June 1999

Local educators share $100,000 in Partnership grants

GREEN BAY - Good news was delivered to dozens of educators in communities from Green Bay to Howards Grove who learned last week they would share in more than $100,000 in grant awards.

Elementary and middle school educators from 12 Green Bay area schools and seven other districts were among those receiving news they would get funding from the Institute for Learning Partnership based at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay for learning research projects. The Green Bay School District received over $50,000 in awards.

Support to encourage action research in educational settings is one component of the Institute for Learning Partnership. The Institute was established in 1998 through efforts of a broad coalition of people and organizations from Northeast Wisconsin. During 1997, the vision of these business, community, school and campus "partners" for a strong regional focus on teaching and learning was carried to regional and state leadership. Plans for the proposed Institute won support from Governor Tommy Thompson, key State legislators, the Department of Public Instruction and the UW System Board of Regents, and received funding in the 1998-2000 biennial budget.

Dr. Francine Tompkins, director of the Institute, considers the research grant project vitally important to the Institute's goals: "Every teacher, administrator and staff member I talk with has an idea, or many ideas, about how to improve things, how to make better connections for the learner, or better deliver their programs or subject matter. They can initiate many ideas on their own, but at times the most exciting possibilities lack only a structure or some resource to make them happen.

"Our research funding program is designed to mobilize some of the vast energy already existing in the educational community, help educators learn how to approach and succeed at the kind of action research that is possible in their own school settings, and then facilitate the sharing of the results so others can benefit from what the individual or team has learned."

In this, the first year of offering research support, the Institute received 50 project proposals and selected 20 projects for funding. The resulting research will directly involve more than 70 teachers, staff and administrators from 11 school districts across Northeast Wisconsin and in programs including preschool, middle school, high school and post-secondary levels.

John Crubaugh, superintendent of schools in Manitowoc, and Michael Marinetti, coordinator of the UW-Green Bay Institute for Research, were co-chairs of the Institute committee that designed the research funding plans and review process. Nine educators from throughout Northeast Wisconsin served on the selection team.

Crubaugh says factors considered by the review team included how well each proposal presented clear objectives and measurable outcomes, the quality of the proposed research methods, and the extent to which the work would be collaborative.

Five administrators representing four Green Bay elementary schools received a $10,000 award for improvement of student writing. Kathy Costello, Jackson School Principal; Salle Quakenboss, director of curriculum for academics and the arts; Dr. Rhonda Ewald, Chappell Principal; Dr. Kathy Tillo, Elmore Principal; and Richard Herlache, Beaumont Principal, will team to improve students' written communication skills. Their action research project will develop a data-driven instructional program to improve the writing performance of students in grades one through five.

The Fort Howard Elementary School project - led by Fort Howard teachers Maryanne Marinetti, Lora Stemke and Lisa Maraka-Michaels - received $8,695 for development and field testing a curricular guide that integrates reading/language arts resources with district benchmarks and standards for core subject areas.

The Franklin Middle School project - led by Franklin Title I Teachers, Jean Destache and Joy Anderson, and UW-Green Bay Assistant Professor, Esther Gray - received a $4,250 award. Their project will enable the extended study of reading motivation and reading comprehension among Title I middle school students through learner-initiated inquiry. Project goals are to develop effective strategies for facilitating student inquiry in middle school and clarifying these strategies for dissemination to educators who wish to implement their own curricula.

For a separate project at Franklin, language arts teachers Sheila Wanta and Pat Jensen received a $4,990 award for implementation of a writing program that trains UW-Green Bay students in 6-Trait Writing and uses them in the classroom for teacher assistance.

Doty School Principal Pamela Haugh, and Doty teachers - Linda L'Huilliar, Marion Kellner, Marcy Levine, Connie Babler, Robin Cavil, Kathy Patzke, Jeanne Lund, Kathy Arradizadeh, Myrna Dickinson, Patti Knabenbauer, Jenni LaCombe and Angela Hager - received a $10,000 award for a volunteer-facilitated reading program. The project's purpose is to develop a reading support program staffed by community volunteers to offer 30 minutes of daily support to struggling readers, helping them to become fluent, independent readers.

