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Kaukauna High School is proud to announce that senior Abby Kuehl has been selected as a Herb Kohl Foundation Excellence Scholarship recipient. Excellence Scholarship recipients have demonstrated excellence in the academic arena and high motivation to achieve, have displayed a board range of activity and leadership outside the academic setting, and have shown strong promise for succeeding in college and beyond. Kuehl will receive a $10,000 scholarship award.
Additionally, Band Director Jacob Martin has been named a 2021 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Teacher Fellow. 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. Martin will receive a $6,000 grant, and an additional $6,000 matching grant will be presented to Kaukauna High School.
The Herb Kohl Educational Foundation awarded only 317 teachers, students and principals throughout the state of Wisconsin; 200 of those awards were given to high school seniors and 101 were given to teachers.
“Kaukauna High School is proud of the work of our educators and our students and excited to celebrate their success,” said Corey Baumgartner, KHS principal. “Abby is an outstanding student, leader and young adult who has excelled both inside and outside of our school walls.”
Added Superintendent Mark Duerwaechter, “Mr. Martin is a true asset to the Kaukauna Area School District. His love for learning and music are a model for
students and staff alike. This award is well-deserved.”
The Kohl Foundation Scholarship and Fellowship program was established by philanthropist and Herb Kohl in 1990. To date, the foundation has awarded nearly $25 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.
Scholarship and grant 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 Education Service Agencies (CESAs), the Association of Wisconsin School Administrators and the Wisconsin Parents Association.
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