NEWS RELEASE 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 16 Awards luncheon to be held at Kimberly High School MILWAUKEE — The Herb Kohl Educational Foundation will sponsor an awards luncheon Saturday, April 16, to honor the achievements of central Wisconsin students, teachers, and principals who are receiving foundation awards. The event begins with a reception at noon at Kimberly High School 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. The central Wisconsin event will recognize 23 Excellence Scholarship recipients and 18 Initiative Scholarship recipients, who 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. Twenty-one teachers and three principals will each receive $3,000 Fellowship or Leadership grants and an additional $3,000 will be awarded to the teachers’ and principals’ schools for use in innovative educational projects. One teacher from Bay Port High School in Green Bay will attend the central Wisconsin event to receive her Fellowship. “Representatives of co-sponsoring organizations: the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools, Cooperative Educational Service Agencies 5 and 6, Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation, Association of Wisconsin School Administrators, and the families and friends of central 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. MORE… 825 North Jefferson Street, Suite 350, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Kimberly Awards Program – Page 2 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 Kimberly event is one of five regional award programs sponsored by the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation. The reception is scheduled to begin Saturday, April 16, at noon at Kimberly High School, 1662 East Kennedy Avenue, Kimberly. 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 16 event. --end-- Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Awards 2016 Central Wisconsin Recognition Luncheon EXCELLENCE SCHOLARS John Rekoske, Appleton Saint Francis Xavier High School, Appleton Emmalee Ciriacks, West Bend East High School, West Bend David Smith, Port Edwards John Edwards High School, Port Edwards Keegan Downham, Kimberly Kimberly High School, Kimberly Adelle Sturgell, Neenah Neenah High School, Neenah Jacob Elliott, Wisconsin Rapids Jackson Traas, Appleton Lincoln High School, Wisconsin Rapids East High School, Appleton Levi Feucht, Campbellsport Nicole Weise, Waupaca Campbellsport High School, Campbellsport Waupaca High School, Waupaca Halee Fritsch, Appleton INITIATIVE SCHOLARS Appleton West High School, Appleton Britney Ashton, Racine Wisconsin Connections Academy, Appleton Adam Gergetz, Jackson East High School, West Bend Taylor Carpenter, North Fond du Lac Horace Mann High School, North Fond du Lac Taylor Hauke, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School, Wisconsin Rapids Brandon Castillo, Beaver Dam Don Smith Learning Academy, Beaver Dam Thomas Hermsen, Kaukauna Little Chute High School, Little Chute Daryn Claussen, Ogdensburg Amy Holzer, Hartford Little Wolf Junior and Senior High School, Manawa Hartford Union High School, Hartford Destiny Douglas, New London Elisha Jaeke, Hartford Weyauwega Fremont High School, Weyauwega Hartford Union High School, Hartford Emma Kloes, Hortonville Madeleine Erickson, De Pere Hortonville High School, Hortonville Freedom High School, Freedom Karenna Lillo, Appleton Lucinda Izzo, Wautoma Fox Valley Lutheran High School, Appleton Valley Christian School, Oshkosh Meghan Luedtke, Campbellsport Kewaskum High School, Kewaskum Madeline Lambert, Appleton West High School, Appleton Michael Mastalish, Oshkosh Winneconne High School, Winneconne Desiree Madigan, Montello Montello Junior and Senior High School, Montello Madeline McGauley, Beaver Dam Beaver Dam High School, Beaver Dam Mackenzie Ripp, Dane Samuel Meier, Oshkosh Lodi High School, Lodi Fond du Lac High School, Fond du Lac Travis Sankey, Amherst McKenna Prahl, Iola Amherst High School, Amherst Iola-Scandinavia High School, Iola Serena Pritchard, Waupun Cheryl Soetebier, Vesper Central Wisconsin Christian School, Waupun Pittsville High School, Pittsville MORE… Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Awards April 16 Honorees – Page 2 ___________________________________________________________________________ Noah Spieles, Wisconsin Dells Michael McCarville Jr., Reedsburg Wisconsin Dells High School, Wisconsin Dells Reedsburg Area High School, Reedsburg Claire Stebbins, Randolph Ryan Meisel, Hartford Randolph High School, Randolph Erin School, Hartford Ashley Steffens, Mauston Jennifer Mesko, West Bend Mauston High School, Mauston West Bend West High School, West Bend Tyler Wendorff, Horicon Teresa Moucha, Oshkosh Horicon High School, Horicon Carl Traeger Elementary School, Oshkosh Chase Witthun, Brandon Audrey Nowak, Kaukauna Laconia High School, Rosendale Bay Port High School, Green Bay Kayla Wuerch, Friesland Karen Olson, Reedsburg Cambria Friesland Middle and High School, Cambria Baraboo High School, Baraboo TEACHER FELLOWS Kristi Paskey, Windsor Lodi High School, Lodi Mark Arnholt, Cedarburg Hartford Union High School, Hartford Nicholas Rankin, Green Bay Little Chute High School, Little Chute Sarah Breckley, Reedsburg Reedsburg Area High School, Reedsburg Jori Ruff, Baraboo Al Behrman Elementary School, Baraboo Katelyn Buonincontro, Sun Prairie Columbus Middle School, Columbus Christine Steinlage, Appleton St. Francis Xavier High School, Appleton Mary Beth Crowley, Lyndon Station St. Patrick School, Mauston Steve Sugrue, Oshkosh Appleton North High School, Appleton Krista DeRidder, Kimberly Janet Berry Elementary School, Appleton PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP Bridget Duffy-Ulrich, Oshkosh Jeff Fimreite, Montello Oshkosh North High School, Oshkosh Randolph Elementary Middle School, Randolph Susan Fritsch, Appleton Robin Kvalo, Portage Clovis Grove Elementary School, Menasha Portage High School, Portage Dana Johnson, Wisconsin Dells David Moody, Westfield Grand Marsh Elementary School, Grand Marsh Westfield Area High School and Middle School, Westfield David Kubisch, Neenah St. Francis Xavier High School, Appleton Mallory Lindert, Theresa Beaver Dam Middle School, Beaver Dam .