King School Principal Karen Vande Sande and King teachers - Sandy Lindstrom, Amy Ottens, Pat LaPlant, Bonnie Cope and Barb Graul - will receive a $4,459 award for their project on improving first grade reading achievement through an early intervention program. The program includes summer school and counts on parents as a teacher component.

Southwest High School chemistry teachers John Sebranek and Scott Liddicoat; biology teachers Rick Berken and Steven Krings; and UW-Green Bay Associate Professor Robert Howe received a $4,962 award for study of biodiversity in the Fox River watershed and creation of a biodiversity web page.

The Washington Middle School project led by teacher Julie Seefeldt received a $1,135 award for the Travel Amigos program, a multi-disciplinary project that uses a stuffed animal or doll to travel across the world. The year-long project enables 35 immigrant and first generation American students to learn about the country and the world while sharpening writing, reading and social studies skills.

Nicolet School will benefit from a $3,668 award for a summer reading program in collaboration with Green Bay Park and Recreation, the Green Bay Boys and Girls Club and the Neighborhood Resource Center. The project is led by Barbara Law, UW-Green Bay Professor; Mary Weigand, Nicolet Principal and Susie Beverstein, Green Bay Public Schools reading resource specialist. Classroom teachers will provide engaging literacy activities for students at the Nicolet School library two days a week. The program is designed to provide continuity for students between school years and literacy experiences for those whose learning during the summer is often curtailed.

Other Brown County schools selected for grants are the Denmark and Howard-Suamico school districts and Sunnyside Elementary School in Pulaski.

The Denmark schools project - led by art instructors Jeanne Mease, Bev Stearney and Rhonda Atkinson - received a $4,800 award. Their study will show how art history and appreciation are currently taught throughout the district, how that compares with state standards and how that information can best be used to develop a teaching methodology which promotes independent, self-directed student learning through technology resources.

The Sunnyside School project - led by Naomi McDowell, first grade teacher; Mary Whistler, school psychologist; Steve Meyers, Principal; Pam Mannigel, speech therapist, and Sara Larsen, kindergarten teacher - received a $1,450 award. The project will focus on developing basic school readiness skills with a preschool story hour. The story hour is expected to fill the gap left by the rural nature of the school and limited accessibility to community resources by exposing children to books, learning and the school environment.

The School District of Howard-Suamico project - led by Assistant Superintendent Dr. Gayle Frame - received a $10,000 award. The project involves a small consortium of schools selected nation-wide by the Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory to measure standards-based instruction and assessment and document student learning. The project will take steps toward improving the assessment, grading, record-keeping and reporting of students' progress; implement research-based instructional strategies; and enhance supervisory processes.

Other schools awarded grants are Northview Elementary in Howards Grove; Madison Elementary in Manitowoc; Riverview Middle School in Plymouth, Urban Middle School in Sheboygan; the Sturgeon Bay Public Schools; Walker Middle School in Sturgeon Bay Valders Elementary School in Valders; and the Brillion school district. Institute awards to these schools and districts ranged from $1,135 to $10,000.

GREEN BAY-An award of $120,000 to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Cofrin Arboretum and Natural Areas Program from the Fox River Group of paper companies will fund studies on one of the few remaining coastal wetlands on the Bay of Green Bay.

The award was announced today (Wednesday, June 9) in ceremonies on land owned by The Nature Conservancy at Point au Sauble on the bay's east shore, where the studies will take place. Timothy Weeden, regional public affairs manager for Fort James Corp., presented the award for the Fox River Group.

The Fox River Group is a coalition of seven companies working to identify and pursue ways to promote restoration of the Fox River to ensure long-term economic vitality of the area's communities and to improve the environment. Members include Appleton Papers Inc., Fort James Corp., P. H. Glatfelter Co., NCR Corp., Riverside Paper Corp., U. S. Paper Mills Corp., and Wisconsin Tissue Mills Corp.

Prof. Emeritus Paul E. Sager, director of UW-Green Bay's Arboretum and Natural Areas Program, says knowledge today of the plants and animals of Point au Sauble is "spotty at best."

"What we're really doing with this study is finding out the ecological value of these wetlands," says Sager, who developed the stewardship proposal to the Fox River Group.

