On Friday, March 31, 2023, the Herb Kohl Education Foundation announced Kit Fleck, Badger High School Senior, as a 2023 Herb Kohl Student Initiative Scholarship recipient. Kit was chosen to receive a $10,000 award for showing a high level of motivation to achieve and a strong promise to succeed in college and beyond. Kit will be attending Carthage College to study Psychology.
Kit was one of 190 graduating high school students who have demonstrated academic excellence and displayed a broad range of activity and leadership in their community.
Award recipients were 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, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, regional Cooperative Educational Service Agencies (CESA), the Association of Wisconsin School Administrators, and the Wisconsin Homeschooling Parents Association.
The Kohl Foundation award program was established by Herb Kohl, former U.S. Senator, philanthropist, and businessman. Since 1990, the foundation has awarded nearly $34 million to Wisconsin educators, principals, students, and schools.