2016 Herb Kohl Foundation Excellence Scholarship, Initiative Scholarship, Fellowship, and New Leadership Award Recipients Announced
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NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact: Kim Marggraf Monday, March 21, 2016 920-946-3640 mobile; 920-457-1727 office [email protected] www.kohleducation.org 2016 HERB KOHL FOUNDATION EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP, INITIATIVE SCHOLARSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, AND NEW LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED MILWAUKEE — The selection committee for the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Scholarship, Fellowship, and Leadership Program has announced recipients of the 2016 Herb Kohl Foundation awards for students, teachers, and principals. The $3,000 awards are being made to 100 teachers, 16 principals and their schools, and 184 graduating high school students. This year marks the first Kohl principal awards that recognize school leadership across the state. 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. 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. Recipients of the new Leadership Award are school principals who are being recognized for setting high standards for instruction, achievement, and character and for creating a climate to best serve students, families, staff, and community. Excellence Scholarship, Fellowship and 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), and the Association of Wisconsin School Administrators. 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 Michael Lancaster, WCRIS president. The Kohl Foundation Scholarship and Fellowship program was established by Herb Kohl, U.S. Senator (Retired) in 1990. To date the foundation has awarded $10.2 million to Wisconsin educators, students, and schools. New this year is the addition of the Leadership Award to recognize outstanding Wisconsin school principals. “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. Letters notifying recipients of the award were mailed by the Herb Kohl Foundation on March 9, 2016. 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. 1 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation 2016 Student, Teacher, and Principal Recognition Luncheons Reception at Noon and Luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Date Banquet Location CESAs Region Sunday, April 3 Chippewa Falls Middle School 4, 10, 11, 12 Northwest & 750 Tropicana Boulevard West Central Chippewa Falls 54729 Saturday, April 9 Divine Savior Holy Angels High School 1 Southeast 4257 N. 100th Street Milwaukee 53222 Sunday, April 10 Sun Prairie High School 2, 3 South Central 888 Grove Street & Southwest Sun Prairie 53590 Saturday, April 16 Kimberly High School 5, 6 Central 1662 E. Kennedy Avenue Kimberly 54136 Sunday, April 17 West De Pere High School 7, 8, 9 Northeast & 665 Grant Street North Central De Pere 54115 2 Excellence Scholars 2016 CESA 1 Maureen Burke, New Berlin Catholic Memorial High School, Waukesha Corrianne Cain, Cedarburg Living Word Lutheran High School, Jackson Erica Calvache, Brookfield Brookfield Central High School, Brookfield Jacob Cavaiani, Wales Kettle Moraine High School, Wales Zing Cer, Milwaukee South Division High School, Milwaukee Brian Coe, Racine St. Catherine’s High School, Racine Dwight Davis, New Berlin Heritage Christian School, New Berlin Thomas DeGuire, Mequon Homestead High School, Mequon Elijah Evers, Milwaukee Riverside University High School, Milwaukee Luke Holzmann, Fond du Lac St. Mary’s Springs Academy High School, Fond du Lac Michael Kowalski, South Milwaukee South Milwaukee High School, South Milwaukee Emma Kumer, Brookfield Brookfield Central High School, Brookfield Justin Luo, Germantown Germantown High School, Germantown Matthew McCarty, Oak Creek South Milwaukee High School, South Milwaukee Diya Ramanathan, Hartland Arrowhead Union High School, Hartland Sandeep Reddy, Racine J.I. Case High School, Racine Madeline Shea, Racine St. Catherine’s High School, Racine Diego Vega Rivera, Milwaukee Ronald Reagan IB College Preparatory High School, Milwaukee 3 Alexis Voeller, Cedarburg Cedarburg High School, Cedarburg Yuchun Wang, Hartland Hamilton High School, Sussex CESA 2 Madeline