Kohl scholarships available

Online applications for the 2020 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Excellence Scholarship can now be submitted, with 100 students chosen to receive $10,000 scholarships from among all applicants throughout the state.

Applicants must be residents of Wisconsin, who will graduate from high school in 2020, and plan to continue their education at a college, university or vocational/technical school. Students will be evaluated on academic achievement, leadership, citizenship, and school and community activities.

Completed online applications are due Nov. 5, for public high school students and Nov. 26, for religious, independent and homeschooled high school students.

Selection of recipients will be made by a state-level panel, composed of representatives from the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation, Cooperative Educational Service Agencies, Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools, several education-related associations and community representatives.

Since the program was established in 1990, the Herb Kohl Foundation has awarded 2,900 excellence scholarships to graduating high school students throughout the state, in the amount of $6.4 million.

The Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Excellence Scholarship program is co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools, Wisconsin Parents Association and Cooperative Educational Service Agencies.

For more information and to apply, visit kohleducation. org.