Preliminary surveys hint at the wetlands' value for birds. Ornithologist Robert W. Howe, a UW-Green Bay professor of Natural and Applied Sciences, says researchers have tallied 176 different species of birds at Point au Sauble since May 1. The total includes 30 species of warblers, most of them on their way to northern nesting ranges. "It's a major place of concentration of spring migrants," says Howe. Threatened and endangered species sighted include peregrines, Caspian and Forster's terns, and American white pelicans. Howe notes that pelicans have been seen in flocks of up to 50.

In the study's first year, $25,000 will be dedicated to baseline surveys of Point au Sauble's birds, fish and other aquatic animals, the amphibians, reptiles and mammals that live on land, and the vegetation. Historical information such as water levels and human activities at Point au Sauble also will be compiled.

The remainder of the award will be placed in an endowment. It will support maintenance and continuing research to add to long-term knowledge about Point au Sauble. "The latter objective will have immediate educational benefit because much of the work can be conducted as funded research projects by undergraduate and graduate students," explains Sager.

All of the information gathered through the research will be shared with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Long-term goals of the stewardship proposal include developing a management plan to preserve Point au Sauble's ecological values and eventually proposing dedication of Point au Sauble as a state natural area.

UW-Green Bay is undertaking the study with the agreement of The Nature Conservancy. The University has worked with the Conservancy for many years on similar projects,

GREEN BAY -- The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has made public the names of students receiving academic honors for the spring semester.

The list was announced by Howard S. Cohen, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. UW-Green Bay is a university of about 5,500 students with a distinctive academic plan characterized by problem-focused learning and a strong liberal arts component.

Students who maintain a 4.0 gradepoint average, which represents all "A" grades, receive highest honors. High honors go to those earning 3.99 to 3.75 gradepoint averages. Honors are given to students with 3.74 to 3.50 gradepoint averages.

Students are listed by the county claimed as place of permanent residence. All were full-time students in the spring term.

HIGHEST HONORS

Adams - Kathleen Kasperski, Oxford.

Brown - Stephenie Jazdzyk, Christopher Keiler, Kelly Ruh, Nicole Schill, Sharon Stecker, and Janet Vraney, De Pere; Ryan Borley, Amy Breeden, Anne Collard, Amy Crehore, Tina Dahle, Jamie Ertl, Terra Fewless, Jeff Friedrich, Mary Friedrich, Kristi Galaty, Shea Greil, Karin Gustafson, Dana Hartman, Paula Hauswirth-Cummings, Jessica Hoiska, Kasha Huntowski, Ryan Johnson, James Kinsella, Matthew Kittell, Jason Krings, Ellyn Kurtz, Jason Macklin, Erin Maegdlin, Amy Malliett, Jay Marcks, Philip May, Nathan Mitchell, Judy Murphy, Jonathon Nejedlo, Heather Oleyniczak, Holly Oshefsky, Dianne Parisi, Dana Pionek, Mark Powless, Noele Reynolds, Renee Rizzo, David Rolkosky, Jillian Rymer, Tina Sauerhammer, Vincent Schamber, Sarah Schleis, Nicole Schroeder, Christine Schultz, Denise Schwartz, Pamela Sengstock, Jeane Smits, Annette Spakowicz, Andrew Spear, Amanda Staron, Michelle Statz, Lori Stevens, Joann Sutto, Kathiann Swanson, Dawn Terrien, Melanie Tilque, Angel Upstone, and David Vickman, Green Bay; Martha Friese and Rebecca Zingler, New Franken; and Melissa Braun, Pulaski.

Calumet - Danielle Grube, Appleton; Michelle Cullen, Chilton; Angela Ruhland, Hilbert; Stephanie Rollmann, Kiel; Sara Schmit, New Holstein; and Charis Hoff, Sherwood.

Chippewa - Sarah Wielgus, Boyd; and Derek Kosmicki, Chippewa Falls.

Clark - Brandi Hoeper, Greenwood.

Dane - Thomas Ross, Madison.

Dodge - Rachel Perschke, Beaver Dam; Kimberly Karel, Horicon; and Jessica Bauer, Lomira.

Door - Alicia Anderson, Sturgeon Bay.

Dunn - Katie Ginsbach, Elmwood.

