Herb Kohl to Honor Area Students and Educators on April 23
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NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kim Marggraf Wednesday, April 19, 2017 (920) 946-3640 MOBILE, (920) 457-1727 OFFICE [email protected], www.kohleducation.org Herb Kohl to Honor Area Students and Educators on April 23 MILWAUKEE — A luncheon and awards program to honor the achievements of central Wisconsin students, teachers, and principals will be held Sunday, April 23, at Waupun Junior and Senior High School in Waupun. On March 10, the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation announced the recipients of Initiative and Excellence student scholarships, teacher Fellowships, and principal Leadership Awards. The April 23 luncheon will recognize the accomplishments of the area’s outstanding students and educators, including 18 teacher Fellowship recipients, 21 Excellence Scholarship recipients, 15 Initiative Scholarship recipients, and two Leadership Award recipients. Kim Marggraf, spokesperson for the Herb Kohl Foundation, said that businessman and philanthropist Herb Kohl, representatives of co-sponsoring organizations — the 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, and Wisconsin Parents Association — and the families and friends of central Wisconsin award recipients will be part of the program. The Herb Kohl Foundation Excellence Scholarship was established by Herb Kohl in 1990 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, motivated others, and provided meritorious service both inside and outside the classroom. The Herb Kohl Leadership Award recognizes principals who have set high standards for instruction, achievement, and character, and created a climate to best serve students, families, staff, and community. The Herb Kohl Initiative Scholarship was established to recognize students who have demonstrated a high level of motivation to achieve, shown strong promise for achieving success in college and beyond, 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 and principal will receive a $6,000 Fellowship or Leadership award and an additional $6,000 grant will be awarded to the educator's school for use in innovative educational projects. The foundation annually awards approximately 200 scholarships, 100 teacher fellowships, and 16 principal leadership awards throughout the state. The Waupun event is the third of five regional award programs sponsored by the Herb Kohl Foundation. The reception is scheduled to begin Sunday, April 23, at noon at Waupun Junior and Senior High School, 801 East Lincoln Street, Waupun. The award program will commence at approximately 1 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 who will be recognized at the April 23 event. Facebook: @HerbKohlEducationalFoundation — Twitter: @HKEdFoundation 825 North Jefferson Street, Suite 350, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation April 23, 2017 Central Wisconsin Award Recipients Jacob Schmieder, Little Chute Excellence Scholars Little Chute Career Pathways Academy, Little Chute CESA 5 Rebecca Schmitz, Fond du Lac Fond du Lac Christian School, Fond du Lac Taya Briggs, Portage Portage High School, Portage Robert Watling, New London New London High School, New London Anoop Chandrashekar, Baraboo William Wegner, Menasha Baraboo High School, Baraboo Kimberly High School, Kimberly Madelyn Chapman, Pardeeville Pardeeville High School, Pardeeville Teacher Fellows Aysha Holtz, Reedsburg CESA 5 Reedsburg Area High School, Reedsburg Allison Bancker, Plover Kyli Kurtenbach, Reedsburg Washington Elementary School, Stevens Point Reedsburg Area High School, Reedsburg Claire Fallon, Prairie du Sac Adileen Sii, Wisconsin Rapids Tower Rock Elementary School, Prairie du Sac Lincoln High School, Wisconsin Rapids Mandy Nikolai Volkman, Marshfield Jeffrey Yanke, Prairie du Sac Columbus Catholic High School, Marshfield Sauk Prairie High School, Prairie du Sac William Oswald, Wisconsin Rapids CESA 6 Wisconsin Rapids Area Middle School, Wisconsin Rapids Emily Dolan, Oshkosh Skylar Primm, Madison Lourdes Academy, Oshkosh High Marq Environmental Charter School, Montello Charlie Fischer, Sherwood Nicholas Sydorowicz, Nekoosa Kimberly High School, Kimberly Wisconsin Rapids Area Middle School, Wisconsin Rapids Kimberly Kemppainen, Neenah Neenah High School, Neenah CESA 6 Hannah Krueger, Oshkosh Michael Fedyszyn, North Fond du Lac Winneconne High School, Winneconne Sabish Middle School, Fond du Lac Nathan Lichtfuss, Hortonville Timothy Handrich, Appleton Hortonville High School, Hortonville J.R. Gerritts Middle School, Kimberly Mackenzie Mas, West Bend Lisa Lieder, Oshkosh St. Mary’s Springs Academy, Fond du Lac Oshkosh North High School, Oshkosh Mitchell Mologne, Appleton Nicole Mashock, Ripon Appleton North High School, Appleton STEM Institute, Fond du Lac Katie Pribnow, Burnett Karl McCarty, Campbellsport Beaver Dam High School, Beaver Dam Oakfield High School, Oakfield Haley Reierson, Manawa Andra Mory, Neenah Manawa Little Wolf Jr/Sr High School, Manawa Lakeview Elementary School, Neenah Megan Roehl, St. Cloud Anna Stern, Beaver Dam Campbellsport High School, Campbellsport Wayland Academy, Beaver Dam Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Waupun Awards Program – April 23, 2017 Page 1 Shannon Van Scyoc, Oshkosh Diana Hernandez, Appleton Valley Christian School, Oshkosh Appleton East High School, Appleton Renee Wilberg, West Bend Jensen Kampo, Neenah Fair Park Elementary School, West Bend Winneconne High School, Winneconne Michelle Wise, Chilton Alexis Riggs, Ripon Kimberly High School, Kimberly Green Lake High School, Green Lake Sandi Worley, Appleton Jesse Sell, Hortonville Westside Elementary School, Kimberly Xavier High School, Appleton Jonathon Zabel, Appleton Kayla Swanningson, Kaukauna James Madison Middle School, Appleton Kaukauna High School, Kaukauna Katherine Teske, Glenbeulah Initiative Scholars Winnebago Lutheran Academy, Fond du Lac CESA 5 Jiexin (Jessica) Yang, Jackson Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School, Jackson Alexis Allworden, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School, Wisconsin Rapids Principal Leaders Briana Dickinson, Plainfield Tri-County High School, Plainfield CESA 5 Gretchen Franseen, Montello Tracy Ginter, Wisconsin Rapids Montello Virtual Charter School, Montello Wisconsin Rapids Area Middle School, Wisconsin Rapids Samantha Junget, Rio Gregory Hansel, Stevens Point Rio Middle/ High School, Rio St. Stanislaus Elementary, St. Stephen Elementary, and Imagination Center 4K, Stevens Point Kori Koehler, Port Edwards John Edwards High School, Port Edwards CESA 6 Karissa Anderson, Shiocton Shiocton High School, Shiocton Tierra Baum, Beaver Dam Don Smith Learning Academy, Beaver Dam Cody Floyd, Oakfield Oakfield High School, Oakfield Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Waupun Awards Program – April 23, 2017 Page 2 .