Dimeo, McFarland McFarland High School, McFarland Benjamin Haegele, Broadhead Evansville Senior High School, Evansville Jonathan Ibach, Sun Prairie Edgewood High School, Madison Isaiah Janisch, Evansville Homeschooled Connor Kooistra, Verona Middleton High School, Middleton Adam Krueger, Cambridge Cambridge Senior High School, Cambridge Mattias McMullin, Stoughton Homeschooled Adam Nelson, Waterford Waterford Union High School, Waterford Amber Pickel, Orfordville Brodhead High School, Brodhead Megan Powers, Juda Juda High School, Juda Mason Roscizewski, Eagle Palmyra-Eagle High School, Palmyra Mark Schauf, Walworth Big Foot High School, Walworth Natalie Stratton, Williams Bay Williams Bay High School, Williams Bay Andrea Wenck, East Troy Waterford Union High School, Waterford Rachel Williams, DeForest DeForest Area High School, DeForest CESA 3 Kennedy Lee, Fennimore Fennimore High School, Fennimore Saafia Masoom, Platteville Platteville High School, Platteville Jacquelyn Moseley, Darlington Darlington High School, Darlington 4 CESA 4 Madelyn Blaha, Sparta Sparta High School, Sparta Brianna Cochlin, Onalaska Onalaska High School, Onalaska Jeremy Fluegge, Onalaska Luther High School, Onalaska Samantha Helgeson, Onalaska Holmen High School, Holmen Mattie Krause, La Crosse Central High School, La Crosse Jackie Page, Sparta Sparta High School, Sparta Megan Reinhardt, Nelson Alma High School, Alma CESA 5 Jacob Elliott, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School, Wisconsin Rapids Taylor Hauke, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School, Wisconsin Rapids McKenna Prahl, Iola Iola-Scandinavia High School, Iola David Smith, Port Edwards John Edwards High School, Port Edwards Nicole Weise, Waupaca Waupaca High School, Waupaca CESA 6 Emmalee Ciriacks, West Bend East High School, West Bend Keegan Downham, Kimberly Kimberly High School, Kimberly Levi Feucht, Campbellsport Campbellsport High School, Campbellsport Halee Fritsch, Appleton Appleton West High School, Appleton Adam Gergetz, Jackson East High School, West Bend Thomas Hermsen, Kaukauna Little Chute High School, Little Chute Amy Holzer, Hartford Hartford Union High School, Hartford Elisha Jaeke, Hartford Hartford Union High School, Hartford 5 Emma Kloes, Hortonville Hortonville High School, Hortonville Karenna Lillo, Appleton Fox Valley Lutheran High School, Appleton Meghan Luedtke, Campbellsport Kewaskum High School, Kewaskum Michael Mastalish, Oshkosh Winneconne High School, Winneconne Madeline McGauley, Beaver Dam Beaver Dam High School, Beaver Dam Samuel Meier, Oshkosh Fond du Lac High School, Fond du Lac Serena Pritchard, Waupun Central Wisconsin Christian School, Waupun John Rekoske, Appleton Saint Franis Xavier High School, Appleton Adelle Sturgell, Neenah Neenah High School, Neenah Jackson Traas, Appleton East High School, Appleton CESA 7 Lauren Boden, De Pere West De Pere High School, De Pere Samantha Dahm, Random Lake Random Lake High School, Random Lake Cullen Hilliker, Two Rivers Roncalli High School, Manitowoc Grace Langteau, Chilton Stockbridge High School, Chilton Zachary LeVene, Manitowoc Roncalli High School, Manitowoc Natalie McCraw, Sheboygan Falls Howards Grove High School, Howards Grove Anna Schaut, Green Bay Green Bay West High School, Green Bay Ethan Weber, New Holstein New Holstein High School, New Holstein CESA 8 Myah Anderson, Niagara Niagara High School, Niagara Brianna LeFebre, Oconto Falls Oconto Falls High School, Oconto Falls Brittany Russell, Abrams Oconto Falls High School, Oconto Falls 6 CESA 9 Tianna Borchardt, Marathon Edgar High School, Edgar Samantha Hytry, Eagle River Northland Pines High School, Eagle River Vansh Jain, Minocqua Lakeland Union High School, Minocqua Adam Jensen, Wisconsin Rapids Northland Lutheran High School, Kronenwetter Jennah Ludwig, Eagle River Northland Pines High School, Eagle River Jonathan Nelson, Weston D.C. Everest Senior High School, Schofield Reid Parks, Marathon Marathon High School, Marathon Esther Yeung, Arbor Vitae Lakeland Union High School, Minocqua CESA 10 Whitney Baehr, Withee Owen-Withee High School, Owen Benjamin Hanson, Ladysmith Ladysmith High School, Ladysmith Emily Johnson, Gilman Gilman High School, Gilman Josie Olson, Eleva Eleva-Strum Central