NEWS RELEASE Contact: Kim Marggraf [email protected] 920-457-1727 office 920-946-3640 mobile Background: KohlEducation.org For release: Monday, February 17, 2020 2020 Herb Kohl Foundation Excellence Scholarship, Initiative Scholarship, Fellowship, Leadership Award Recipients Announced Organization has impacted more than 8,000 people, 3,000 schools in its 30 years MILWAUKEE — The selection committee for the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Student Scholarship, Teacher Fellowship and Principal Leadership program has announced recipients of the 312 Herb Kohl Foundation awards for Wisconsin students, teachers and principals. Awards in the amount of $6,000 are being made to 100 teachers, 16 principals, and their schools, and $10,000 scholarships will be given to 193 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 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. “I think it is significant that Wisconsin’s students, teachers, principals and schools are recognized for their devotion to education and learning”, said Dr. Chris Cody, WCRIS board president. The Kohl Foundation Scholarship and Fellowship program was established by Herb Kohl, philanthropist and businessman, in 1990. Currently in its 30th year of recognizing educational excellence, the foundation has awarded $20.9 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 14, 2020. Regional recognition luncheons honoring the recipients will be held in spring, 2020. Following is the list of recognition luncheon dates and locations, and the list of recipients. Herb Kohl will attend all luncheons and present awards to recipients. Herb Kohl Educational Foundation 2020 Student, Teacher and Principal Recognition Luncheons Luncheon at Noon Award Program at 12:30 p.m. Date Banquet Location CESAs Region Sunday, April 26 North High School 4, 9, 10, 11, 12 North Central & 1801 Piedmont Road Northwest Eau Claire 54703 Sunday, May 3 West De Pere High School 6, 7, 8 Northeast & 665 Grant Street East Central De Pere 54115 Saturday, May 9 Divine Savior Holy Angels H.S. 1 Southeast 4257 N. 100th Street Milwaukee 53222 Saturday, May 16 Baraboo High School 2, 3, 5 Central, 1201 Draper Street South Central Baraboo 53913 & Southwest ### 2020 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Excellence Scholars CESA 1 Bridget Berens, Elm Grove Brookfield East High School, Brookfield Arushi Dhingra, Menomonee Falls Brookfield Academy, Brookfield Riley Feng, Brookfield Central High School, Brookfield Brynn Flanders, New Berlin New Berlin High School, New Berlin Connor Forberg, New Berlin Eisenhower High School, New Berlin Margaret Froh, Milwaukee King International High School, Milwaukee Rebecca Gatewood, Waukesha Lake Country Lutheran High School, Hartland Autumn Green, Milwaukee Milwaukee High School of the Arts, Milwaukee Corrin Harrington, Waukesha South High School, Waukesha David Jensen, Muskego Saint Thomas More High School, Milwaukee Andy Liu, Oconomowoc Brookfield Academy, Brookfield Noah Miller, New Berlin New Berlin High School, New Berlin Anjaly Nagarajan, New Berlin Eisenhower High School, New Berlin Alex Neimon, Delafield Kettle Moraine High School, Wales Mary Parlier, Milwaukee Dominican High School, Whitefish Bay Augustina Piel, Wauwatosa East High School, Wauwatosa Lucy Pyne, Milwaukee King International High School, Milwaukee Katherine Randall, Wauwatosa East High School, Wauwatosa Sadie Richards, Milwaukee King International High School, Milwaukee Andrew Wang, Mequon Homestead High School, Mequon Elizabeth Wong, Mequon University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Grace Woo, New Berlin Eisenhower High School, New Berlin CESA 2 Christina Forman, Waterloo Waterloo High School, Waterloo Alec Hansen, Edgerton Edgerton High School, Edgerton Mitchell Heinzen, Janesville Craig High School, Janesville Samuel Henderson, East Troy Catholic Central High School, Burlington Audrey McManigle, Beloit Memorial High School, Beloit