NEWS RELEASE Contact: Kim Marggraf Background: KohlEducation.org 920-946-3640 mobile, 920-457-1727 office [email protected] For Immediate Release: Monday, Feb. 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. (more) 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 ### NOTE: A full list of scholarship and award recipients follows this news release. 2020 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Student Excellence Scholars CESA 1 Sadie Richards, Milwaukee Bridget Berens, Elm Grove King International High School, Milwaukee Brookfield East High School, Brookfield Andrew Wang, Mequon Arushi Dhingra, Menomonee Falls Homestead High School, Mequon Brookfield Academy, Brookfield Elizabeth Wong, Mequon Riley Feng, Brookfield University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Central High School, Brookfield Grace Woo, New Berlin Brynn Flanders, New Berlin Eisenhower High School, New Berlin New Berlin High School, New Berlin Connor Forberg, New Berlin CESA 2 Eisenhower High School, New Berlin Christina Forman, Waterloo Margaret Froh, Milwaukee Waterloo High School, Waterloo King International High School, Milwaukee Alec Hansen, Edgerton Rebecca Gatewood, Waukesha Edgerton High School, Edgerton Lake Country Lutheran High School, Hartland Mitchell Heinzen, Janesville Autumn Green, Milwaukee Craig High School, Janesville Milwaukee High School of the Arts, Milwaukee Samuel Henderson, East Troy Corrin Harrington, Waukesha Catholic Central High School, Burlington South High School, Waukesha Audrey McManigle, Beloit David Jensen, Muskego Memorial High School, Beloit Saint Thomas More High School, Milwaukee Mitchell Mussehl, New Glarus Andy Liu, Oconomowoc Belleville High School, Belleville Brookfield Academy, Brookfield Delaney Peterson, Waterford Noah Miller, New Berlin Waterford High School, Waterford New Berlin High School, New Berlin Gabriella Petruzzello, Janesville Anjaly Nagarajan, New Berlin Craig High School, Janesville Eisenhower High School, New Berlin Jacob Prado, Delavan Alex Neimon, Delafield Delavan-Darien High School, Delavan Kettle Moraine High School, Wales Daniel Rees, WIlliams Bay Mary Parlier, Milwaukee Williams Bay High School, Williams Bay Dominican High School, Whitefish Bay Marcus Wolff, Silver Lake Augustina Piel, Wauwatosa Wilmot High School, Wilmot East High School, Wauwatosa Wilhelmina Zastrow, Watertown Lucy Pyne, Milwaukee Watertown High School, Watertown King International High School, Milwaukee Katherine Randall, Wauwatosa CESA 3 East High School, Wauwatosa Cody Pierce, Dodgeville Herb Kohl Educational Foundation 2020 Student Excellence Scholars Page 3 Mineral Point High School, Mineral Point Kenna DeRosa, Hartford Elizabeth Tesar, Eastman Hartford Union High School, Hartford Prairie du Chien High School, Prairie du Chien Noah Doedens, West Bend Erin Walker, Lancaster West High School, West Bend Lancaster High School, Lancaster Anika Homan, Appleton Zachary Woodworth, Shullsburg Fox Valley Lutheran High School, Appleton Shullsburg High School, Shullsburg John Konrad, Oshkosh Oshkosh North High School, Oshkosh Emily Leverance, Oshkosh CESA 4 Oshkosh North High School, Oshkosh Kailey Beck, Cashton Homeschool, Cashton Annabelle Noyes, Hartford Hartford High School, Hartford Hanna Brey, Ontario Brookwood High School, Ontario Theodore Rauch, Ripon Ripon High School, Ripon Natalie Halderson, Onalaska Onalaska High School, Onalaska MaryAnn Reindl, Fremont Winneconne High School, Winneconne Joslyn Hanson, La Crosse West Salem High School, West Salem Emily Van De Hey, Kaukauna Kaukauna High School, Kaukauna Braidyn Ruetten, Holmen Holmen High School, Holmen Lillian Wahl, New Holstein St. Mary's Springs Academy, Fond du Lac Lily Schmitz, Sparta Sparta High School, Sparta Amanda Willis, Appleton Kimberly High School, Kimberly CESA 5 Jacob Carignan, Baraboo CESA 7 Baraboo High School, Baraboo Lauren Bonetti, Green Bay Preble High School, Green Bay Olivia Flanagan, Prairie du Sac Sauk Prairie High School, Prairie du Sac Bridget Bullard, Kohler Kohler High School, Kohler Olivia Heese, Plover Homeschool, Plover Benjamin Fredeen, Green Bay Southwest High School, Green Bay Tyler Katzenberger, Marshfield Marshfield High School, Marshfield Mackena Hendrikse, Oostburg Oostburg High School, Oostburg Abigail Marquardt, Poynette Poynette High School, Poynette Shelby Horth, Kohler Kohler High School, Kohler Lauren Ontl, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School, Wisconsin Rapids Mary Ladwig, Wrightstown Wrightstown High School, Wrightstown Kyle Pulvermacher, Waupaca Waupaca High School, Waupaca Kaitlyn Martin, Pulaski Pulaski High School, Pulaski Kyra Saylor, Necedah Necedah High School, Necedah Colin McCabe, Green Bay Southwest High School, Green Bay Ashwini Murthy, Sheboygan Falls CESA 6 Zachary Argall-Knapp, Appleton North High School, Sheboygan North High School, Appleton Donald Opel, Sheboygan Herb Kohl Educational Foundation 2020 Student Excellence Scholars Page 4 North High School, Sheboygan Mondovi High School, Mondovi Scott Russell, Abrams Jayden Falteisek, Abbotsford Notre Dame Academy, Green Bay Abbotsford High School, Abbotsford Elianna Steenwyk, Sheboygan Promise Ngirwe, Spencer Sheboygan County Christian School, Sheboygan Spencer High School, Spencer Nicholas Welnetz, Manitowoc Hamilton Williams, Augusta Roncalli Catholic High School, Manitowoc Fall Creek High School, Fall Creek CESA 11 CESA 8 Hailey Clausen, Clayton Elizabeth Kallies, Oconto Falls Amery High School, Amery Oconto Falls High School, Oconto Falls Rachel Kaufer, Ellsworth Isabella Rennie, Oconto Falls Ellsworth High School, Ellsworth Oconto Falls High School, Oconto Falls Devon Mares, Balsam Lake Alyssa Strassburg, Wittenberg Unity High School, Balsam Lake Bowler High School, Bowler Michael Nichols, Dallas Nathaen Wanta, Tigerton Barron High School, Barron Tigerton High School, Tigerton Sean Rogers, Osceola Osceola High School, Osceola CESA 9 Regan Smith, Menomonie