Eau Claire - Thomas Dhein, Eau Claire; and Chela Moore, Eleva.

Florence - Johanna Wicklund, Florence; and Jodi Miller, Niagara.

Fond Du Lac - Jerome Allen, Fond Du Lac; and Adam Benik, Waupun.

Jefferson - Andrea Stiff, Fort Atkinson; and Jessica Sullivan, Waterloo.

Kenosha - Heather Beasy, Kenosha.

Kewaunee - Michael Glime, Joy Starr, and Elaine Tabordon, Algoma; Thomas Damp, Molly Ernst, and Roseanne Swallow, Kewaunee; and Kathy Stuckart and Mary Swinford-Berns, Luxemburg.

Manitowoc - Sarah Brickbauer and Corey Stoeckigt, Kiel; Patrick Jehle, Michael Klackner, and Melissa Strauss, Manitowoc; Jessie Boeckman, Two Rivers; and Christy Maresh, Whitelaw.

Marathon - Scott Wisnewski, Mosinee; and Brooke Hardt, Shara Krause, and Jennifer Meyer, Wausau.

Marinette - Jenifer Wirth, Coleman; Elisha Dettman, Nicole Olson, and George Wood, Marinette; and Theresa Stockel, Niagara.

Milwaukee - Aubrey Pawlowski, Brown Deer; and Mandy Vitale, Oak Creek.

Oconto - Rachel Eckenrod, Abrams; Leslie Dolata, Krakow; and Andrew Rowell, Oconto Falls.

Oneida - Aaron Boers, Eagle River.

Outagamie - Lisa Barker, Jessica Behling, Rebecca Chasco, Molly Frank, Beth Nettekoven, and Kerry Schink, Appleton; Brian Mulroy and Michael Powers, Greenville; Andorra Foley, Kaukauna; Tammy Hermus and Rebecca Pearson, Kimberly; Holly Vangroll, Little Chute; Debra Conery, New London; and Stacie Fetterly, Amy Jens, Ryan Kraft, and Natalie Mitchell, Seymour.

Ozaukee - Brian Herro, Grafton; and Melissa Fowler, Port Washington.

Price - Elisa Lachance, Phillips.

Racine - Sara Swanson, Burlington.

Shawano - Susan Vorpahl, Bonduel; Brent Schroeder, Pulaski; and Vicki Buettner, Donna Hodkiewicz, Eunice Ritland, and Kelly Williams, Shawano.

Sheboygan - Chad Voskuil, Oostburg; and Sean Gaffney and Lisa Hilbelink, Sheboygan.

Taylor - Stephanie Lekies and Shanna Marthaler, Athens; Ryan Stockwell, Dorchester; Elizabeth Fuchs, Laura Maar, and Craig Tlusty, Medford; and Eric Lindahl, Stetsonville.

Vilas - Brian Achuff, Land O'Lakes.

Walworth - Meghan Count, Elkhorn.

Waukesha - Lisa Rausch, Big Bend; David Warren, Hartland; Kelly Svetz, New Berlin; Holly Mueller, Pewaukee; and Patrick Fitzpatrick and Shana Pinkalla, Waukesha.

Waupaca - Lucy Putnam, Clintonville.

Waushara - Jessica Winter, Wautoma.

Winnebago - Brandon Hayes and Kimberli Woldt, Menasha; Heather Michalkiewicz, Neenah; and Kari Alexander and Kristie McMillen, Oshkosh.

Wood - Mathew Bartkowiak, Marshfield; Matthew Vechinski, Port Edwards; and Jennifer Nimtz, Wisconsin Rapids.

Other states - Alanna Gessler, Colorado; Chari Nordgaard, Kolleen Quilici, and Erika Schoeneberger, Minnesota; and Nicole Gingue, New Hampshire.

Other countries - Anna Malovannaya, Ukraine; and Milos Sainovic, Yugoslavia.

HIGH HONORS

Adams - Aaron Hoernke, Arkdale.

Barron - Sarah Altmann, Cumberland; and Krista Kallenbach, Prairie Farm.

