MILTON
A pair of educators in the Milton School District have received one of the top honors in Wisconsin education.
Anna Miller, a speech and language pathologist at Harmony Elementary School, and Jessica Fetting, a Milton Middle School English teacher, were named recipients of 2021 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Fellowships. Each will receive $6,000 to better their classrooms and themselves professionally.
They are among 317 Wisconsin students, teachers and principals who received awards from the foundation this year.
The teacher recipients were recognized for their âsuperior ability to inspire a love of learning in their students and ability to motivate others, and for their leadership and service within and outside the classroom,â the foundation website reads.
OCONTO - Five Oconto County students were selected as 2021 recipients of $10,000 Herb Kohl Student Excellence Scholarships.
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, regional Cooperative Educational Service Agencies (CESA), the Association of Wisconsin School Administrators, and the Wisconsin Homeschool Parents Association.
Named as Student Excellence Scholars on Thursday were:
Derek Hanson of Gillett High School. Hanson, a state Cross Country medalist and a Wisconsin All-State Athlete, will be attending Minnesota State University Moorehead, where he’ll major in biology-health and medical sciences. He plans to become a physician specializing in sports medicine
Star Journal RHS students awarded Herb Kohl Foundation scholarships
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Two Rhinelander High School students are among 200 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation scholarship winners for 2021, and will receive $10,000 each.
Quinton Lamers was named an Excellence Scholar, awarded to students who 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.” Recipients of this award are selected by a statewide committee composed of civic leaders and representatives of education-related associations and the program’s co-sponsors.