Mitchell Mussehl, New Glarus Belleville High School, Belleville Delaney Peterson, Waterford Waterford High School, Waterford Gabriella Petruzzello, Janesville Craig High School, Janesville Jacob Prado, Delavan Delavan-Darien High School, Delavan Daniel Rees, WIlliams Bay Williams Bay High School, Williams Bay Marcus Wolff, Silver Lake Wilmot High School, Wilmot Wilhelmina Zastrow, Watertown Watertown High School, Watertown CESA 3 Cody Pierce, Dodgeville Mineral Point High School, Mineral Point Elizabeth Tesar, Eastman Prairie du Chien High School, Prairie du Chien Erin Walker, Lancaster Lancaster High School, Lancaster Zachary Woodworth, Shullsburg Shullsburg High School, Shullsburg CESA 4 Kailey Beck, Cashton Homeschool, Cashton Hanna Brey, Ontario Brookwood High School, Ontario Natalie Halderson, Onalaska Onalaska High School, Onalaska Joslyn Hanson, La Crosse West Salem High School, West Salem Braidyn Ruetten, Holmen Holmen High School, Holmen Lily Schmitz, Sparta Sparta High School, Sparta CESA 5 Jacob Carignan, Baraboo Baraboo High School, Baraboo Olivia Flanagan, Prairie du Sac Sauk Prairie High School, Prairie du Sac Olivia Heese, Plover Homeschool, Plover Tyler Katzenberger, Marshfield Marshfield High School, Marshfield Abigail Marquardt, Poynette Poynette High School, Poynette Lauren Ontl, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School, Wisconsin Rapids Kyle Pulvermacher, Waupaca Waupaca High School, Waupaca Kyra Saylor, Necedah Necedah High School, Necedah CESA 6 Zachary Argall-Knapp, Appleton North High School, Appleton Kenna DeRosa, Hartford Hartford Union High School, Hartford Noah Doedens, West Bend West High School, West Bend Anika Homan, Appleton Fox Valley Lutheran High School, Appleton John Konrad, Oshkosh Oshkosh North High School, Oshkosh Emily Leverance, Oshkosh Oshkosh North High School, Oshkosh Annabelle Noyes, Hartford Hartford High School, Hartford Theodore Rauch, Ripon Ripon High School, Ripon MaryAnn Reindl, Fremont Winneconne High School, Winneconne Emily Van De Hey, Kaukauna Kaukauna High School, Kaukauna Lillian Wahl, New Holstein St. Mary's Springs Academy, Fond du Lac Amanda Willis, Appleton Kimberly High School, Kimberly CESA 7 Lauren Bonetti, Green Bay Preble High School, Green Bay Bridget Bullard, Kohler Kohler High School, Kohler Benjamin Fredeen, Green Bay Southwest High School, Green Bay Mackena Hendrikse, Oostburg Oostburg High School, Oostburg Shelby Horth, Kohler Kohler High School, Kohler Mary Ladwig, Wrightstown Wrightstown High School, Wrightstown Kaitlyn Martin, Pulaski Pulaski High School, Pulaski Colin McCabe, Green Bay Southwest High School, Green Bay Ashwini Murthy, Sheboygan Falls North High School, Sheboygan Donald Opel, Sheboygan North High School, Sheboygan Scott Russell, Abrams Notre Dame Academy, Green Bay Elianna Steenwyk, Sheboygan Sheboygan County Christian School, Sheboygan Nicholas Welnetz, Manitowoc Roncalli Catholic High School, Manitowoc CESA 8 Elizabeth Kallies, Oconto Falls Oconto Falls High School, Oconto Falls Isabella Rennie, Oconto Falls Oconto Falls High School, Oconto Falls Alyssa Strassburg, Wittenberg Bowler High School, Bowler Nathaen Wanta, Tigerton Tigerton High School, Tigerton CESA 9 Aubrey Anderson, Hazelhurst Lakeland High School, Minocqua Caden Higgins, Edgar Edgar High School, Edgar Holly Puza, Rhinelander Rhlnelander High School, Rhinelander Samuel Russ, Kronenwetter Northland Lutheran High School, Kronenwetter Julia Seidel, Wausau Newman Catholic High School, Wausau Caleb Vandenberg, Wausau West High School, Wausau CESA 10 Casey Denk, Mondovi Mondovi High School, Mondovi Jayden Falteisek, Abbotsford Abbotsford High School, Abbotsford Promise Ngirwe, Spencer Spencer High School, Spencer Hamilton Williams, Augusta Fall Creek High School, Fall Creek CESA 11 Hailey Clausen, Clayton Amery High School, Amery Rachel Kaufer, Ellsworth Ellsworth High School, Ellsworth Devon Mares, Balsam Lake Unity High School, Balsam