NEWS RELEASE Contact: Kim Marggraf Background: www.KohlEducation.org mailto:[email protected] For Immediate Release: Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 920-457-1727 office 920-946-3640 mobile 2021 Herb Kohl Foundation Excellence Scholarship, Initiative Scholarship, Fellowship, Leadership Award Recipients Announced Organization has impacted more than 8,300 people, 3,100 schools since 1990 MILWAUKEE — The selection committee for the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Student Scholarship, Teacher Fellowship and Principal Leadership program has announced recipients of the 317 Herb Kohl Foundation awards for Wisconsin students, teachers and principals. Awards in the amount of $6,000 are being made to 101 teachers, 16 principals, and their schools, and $10,000 scholarships will be given to 200 graduating high school students. 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. 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. 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), the Association of Wisconsin School Administrators, and the Wisconsin Homeschool Parents Association. 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. "We are thrilled that during such a tumultuous time in education, Wisconsin’s students, teachers, principals and schools are recognized for their devotion to education and learning”, said Dr. Chris Cody, WCRIS board president. 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. Since then the foundation has awarded nearly $25 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 February 24, 2021. A list of award recipients by category follows this release. ### 2021 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Student Excellence Scholars CESA 1 Manasvi Paturu, Waukesha Gadah Abduljalil, Milwaukee Brookfield Central High School, Brookfield Salam School, Milwaukee Paris Pavelchik, Greendale Sirtaij Arora, Menomonee Falls Greendale High School, Greendale Menomonee Falls High School, Menomonee Falls Anoushka Prasad, Muskego Ava Beisenstein, Wauwatosa Muskego High School, Muskego Wauwatosa East High School, Wauwatosa Arushi Ranasaria, Menomonee Falls Naisha Bepar, New Berlin Sussex Hamilton High School, Sussex Eisenhower Mid/High School, New Berlin Saniya Saluja, Sussex Vincent Brim, Oconomowoc Arrowhead High School, Hartland Lake Country Lutheran High, Hartland Meghan Schaefer, New Berlin Bree Buxton, Kieler Catholic Memorial High School, Waukesha Wahlert Catholic High School, Dubuque Derek Schiltz, Mukwonago Neil Dogra, Mequon Mukwonago High School, Mukwonago University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Iman Snobar, Milwaukee Catherine Fink, Milwaukee Reagan High School, Milwaukee Milwaukee School of Languages, Milwaukee Alena Wadzinske, Brookfield Maggie Flanagan, Waukesha Brookfield East High School, Brookfield Waukesha North High School, Waukesha Kayla Wells, Oconomowoc Veronica Goveas, Menomonee Falls School of Health Sciences, Wales Menomonee Falls High School, Menomonee Falls Natalie Winn, Brookfield Maya Groser, Milwaukee Brookfield Central High School, Brookfield King International High School, Milwaukee Corinne Wright, Milwaukee Abigail Hambrook, Wauwatosa Pius XI Catholic High School, Milwaukee Divine Savior Holy Angels High School, Milwaukee CESA 2 Niyati Hansaria, Brookfield Kylan Bartel, Mazomanie Brookfield Central High School, Brookfield Wisconsin Heights High School, Mazomanie Isabella Heller de Messer, Milwaukee Luke Gillmore, Salem King International High School, Milwaukee Catholic Central High School, Burlington Hannah Hippe, Milwaukee Kathryn Johnson, Watertown King International High School, Milwaukee Watertown High School, Watertown Robert Jenewine, Kenosha Olivia Lemanski, Waunakee Homeschool Waunakee High School, Waunakee Suha Malik, Franklin Braiya Nolan, Williams Bay Franklin High School, Franklin Williams Bay High School, Williams Bay Madelyn McCarty, Oak Creek Lane Scheel, Eagle South Milwaukee High School, South Milwaukee Palmyra-Eagle High