Brown - Mark Becker, Paula Beimborn, Heather Fritsch, Mark Gaulke, Joel Hansen, Christopher Hibbard, Kristina Kitslaar, William Kocha, Jennifer Krueger, Lisa Majeski, Julie Pauwels, Amanda Silha, Michael Smits, and Erik Thiel, De Pere; Steven Allen, Sarah Anderson, Jamie Annoye, Gina Baeten, Steven Bartelt II, Danielle Bell, Carissa Bodart, Bradford Bordini, Jason Borley, Richelle Braun, Joseph Burgoni III, Kim Chinquee, Jayne Demeuse, Kevin Dewane, Jeremy Docken, Jennifer Doucette, Sunny Dubois, Jacqueline Frank, Scott Garrigan, Samuel Graefe, Angela Harle, Emily Hartfield, Micki Hein, Louise Hennes, Krista Hermus, Nicole Hinckley, Kate Horkman, Jennifer Hunter, Kimberly Hunter, Nicole Hylok, Nichole Ihlenfeldt, Heather Johnke, Joshua Johnson, Kara Kapphahn, Amanda Killinger, Tana Koss, Darrell Kuntz, Phillip Link, Ernest Luedke, Diana Macuk, Elizabeth Maegdlin, Amy Manning, Kay Matuszak, Carie Maus, Donna Mead, Sarah Moreland, Ma Moua, Brian Nast, Alyson Nault, Jason Novotny, Jodi Olson, Neal Olson, Michelle Pelishek, Michael Pond Jr., Brianna Powers, Mary Riha, Susan Roberts, Christina Rudolph, Jennifer Schmidt, Matthew Schmidt, Bao Sengkhammee, Connie Sexton, Jody Sinclair, Chad Soik, Andrea Soufal, Marnie Staehly, Kyle Swan, Natalie Terrien, Steven Theys, Angela Thielke, Jessica Twombly, Kelly Vaile, Amanda Vandenbogart, Andrea Vandewalle, Teng Vang, Mark Ward, Melissa Widi, Stephanie Williams, Gregory Wochos, and Kelle Wygralak, Green Bay; Melinda Menting and Devin Miller, Greenleaf; Thomas Katers, New Franken; Doreen Kaminski, Pulaski; and Kristin Haws, Suamico.

Calumet - Sally Kobussen and Jennifer Stefanic, Appleton; Jennifer Brazee and Tara Diedrich, Brillion; Maria Ruhl and Melissa Stache, Hilbert; Kari Welhouse, Kaukauna; and Melissa Bloohm and Sara Kleinhans, New Holstein.

Clark - Cathy Koncel, Dorchester; and Eric Bullock, Humbird.

Columbia - Wendy Hall, Poynette; Kristin Kohlwey, Rio; and Linda Hookham, Wisconsin Dells.

Dane - Michael Eisele, Madison; Matthew Pahs, Sun Prairie; and David Marx, Waunakee.

Dodge - Kelly Gensch and Tracy Schroeder, Horicon.

Door - Chad Klaubauf, Forestville; Linnea Brunstrom, Rebecca Horne, Rebecca Lardinois, Lena Negley, and Nicole Schumacher, Sturgeon Bay; and Courtney Mann, Washington Island.

Florence - Sandra Zoeller, Florence.

Fond Du Lac - Tami Schmidt, Eden; and Jeremy Jewett, Fond Du Lac.

Forest - Molly Boney, Angela Hetfield, and Crystal Jolly, Laona.

Iron - Carrie Carnes, Montreal.

Jefferson - Jennifer Meitzner, Fort Atkinson; and Hollie Miller, Jefferson.

Juneau - Erin Beaver, Elroy; Erin Miller and Luke Shaw, Mauston.

Kenosha - Joel Niebuhr, Twin Lakes.

Kewaunee - Shannon Salentine and Andrea Spitzer, Casco; Rachel Kuehl, Erika Sisel, and Jonathan Wech, Kewaunee; and Tracie Lipsh and Lori Goemans, Luxemburg.

Lafayette - Emily Johnston, Darlington.

Langlade - Kristy Bures, Deerbrook.

Lincoln - Valerie Islo, Tracy Stark, and Jessica Wolf, Tomahawk.

