2017 Herb Kohl Foundation Excellence Scholarship, Initiative Scholarship, Fellowship, and Leadership Award Recipients Announced
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NEWS RELEASE For Release Contact: Kim Marggraf Wednesday, March 15, 2017 920-946-3640 mobile; 920-457-1727 office [email protected] / www.kohleducation.org 2017 HERB KOHL FOUNDATION EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP, INITIATIVE SCHOLARSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, AND LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED MILWAUKEE — The selection committee for the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Scholarship, Fellowship, and Leadership Program has announced recipients of the 2017 Herb Kohl Foundation awards for students, teachers, and principals. Awards in the amount of $3,000 are being made to 100 teachers, 16 principals, and their schools, and $5,000 scholarships will be given to 207 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, 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 board president. The Kohl Foundation Scholarship and Fellowship program was established by Herb Kohl, philanthropist and businessman, in 1990. To date the foundation has awarded $11.5 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. Letters notifying recipients of the award were mailed by the Herb Kohl Foundation on March 11, 2017. Regional recognition luncheons honoring the recipients will be held in a few weeks. Following is the list of recognition luncheon dates and locations as well as the list of recipients. Herb Kohl will attend all luncheons and present awards to recipients. MORE… Herb Kohl Educational Foundation 2017 Student, Teacher, and Principal Recognition Luncheons Reception at Noon and Luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Date Banquet Location CESAs Region Saturday, April 8 Greendale High School 1 Southeast 6801 Southway Greendale 53129 Saturday, April 22 Red Smith School 7, 8, 9 Northeast & 2765 Sussex Road East Central Green Bay 54311 Sunday, April 23 Waupun Jr/Sr High School 5, 6 Central 801 East Lincoln Street Waupun 53963 Saturday, April 29 Middleton High School 2, 3 South Central 2100 Bristol Street & Southwest Middleton 53562 Sunday, April 30 North High School 4, 10, 11, 12 North Central 1801 Piedmont Road & Northwest Eau Claire 54703 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Excellence Scholars — 2017 CESA 1 Emily Nolan, Menomonee Falls Divine Savior Holy Angels High School, Milwaukee Bhakti Anbarasan, Menomonee Falls Menomonee Falls High School, Menomonee Falls Arundhati Pillai, Milwaukee University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Callie Bednarek, Pewaukee Pewaukee High School, Pewaukee Kristy Schulz, Racine William Horlick High School, Racine Lucia Burzynski, Milwaukee Rufus King International High School, Milwaukee Chloe Spang, Pewaukee Kettle Moraine High School, Wales Anna Dannecker, Milwaukee Ronald W Reagan IB High School, Milwaukee Sarah Spector, Whitefish Bay Whitefish Bay High School, Whitefish Bay Gwenyth Gasper, New Berlin Eisenhower High School, New Berlin Benjamin Spicer, Cedarburg Homeschool, Cedarburg Rebekah Janssen, Waukesha Zebadiah Uden, Cedarburg Waukesha North High School, Waukesha Living Word Lutheran High School, Jackson Morgan Kallay, Oak Creek Saint Thomas More High School, Milwaukee CESA 2 Sofia Khan, Brookfield Erin Bailey, Walworth Brookfield Central High School, Brookfield Williams Bay High School, Williams Bay Rebecca Brewer, Silver Lake Stefanie Klaves, Bayside Wilmot Union High School, Wilmot Homeschool, Bayside David Chen, Madison Sage Leary, Holcombe James Madison Memorial High School, Madison eAchieve Academy, Waukesha Mitchell Dalzin, Whitewater Marguerite Manning, Grafton Whitewater High School, Whitewater Cedarburg High School, Cedarburg Julia Flynn, Fitchburg Edgewood High School, Madison Brooke McArdle, Brookfield Divine Savior Holy Angels High School, Milwaukee Johnathan Frank, Watertown Watertown High School, Watertown Matthew McLachlan, Wauwatosa