School, Palmyra Meng Moua, Milwaukee Sophia Schoenfeld, Waterford King International High School, Milwaukee Waterford High School, Waterford Andrew Muehr, Greendale Greendale High School, Greendale Brenen Skalitzky, Marshall Chiara Chier, Berlin Waterloo High School, Waterloo Lourdes Academy, Oshkosh Danielle Thompson, Sun Prairie Katherine Fabricius, Fond du Lac Sun Prairie High School, Sun Prairie St. Mary's Springs Academy, Fond du Lac Oliver Van Note, Verona Thomas Galleske, West Bend Memorial High School, Madison Kewaskum High School, Kewaskum Naomi Vana, Watertown Caledonia Grant, Ripon Watertown High School, Watertown Ripon High School, Ripon Kaela Groppel, Appleton CESA 3 Nikolaos Karavergos, Shullsburg St. Mary Catholic High School, Neenah Shullsburg High School, Shullsburg Cael Grotenhuis, Slinger Kristin Muench, Lancaster Slinger High School, Slinger Lancaster High School, Lancaster Megan Kleinheinz, Winneconne Randall Winch, Fennimore Winneconne High School, Winneconne Fennimore High School, Fennimore Joseph Krahn, Eden Campbellsport High School, Campbellsport CESA 4 Deena Degner, Hillsboro Logan Krause, Fremont Wonewoc-Center High School, Wonewoc Weyauwega High School, Weyauwega Kendra Goplin, Osseo Abby Kuehl, Sherwood Whitehall Memorial Jr/Sr High School, Whitehall Kaukauna High School, Kaukauna Ella Reichenbacher, La Crosse Liberty Mugerauer, Oshkosh Aquinas High School, La Crosse Oshkosh West High School, Oshkosh Eden Winga, La Crosse Rebecca Zier, Oshkosh La Crosse Central High School, La Crosse Oshkosh West High School, Oshkosh CESA 5 CESA 7 Tara Bhat, Marshfield Olivia D'Souza, Green Bay Marshfield High School, Marshfield Bay Port High School, Green Bay Mabelle Boehlke, Reedsburg Jocelyn Gartman, Oostburg Baraboo High School, Baraboo Sheboygan County Christian School, Sheboygan Sarah Hagenow, Poynette Mansha Ghai, De Pere Rio Middle/High School, Rio De Pere High School, De Pere Alexis Kurszewski, Rosholt Corinne Pfeifer, Sheboygan Rosholt High School, Rosholt Sheboygan South High School, Sheboygan Eliza Peetz, Fall River Emily Schneider, Chilton Fall River High School, Fall River Valders High School, Valders Nicholas Prosek, Lodi Kristin Solle, Sheboygan Lodi High School, Lodi Sheboygan Area Lutheran High School, Sheboygan Emily Sautebin, Marshfield Mia Strazny, Manitowoc Marshfield High School, Marshfield Lincoln High School, Manitowoc Bryn Swiston, Mosinee Braden Wittig, Green Bay Stevens Point Senior High School, Stevens Point Ashwaubenon High School, Green Bay CESA 6 CESA 8 Mya Bunke, Slinger Derek Hanson, Cecil Slinger High School, Slinger Gillett High School, Gillett Tehya Pyawasay, Suring Emily McCurdy, St. Croix Falls Menominee Indian High School, Keshena Dresser School, Saint Croix Falls Connor Romandine, Lena Kailyn Walukas, Eau Claire Homeschool Oconto Falls High School, Oconto Falls Emily Umentum, Gillett Ella Williamson, Amery Gillett High School Gillett Amery High School, Amery CESA 9 Ellinora Wondra, St Croix Falls Cole Engebretson, Wausau Saint Croix Falls High School, Saint Croix Falls Wausau West High School, Wausau Makenna Guden, Edgar No CESA 12 Awardees Edgar High School, Edgar Quinton Lamers, Rhinelander Rhinelander High School, Rhinelander Dannielle Langseth, Weston D C Everest High School, Weston Hannah Loew, Boulder Junction Homeschool Reuben Mathias, Wausau Wausau West High School, Wausau Lydia Schult, Merrill Wisconsin Valley Lutheran High School, Mosinee Kayla Whitehead, Land O Lakes Northland Pines High School, Eagle River Tristan Wirkus, Edgar Stratford High School, Stratford CESA 10 Jesse Groell, Osseo Osseo-Fairchild High School, Osseo Sophie Hauser, Tony Flambeau High School, Tony Katlyn Lindner, Loyal Loyal High School, Loyal Caleb Peterson, Barron Homeschool Grace Rogers, Augusta Augusta High School, Augusta CESA 11 Hannah Elmer, Amery Amery High School, Amery Zoé Field, Hudson Hudson High School, Hudson Drew Gibson, Colfax Colfax High School, Colfax Shane Larson, Clear Lake Clear Lake High School, Clear