Manitowoc - Christine Phipps, Brillion; Marjorie Joanis, Francis Creek; Shane Distasio, Sarah LaCroix, Angela Laux, Timothy Skinner, and Theresa Zuege-Halvorsen, Manitowoc; Jill Buchner, Reedsville; Sheila Bialek, Shelley Reif, David Schroeder, and Susan Zellner, Two Rivers.

Marathon - Amy Mach, Antigo; Kelly Naef, Merrill; Kyra Johnson. Mosinee; and Sarah Aucutt, Julie Fait, Dana Senn, and Kate Thompson, Wausau.

Marinette - Mark Cudnohoski, Coleman; Matthew Blankschien, Jennifer Langer, and Misti Thompson, Marinette; Adam Schmidt, Pembine; and Kristie Bloch and Deanna Fleischfresser, Peshtigo.

Marquette - Jaclyn Parker, Westfield.

Milwaukee - Nicholas Schultz, Brookfield; Anna Kettlewell, Greenfield; Kristina Moy, Hales Corners; Timothy Hosni, Kristy Knoblock, and Farah Stewart, Milwaukee; Nola Schwingle, Oak Creek; Erin Knoche, South Milwaukee; Benjamin Royten, Waukesha; Steven Price, Wauwatosa; and Michael Irwin, Jerad Linneman, and Jeffery Zellner, West Allis.

Oconto - Monette Reinhard, Abrams; John Runge and Lila Thomson, Gillett; Heidi Delzer, Lena; Randy Panzer, Little Suamico; Julie Bradshaw, Kari Heier, and Susan Younger, Oconto; Erin Gunnlaugsson, Sobieski; and David Seeber, Townsend.

Oneida - Jenniffer Bruss, Amy Vandoren, and Alicia Wranik, Rhinelander.

Outagamie - Amanda Block, Stephanie Davey, Kristi Hill, Jennifer Isaacson, Bradley Jentz, Sarah Peterson, Jesse Romenesko, Jason Vick, and Neil Young, Appleton; Klint Kaddatz, Hortonville; Elaine Gehl, Kaukauna; Nicole Deeg, Kimberly; Timothy Eckes and Mandi Vangroll, Little Chute; Jeremy Cleven, Kelly Grelecki, and Jaime Niespodzany, Seymour; and Kyle Burton, Shiocton.

Ozaukee - Julie Hahm, Mequon; Evan Dimmer and Rachael Jushka, Port Washington; Angela Tackes, Saukville; and Julia Jackson, Thiensville.

Polk - Jennifer Polzin, Clayton.

Portage - Jonathan Rohde, Almond; and Kristin Konkol, Stevens Point.

Price - Jennifer Halmstad, Catawba.

Racine - Jennifer Melbye, Racine; and Julie Ress, Rochester.

Rock - Christina Hall, Janesville.

Rusk - Amanda Leonhard, Ladysmith.

St. Croix - Scott Bessey and Kelsie Scheffen, Hudson.

Shawano - Taya Knaak, Birnamwood; Daniel Bartels, Roy Brodhagen, Judith Kaufmann, and Candee Stoltenow, Bonduel; Jennifer Bohm, Krakow; Heather Mielke, Marion; Cheryl Boettcher, Julie Brath, Benjamin Felts, Martha Stecker, and Sharon Townsend, Shawano; and Brian Harris, Tigerton.

Sheboygan - Ryan Mentink and Julie Wieberdink, Cedar Grove; Joshua Kestell, Elkhart Lake; Angela Daane, Oostburg; Billie Stranz, Plymouth; Andrew Thill and Michael Thill, Random Lake; and Jeffrey Bastasic, Paul Haag, Peter Massart, Kelly Portz, and Jenny Reigel, Sheboygan.

Taylor - Benjamin Destaercke, Gilman; and Laura Conley, Medford.

Walworth - Randy Greving, Elkhorn.

Washington - Christy Corrigan, Cedarburg; Joshua Kons; Germantown; Holly Fredrickson and Amy Milner, Hartford; Andrea Meyer, Hubertus; and Melissa Piippo, Jackson.

Waukesha - Matthew Clarke, Christine Kettler, Kathi Koepke, and Kristin Sponcia, Brookfield; Tobin Chambers and Lisa Wolgast, Hartland; Christin Kiesner and Melissa Schweinert, Menomonee Falls; Kelly Hendzel and Jonathan Meyer, New Berlin; Jane Graham, Matthew Hill, and Todd Pociask, Waukesha; and Tracy Zubarik, West Allis.