Marquette University High School, Milwaukee Seth Goldstein, Madison Madison East High School, Madison Colton Mir, Menomonee Falls Menomonee Falls High School, Menomonee Falls Dylan Helmenstine, Black Earth Wisconsin Heights High School, Mazomanie Sophia Mueller, Glendale McKenzie Imhoff, Verona Dominican High School, Whitefish Bay Verona Area High School, Verona Leah Mushall, New Berlin Julie Katzer, Trevor New Berlin West Middle/High School, New Berlin Westosha Central High School, Salem Simon Ng, Wauwatosa Avery Kuhlow, Madison Wauwatosa West High School, Milwaukee Robert M. La Follette High School, Madison Herb Kohl Educational Foundation 2017 Excellence Scholarships Page 1 Sara Pederson, Burlington Jeffrey Yanke, Prairie du Sac Catholic Central High School, Burlington Sauk Prairie High School, Prairie du Sac Brooke Wellhausen, Williams Bay Big Foot High School, Walworth CESA 6 Sophia Werner, Janesville Emily Dolan, Oshkosh Joseph A. Craig High School, Janesville Lourdes Academy, Oshkosh Charlie Fischer, Sherwood Kimberly High School, Kimberly CESA 3 Declan Crego, New Glarus Kimberly Kemppainen, Neenah Belmont Community School District, Belmont Neenah High School, Neenah Hannah Sargent, Richland Center Hannah Krueger, Oshkosh Homeschool, Richland Center Winneconne High School, Winneconne Elizabeth Tisch, Mount Horeb Nathan Lichtfuss, Hortonville Pecatonica High School, Blanchardville Hortonville High School, Hortonville Mackenzie Mas, West Bend CESA 4 St. Mary's Springs Academy, Fond du Lac Addison Arndt, Ontario Mitchell Mologne, Appleton Brookwood High School, Ontario Appleton North High School, Appleton Angela Klinkner, Cashton Katie Pribnow, Burnett Cashton High School, Cashton Beaver Dam High School, Beaver Dam Jacob Markhardt, Black River Falls Haley Reierson, Manawa Black River Falls High School, Black River Falls Manawa Little Wolf Jr/Sr High School, Manawa Darius Namazi, Onalaska Megan Roehl, St. Cloud Onalaska High School, Onalaska Campbellsport High School, Campbellsport Briar Putz, Fountain City Jacob Schmieder, Little Chute Cochrane-Fountain City High School, Fountain City Little Chute Career Pathways Academy, Little Chute Mikaela Schlesinger, La Crosse Rebecca Schmitz, Fond du Lac Aquinas High School, La Crosse Fond du Lac Christian School, Fond du Lac Clare Simpson, La Crosse Robert Watling, New London Logan High School, La Crosse New London High School, New London William Wegner, Menasha CESA 5 Kimberly High School, Kimberly Taya Briggs, Portage Portage High School, Portage CESA 7 Anoop Chandrashekar, Baraboo Kaitlin Lacy, De Pere Baraboo High School, Baraboo De Pere High School, De Pere Madelyn Chapman, Pardeeville Heather LeClair, Two Rivers Pardeeville High School, Pardeeville Roncalli High School, Manitowoc Aysha Holtz, Reedsburg Rachel McMorrow, De Pere Reedsburg Area High School, Reedsburg West De Pere High School, De Pere Kyli Kurtenbach, Reedsburg Gwendolyn Nytes, Cascade Reedsburg Area High School, Reedsburg Plymouth High School, Plymouth Adileen Sii, Wisconsin Rapids Morgan Ottman, Sheboygan Falls Lincoln High School, Wisconsin Rapids Sheboygan Falls High School, Sheboygan Falls Herb Kohl Educational Foundation 2017 Excellence Scholarships Page 2 Isaiah Spetz, Sturgeon Bay CESA 11 Sevastopol High School, Sturgeon Bay Riley Anderson, Siren Nathan Surges, Sister Bay Siren High School, Siren Gibraltar High School, Fish Creek Maxwell Engel, Menomonie Hailey Wirtz, Elkhart Lake Boyceville High School, Boyceville Kiel High School, Kiel Ally Jacoby, Trego Spooner High School, Spooner CESA 8 Katherine Kopp, St. Croix Falls Megan Fischer, Cecil St. Croix Falls High School, St. Croix Falls Bonduel High School, Bonduel Noah Massie, Hillsdale Matthew Kostreva, Pound Barron Area High School, Barron Coleman High School, Coleman Lindsey Rae Miner Gearin, Star Prairie Hannah Williams, Shawano Osceola High School, Osceola Shawano Community High School, Shawano Carl Oman, Amery Amery High School, Amery CESA 9 Isabel Thurston, Rice Lake Luke Johnson, Wausau Rice Lake High School, Rice Lake Newman