitewater High School, Whitewater Herb Kohl Educational Foundation 2019 Student Excellence Scholarships Page 1 Kennedy Lindeman, Waterford CESA 6 Waterford High School, Waterford Genna Alexander, Kewaskum Derrick Oborne, Brodhead Kewaskum High School, Kewaskum Brodhead High School, Brodhead Megan Best, Oshkosh Kirsten Oliver, Albany Oshkosh West High School, Oshkosh Albany High School, Albany Caleb Boutin, Omro Victoria Pollak, Delavan Winneconne High School, Winneconne Williams Bay High School, Williams Bay Cade Christensen, Campbellsport Anna Quade, Milton St. Mary's Springs Academy, Fond du Lac Milton High School, Milton Andrew Davis, West Bend Leah Russell, Madison Slinger High School, Slinger McFarland High School, McFarland Isaac Grahl, Campbellsport Joshua Vana, Reeseville Campbellsport High School, Campbellsport Watertown High School, Watertown Rachel Hubbard, Neenah Josephine Wangerin, Watertown Valley Christian School, Oshkosh Endeavor Charter School, Watertown Akshay Kalra, Beaver Dam Beaver Dam High School, Beaver Dam CESA 3 Miranda Leggett, Oshkosh Kara Katzung, Bagley Oshkosh North High School, Oshkosh Prairie du Chien High School, Prairie du Chien Claire Limberg, Lomira Isabelle Sander, Cuba City Lomira High School, Lomira Cuba City High School, Cuba City Anna Little, Sherwood Mary Sargent, Richland Center Saint Mary Catholic High School, Neenah Home School, Richland Center Kyle Loehr, Kewaskum Kewaskum High School, Kewaskum CESA 4 Sean Maurer, North Fond du Lac Caitlin Coffey, La Crosse Oakfield High School, Oakfield Logan High School, La Crosse Ellie McMeeken, West Bend Slinger High School, Slinger CESA 5 Katrina Pokorny, Waupun Muhammad Abidi, Marshfield Waupun Area High School, Waupun Marshfield High School, Marshfield Grace Rauch, Ripon Ripon High School, Ripon Brock Erdman, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School, Wisconsin Rapids Evan Sievers, Slinger Slinger High School, Slinger Ellie Heiman, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School, Wisconsin Rapids Emily Merkel, Marshfield CESA 7 Marshfield High School, Marshfield Chloe Bohn, Sheboygan Ashton Osterhaus, Dalton Sheboygan North High School, Sheboygan Pardeeville High School, Pardeeville Ciara Hassinger, Elkhart Lake Lily Wagner, Westfield Elkhart Lake High School, Elkhart Lake Westfield Area High School, Westfield Madelyn Hendrikse, Oostburg Jamie Williams, Lodi Oostburg High School, Oostburg Lodi High School, Lodi Herb Kohl Educational Foundation 2019 Student Excellence Scholarships Page 2 Kaylin Kalbacken, Elkhart Lake Laura Sokup, Altoona Elkhart Lake High School, Elkhart Lake Regis High School, Eau Claire Joel Kiernan, Green Bay Trenton Vollendorf, Ladysmith Green Bay East High School, Green Bay Ladysmith High School, Ladysmith Katya Konopacki, Denmark Roncalli Catholic High School, Manitowoc CESA 11 Keeley Kuru, Plymouth Margaret Butler, Balsam Lake Plymouth High School, Plymouth Saint Croix Falls High School, Saint Croix Falls Sabine LaLiberte, Manitowoc Kaylynn Imsande, Menomonie Lincoln High School, Manitowoc Menomonie High School, Menomonie Allison Lee, Sheboygan Falls Jessica Schwartz, Menomonie Sheboygan Falls High School, Sheboygan Falls Menomonie