Waupaca - Kristy Ambacher, Iola; Ann Henselin and Teresa Mikulski, Marion; and Michelle Harris, Tigerton.

Waushara - James Hoffa, Coloma.

Winnebago - Heide Schmidt, Menasha; Craig Thomas, Neenah; and Anna Haley and Leah Kent, Oshkosh.

Wood - Rachael Gauger, Marshfield; and Nicole Enz and Reanna Jacobs, Wisconsin Rapids.

Other states - Meghan Dames, Vincent Laverick, and Sarah Shea, Illinois; Greg Babcock and Jeremiah Pfister, Indiana; Brian Wismer, Michigan; Christopher Knuth, Molly Mix, Nicole Mossing, and Melissa Weber, Minnesota; and John Morris III, North Carolina.

Other countries - Daniela Ferrio, Brazil; Woyen Navti, Cameroon; Jiang Zhu, Peoples Republic of China; Pui Chui, Hong Kong; Li-Chung Lin, Taiwan; Wai So, Hong Kong; Kaori Matsumoto and Hiromi Watanabe, Japan; and Jane Kimani, Kenya.

HONORS

Brown - Carol Azan, Jennifer Baumgart, Amy Below, Kassandra Calaway, Lisa Cornelissen, Jaclyn DeFrance, Julane Kussow, Amy Melcher, Charles Pallister, Erin Russell, Tyler Terrell, Stephanie Vandehei, Paul Vandyke, and Kimberly Voss, De Pere; Scot Abel, Deanna Alberts, Stacy Baeten, Jennifer Baranczyk, Sally Barbeau, Debbie Bauer, Marnie Behrendt, Jeffrey Bell, Christopher Blan, Mollie Boutell, Steven Brauer, Tracy Brown, Renee Brudnicki, Mark Budwit, Rebecca Buss, Tammy Cairns, Katherine Canadeo, Heather Cassidy, Carrie Cole, Ted Corsi Jr., Amanda Cowden, Bobby Crouch, Kathleen Daker, Melissa Damsheuser, Ryan Dedo, Icelica Delatorre, Kathryn Delie, Rebecca Delsart, Summer Delvoye, Brian Dickson, Matthew Diroff, William Downey, Kari Dymond, Virginia Englebert, Glenn Engles, Emily Feld, Yarrow Fewless, Mark Fischer, John Gaertner, Jessica Gallenberger, Michelle Garot, Carrie Gauthier, Stormee Genz, Kathrine George, Joan Gilbert, Kevin Gillis, Chad Gilson, Carrie Goemans, David Heideman, Carrie Jaccard, Victoria Jacobs, Eric Jensen, Danessa Johnson, Katie Karcz, Sara Kaye, Deuane Khamvongsa, Humera Khan, Matthew Knudson, Nicole Knutson, Jay Komis, Marcie Konop, Tania Krall, Theresa Kubalak, Angela Kulak, Jamie Kurowski, Christopher Lafrombois, Richard Lafrombois, Sharin Landry, Brad Longton, Lora Luttrell, Brian Maciejewski, Todd Mccoy, Dan Mitchell, Daniel Moore, Amanda Nero, Barbara Nicklas, Andrew Noll, David Nowotny, Wendy Nuthals, Chris Olson, Seri Peters, Amy Piaget, Joel Piontek, Jennifer Pischke, Annie Pryes, Heidi Rebitski, Sarah Rupiper, Sara Salentine, Phillip Schindel, Andrew Schmidt, Joel Schneider, Amber Schramm, Aaron Shaha, Melissa Shaughnessy, Jaclyn Shukosky, Michael Skelly, Dawn Spang, Jeremy St. Louis, Louie Sutto, Michelle Swick, Melissa Taylor, Pamela Tempski, Tracy Tesch, Stephanie Thompson, Ellen Urbanovitch, Cinnamin Vanroy, Ryan Verrier, Marie Viste, Angela Weber, William Whiting, Kevin Wood, Carissa Worlund, Bonnie Zeitler, and Marie Zoelle, Green Bay; Sally Huss, Greenleaf; Jessica Jelinski, Luxemburg; Heidi Barta, Aaron Brooks, Jeremy Maricque, and Melissa Schauer, New Franken; Laura Galarneau, Brent Janaky, and Tsilos Kosbab, Oneida; Kevin Baker, Hannah Thiem, and James Wright, Pulaski; and Amanda Harvey and Stacy Lewis, Suamico.

