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Contact: Kim Marggraf Background: www.kohleducation.org 920-946-3640 mobile, 920-457-1727 office [email protected] For Immediate Release: Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Herb Kohl honors outstanding students and teachers at award luncheon on March 30

MILWAUKEE — A luncheon to honor the achievements of northeast and east central Wisconsin students, teachers and principals will be held Saturday, March 30 at Appleton North High School in Appleton, the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation announced today.

On March 4, the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation announced the recipients of student Initiative Scholarships, student Excellence Scholarships, teacher Fellowships and principal Leadership awards. The March 30 luncheon will recognize the accomplishments of the area's outstanding students, educators and administrators. Seventeen teacher Fellowship recipients, 30 Excellence Scholarship recipients, 21 Initiative Scholarship recipients and 5 principal Leadership Award recipients will be honored.

Kim Marggraf, spokesperson for the Herb Kohl Foundation, said that Herb Kohl, representatives of co-sponsoring organizations Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools, Wisconsin Cooperative Educational Service Agencies, Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation, Association of Wisconsin School Administrators, Wisconsin Parents Association and the families and friends of northeast and east central Wisconsin award recipients will be part of this program.

The Herb Kohl Foundation Excellence Scholarship was established by Herb Kohl to provide scholarships to graduating Wisconsin high school students who have demonstrated academic excellence, outstanding leadership, citizenship, community service, integrity, and other special talents. The Herb Kohl Foundation Fellowship rewards teachers who have demonstrated superior ability to inspire love of learning in their students, have motivated others, and have provided meritorious service both inside and outside the classroom. The Herb Kohl Leadership Award recognizes school principals who have set high standards for instruction, achievement and character, and created a climate to best serve students, families, staff and community.

825 North Jefferson Street, Suite 350, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 The Herb Kohl Initiative Scholarship was established to recognize students who have demonstrated a high level of motivation to achieve, have shown strong promise for achieving success in college and beyond, have overcome significant personal obstacles or adversity, and have not yet received other academic based scholarships.

"Herb Kohl will be making formal award presentations to the recipients at the luncheon,” Marggraf said. The Herb Kohl Foundation will issue the $10,000 Excellence and Initiative Scholarship grants to the postsecondary institution that each student will attend. Each teacher will receive a $6,000 Fellowship and an additional $6,000 grant will be awarded to the teacher's school for use in innovative educational projects. The Kohl Educational Foundation Scholarship and Fellowship program was established by Herb Kohl in 1990. To date the foundation has provided $17.8 million to Wisconsin educators, students and schools. The foundation annually awards approximately 200 scholarships, 100 teacher fellowships and 16 principal awards throughout the state.

“We are so grateful that Wisconsin is home to such a visionary philanthropist who is rewarding excellence in education so generously,” said Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools Executive Director Sharon Schmeling.

“Individuals and communities across Wisconsin benefit from Herb Kohl's longstanding and generous philanthropy to our educators and students,” said State Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor. “On behalf of the Department of Public Instruction, I would like to thank Herb and the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation for continued dedication to our schools.”

“Education is the key to the future of Wisconsin and our nation. I am very proud of the accomplishments of these students and teachers and look forward to the great contributions they will make in the future,” Kohl said.

The Appleton event is the second of four regional award programs sponsored by the Herb Kohl Foundation. The luncheon is scheduled to begin Saturday, March 30, at 12:00 noon at Appleton North High School, 5000 North Ballard Road, Appleton. The award program will commence at approximately 12:30 p.m.

Media availability may be arranged before or after the award presentation. Contact Kim Marggraf at 920-946- 3640 or [email protected]. Following is a list of award recipients.

### Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Appleton North High School Recognition Luncheon, March 30, 2019 Excellence Scholars

