The Sheboygan Area School District is proud to announce that one student and one staff member have been recognized by the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation.

Congratulations to Aliyah Huerta from George D. Warriner High School, who was selected as a Herb Kohl Educational Student Initiative Scholar. This scholarship is awarded to students who have demonstrated a high level of motivation to achieve and have overcome significant personal obstacles or adversity.

Giselle Simons, School Counselor at South High School, has been selected as a Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Teacher Fellow.She is one of only 100 people selected for this honor statewide. 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.

Simons and South High School will receive a $6,000 award, and Huerta, the graduating SASD high school student, will receive a $10,000 scholarship.

"Congratulations to both our student and staff member who have been recognized by the Kohl Foundation for their outstanding work,” said Seth Harvatine, Superintendent of Schools. “It is an honor for the District to be among the few students and teachers chosen statewide for these awards.”

The Kohl Foundation award program was established by Herb Kohl, a former U.S. Senator, philanthropist, and businessman. Since 1990, the foundation has awarded nearly $34 million to Wisconsin educators, principals, students, and schools. “Education is the key to the future of Wisconsin and our nation,” Kohl said. “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.”

Learn more about the Kohl Foundation at https://www.kohleducation.org/.