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For Immediate Release Contact: Kim Marggraf Thursday, April 14, 2016 920-946-3640 mobile, 920-457-1727 office [email protected] www.kohleducation.org

Herb Kohl to Honor Area Students, Teachers, and Principals on April 17

Awards luncheon to be held at West

MILWAUKEE — The Herb Kohl Educational Foundation will sponsor an awards luncheon Sunday, April 17, to honor the achievements of northeast and northcentral Wisconsin students, teachers, and principals who are receiving foundation awards. The event begins with a reception at noon at with the awards program following at 1 p.m.

According to Kim Marggraf, spokesperson for the foundation, Herb Kohl will be making formal award presentations to the recipients at the luncheon. “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.

Northeast and northcentral Wisconsin’s 19 Excellence Scholarship recipients and 19 Initiative Scholarship recipients will each receive $5,000 grants to the postsecondary institution that the student will attend. The scholarship amount was increased from $3,000 to $5,000 in a surprise announcement earlier this month at the first awards luncheon in Chippewa Falls. The 18 teachers and five principals from northeast and northcentral Wisconsin will each receive a $3,000 Fellowship or Leadership grant and an additional $3,000 will be awarded to the teachers’ and principals’ schools for use in innovative educational projects.

“Representatives of co-sponsoring organizations: the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools, Cooperative Educational Service Agencies 7, 8, and 9, Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation, Association of Wisconsin School Administrators, and the families and friends of southeast Wisconsin award recipients will be part of the recognition program,” Marggraf said.

The 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 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.

The Kohl Foundation Fellowship rewards teachers who have demonstrated superior ability to inspire a love of learning in their students, have motivated others, and have provided meritorious service both inside and outside the classroom.

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The Herb Kohl Leadership Award — new this year — 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.

The Kohl Educational Foundation Scholarship and Fellowship program was established by Herb Kohl in 1990. To date the foundation has provided $10.2 million to Wisconsin educators, students, and schools. The Kohl Foundation annually awards approximately 200 scholarships, 100 teacher fellowships, and 16 principal awards throughout the state. The foundation announced the 2016 recipients of those awards last month. The statewide press release can be found on the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation website.

The De Pere event is the last of five regional award programs sponsored by the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation. The reception is scheduled to begin Sunday, April 17, at noon at West De Pere High School, 665 Grant Street, De Pere. The awards 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 17 event.

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Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Awards 2016 Northeast and Northcentral Recognition Luncheon

EXCELLENCE SCHOLARS Brittany Russell, Abrams , Oconto Falls Myah Anderson, Niagara Niagara High School, Niagara Anna Schaut, Green Bay Green Bay West High School, Green Bay Lauren Boden, De Pere West De Pere High School, De Pere Ethan Weber, New Holstein New Holstein High School, New Holstein Tianna Borchardt, Marathon Edgar High School, Edgar Esther Yeung, Arbor Vitae Lakeland Union High School, Minocqua Samantha Dahm, Random Lake Random Lake High School, Random Lake INITIATIVE SCHOLARS Cullen Hilliker, Two Rivers Heaven Adkins, Laona Roncalli High School, Manitowoc Laona High School, Laona

Samantha Hytry, Eagle River Brooke Buehler, Ogema Northland Pines High School, Eagle River Rib Lake High School, Rib Lake

Vansh Jain, Minocqua Spencer Collard, Green Bay Lakeland Union High School, Minocqua Notre Dame Academy, Green Bay

Adam Jensen, Wisconsin Rapids Mackenzie Conner, Athens Northland Lutheran High School, Kronenwetter Athens High School, Athens

Grace Langteau, Chilton Luke den Otter, Tigerton Stockbridge High School, Chilton Tigerton High School, Tigerton

Brianna LeFebre, Oconto Falls Kate Horn, St Cloud Oconto Falls High School, Oconto Falls New Holstein High School, New Holstein

Zachary LeVene, Manitowoc Texas Kinnard, Forestville Roncalli High School, Manitowoc Southern Door High School, Brussels

Jennah Ludwig, Eagle River Timothy Koerber, Cleveland Northland Pines High School, Eagle River Sheboygan County Christian High School, Sheboygan

Natalie McCraw, Sheboygan Falls Derek McMullen, Coleman Howards Grove High School, Howards Grove Coleman High School, Coleman

Jonathan Nelson, Weston Jacob Leu, Newton D.C. Everest Senior High School, Schofield Manitowoc Lutheran High School, Manitowoc

Reid Parks, Marathon Ryan Nygaard, Plymouth Marathon High School, Marathon Plymouth High School, Plymouth

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Nathan Picus, Kewaunee Kathleen Kowalczyk, Kewaunee Kewaunee High School, Kewaunee Pioneer Elementary School, Ashwaubenon

Erick Rico-Sanchez, Milwaukee Jena Lawson, Wausau St. Lawrence Seminary, Mount Calvary South Mountain Elementary School, Wausau

Lucas Schaeffer, De Pere Lisa Merkel, Green Bay Northeastern Wisconsin Lutheran High School, Green Bay Green Bay West High School, Green Bay

Kariya Thomson, De Pere Audrey Nowak, Kaukauna West De Pere High School, De Pere , Green Bay

Skylyn Thundercloud, Oconto Jamie Propson, Mishicot Oconto High School, Oconto Mishicot School District, Mishicot

Jena Vandenhouten, Green Bay Matthew Robisch, Rib Lake Preble High School, Green Bay Rib Lake High School, Rib Lake

Brea-Jo VerHagen, Chilton Lori Rowe, Tigerton Chilton High School, Chilton Tigerton High School, Tigerton

Collin Zoellner, Gleason Merrill High School, Merrill Constance Schwantes Denk, Valders Valders High School, Valders TEACHER FELLOWS John Steltz, Seymour Holly Blocker, Green Bay Seymour Community High School, Seymour N.E.W. Lutheran High School, Green Bay

Eric Waara, Sheboygan Jodi Resch Brownell, Crandon Cooper Elementary School, Sheboygan Crandon High School, Crandon

Paul Clark, Wausau PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP Wausau East High School, Wausau Adam Baier, Sturgeon Bay Sevastopol Middle and High School, Sturgeon Bay Michelle Flicek, Green Bay King Elementary School, Green Bay Thomas Ellenbecker, Francis Creek Mishicot High School, Mishicot Pamela Gresser, Hatley Rothschild Elementary School, Rothschild Susan Longmire, Shawano St. James Lutheran School, Shawano Donna Hejtmanek, Harshaw St. Germain Elementary School, St. Germain Kerry Sievert, Manitowoc Divine Savior Catholic School, Kiel Megan Hoffman, Conover Northland Pines Montessori, St. Germain Michael Trimberger, Sheboygan South High School, Sheboygan Linda Jelinek, Kiel Divine Savior School, Kiel