CESA 7 CESA 6 Chloe Bohn, Sheboygan Genna Alexander, Kewaskum Sheboygan North High School, Sheboygan Kewaskum High School, Kewaskum Ciara Hassinger, Elkhart Lake Megan Best, Oshkosh Elkhart Lake High School, Elkhart Lake Oshkosh West High School, Oshkosh Madelyn Hendrikse, Oostburg Caleb Boutin, Omro Oostburg High School, Oostburg Winneconne High School, Winneconne Kaylin Kalbacken, Elkhart Lake Cade Christensen, Campbellsport Elkhart Lake High School, Elkhart Lake St. Mary's Springs Academy, Fond du Lac Joel Kiernan, Green Bay Andrew Davis, West Bend Green Bay East High School, Green Bay Slinger High School, Slinger Katya Konopacki, Denmark Isaac Grahl, Campbellsport Roncalli Catholic High School, Manitowoc Campbellsport High School, Campbellsport Keeley Kuru, Plymouth Rachel Hubbard, Neenah Plymouth High School, Plymouth Valley Christian School, Oshkosh Sabine LaLiberte, Manitowoc Akshay Kalra, Beaver Dam Lincoln High School, Manitowoc Beaver Dam High School, Beaver Dam Allison Lee, Sheboygan Falls Claire Limberg, Lomira Sheboygan Falls High School, Sheboygan Falls Lomira High School, Lomira Olivia McTrusty, Oostburg Anna Little, Sherwood Sheboygan Area Lutheran High School, Sheboygan Saint Mary Catholic High School, Neenah Max Rudig, Chilton Kyle Loehr, Kewaskum Chilton High School, Chilton Kewaskum High School, Kewaskum Allison Schneider, Chilton Sean Maurer, North Fond du Lac Valders High School, Valders Oakfield High School, Oakfield Trevor Stiede, Seymour Ellie McMeeken, West Bend , Pulaski Slinger High School, Slinger Katrina Pokorny, Waupun CESA 8 Waupun Area High School, Waupun Kailey Klimek, Coleman Grace Rauch, Ripon Coleman High School, Coleman Ripon High School, Ripon Evan Sievers, Slinger Slinger High School, Slinger

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CESA 1 CESA 8 Raymond Duncan, Milwaukee Kristina Wondra, Cecil Marshall High School, Milwaukee Bonduel Elementary School, Bonduel

CESA 6 CESA 9 Nici Colwin, Fond du Lac Lori Linsmeyer, Rhinelander Shepherd of the Hills Catholic School, Eden Crescent Elementary School, Rhinelander Christine Goulet, Neenah Xavier Middle School, Appleton Alexandra Griffith, Appleton Oshkosh West High School, Oshkosh Jessica Longdin, North Fond du Lac Evans Elementary School, Fond du Lac Kelli McGreevey, Appleton Xavier High School, Appleton Jane Savatski, Menasha Berry Elementary School, Appleton Jenny Stahl, Neenah Horace Mann High School, North Fond du Lac Paul Walter, West Bend Slinger Middle School, Slinger

CESA 7 Rebecca Armbruster, Two Rivers Mishicot Middle School, Mishicot Scott Christy, Green Bay East High School, Green Bay Jonathan Delray, Sheboygan Kiel High School, Kiel Ryan Peterson, Brillion Brillion High School, Brillion Beth Roehl, Saint Cloud Elkhart Lake High School, Elkhart Lake Brenda Schneider, Chilton Valders Middle School, Valders

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Initiative Scholars

Morgan Karstaedt, Kiel CESA 6 Kiel eSchool, Kiel Jacqueline Dixon, Slinger Gabrielle Konen, Hilbert Living Word Lutheran High School, Jackson Hilbert High School, Hilbert Nydia Griffin, Oshkosh Karly O’Grady, Elkhart Lake Oshkosh North High School, Oshkosh Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah High School, Elkhart Lake Arturo Gutierrez, Appleton Hannah Tousey, Sheboygan Menasha High School, Menasha Sheboygan North High School, Sheboygan Logan Ingram, Beaver Dam Celeste Weidemann, Green Bay Beaver Dam High School, Beaver Dam , Green Bay Klaire Kulas, Appleton Kimberly High School, Kimberly CESA 8 Gabrielle Liebenow, Waupun Aurora Arce, Gresham Waupun Area High School, Waupun Gresham School, Gresham Sydney Pittner, Appleton Annalise Beil, Marion Valley New School, Appleton Marion High School, Marion Marley Wesenberg, Oshkosh Brennitta Maddix, White Lake Lourdes Academy, Oshkosh White Lake High School, White Lake Lauryn Zurn, Cascade Maya O'Neill, Keshena Campbellsport High School, Campbellsport Menominee Indian High School, Keshena Diana Santana Lagunes, Cecil CESA 7 Bonduel High School, Bonduel Arabella Adams, Luxemburg Luxemburg Casco High School, Luxemburg Joshua Dudek, Howards Grove Sheboygan Lutheran High School, Sheboygan

Principal Leaders

CESA 6 CESA 7 Corey Baumgartner, Kaukauna Ty Breitlow, Chilton Kaukauna High School, Kaukauna Chilton High School, Chilton David Lamers, Appleton Jeremy Pach, Pulaski Woodland Intermediate School, Appleton Pulaski High School, Pulaski Zachary Pethan, Kohler Jefferson Elementary School, Sheboygan

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