Calumet - Jessica Krueger, Brillion; Aaron Lisowe, Chilton; Teresa Halbach, Hilbert; Bradford Alt and Jennifer Long, Menasha; and Jacqueline Klinzing, New Holstein.

Chippewa - Rachel Wielgus, Boyd.

Clark - Jenny Luedtke, Granton.

Columbia - Ivy Read, Arlington; Jean Ehrke and Theresa Ehrke, Columbus; and Sara Joles, Pardeeville.

Dane - Meredith Helser, Madison; and Aaron Richardson, McFarland.

Dodge - Sarah Erickson, Beaver Dam; Timothy Heesen, Iron Ridge; Craig Feucht, Terra Henkel, Rachelle Vollmer, and Erin Wendt, Mayville; and Randal Roethle, Rubicon.

Door - James Schleicher, Egg Harbor; Katherine Bosman, Cory Hunsader, Ana Johnson, Brian Leist, and Scott Sommers, Sturgeon Bay.

Eau Claire - Heather Cork, Eau Claire.

Florence - Chloe Budnick and Thad Larson, Florence.

Fond Du Lac - Kimberly Schouten, Brandon; Jayson Stiles, Fond Du Lac; Mary Braun, Malone; Lindsey Badtke, Rosendale; and Staci Smith and Leslie Wagner, Waupun.

Forest - Callie Raboin, Athelstane; and Stacy Baltus, Laona.

Green - Stefanie Broe, Albany; and Amy Nelson, Brodhead.

Green Lake - Bradley Brzozowski, Princeton.

Jefferson - Megan Liebmann, Fort Atkinson.

Kenosha - Amanda Fox, Bristol; and Jessica Elfering, Salem.

Kewaunee - Rio Demers, Casco; Jennifer Hermans, Denmark; Aimee Schneider, Kewaunee; and Kevin Dahlke, Christopher Ditzman, Stacy Dorner, and William Widmer, Luxemburg.

Lafayette - Sarah Jean and Carissa Johnston. Darlington.

Lincoln - Faye Nass, Merrill; and Karen Kahle and Czerae Lafond, Tomahawk.

Manitowoc - Carrie Tisler, Cato; Christopher Able, Ginger Brown, Kathryn Deubler, Lawrence Kronschnabel, Michelle Luchsinger, Angela Radandt, Ryan Roberts, Anthony Schneider, and Dean Sleger, Manitowoc; Steven Bohman and Matthew Krajnik, Mishicot; Seth Calonder, Reedsville; Melissa Jacquette, Brenda Kopetsky, Stacy Novachek, and Laura Tomchek, Two Rivers; Breauna Jenkins, Valders; and Melissa Dvorachek and Jordan Marsicek, Whitelaw.

Marathon - Sarah Belter, Athens; Matthew Karki, Merrill; Tara Machak and Jamie Swatloski, Mosinee; Kevin Keding, Rothschild; and Katie Gebert, Jennifer Hollis, and Andrew Meyer, Wausau.

Marinette - Katie Carpenter, Amberg; Ryan Hansen, Crivitz; Mary Armbrust, David Hult, Lisa Jackson, Nicole Laundree, Sara Raappana, Philip Richards, and Heidi Schoen, Marinette; and Keri Bauer, Wausaukee.

Marquette - Laura Schumann, Montello; and Robert McCartney, Westfield.

Milwaukee - Heather Godshaw and Lynn Goetzinger, Brown Deer; Cynthia Kochanski, Cudahy; Katie Hartay, Constance Koceja, Stacy Krueger, and Susan Soderstrom, Greendale; Stephen Humpal, Hales Corners; Mike Nabena, Becky Reese, and Kathryn Wenzel, Milwaukee; Scott Franckowiak, Oak Creek; Courtney Both, Wauwatosa; and Richard Abbott and Ryan Staniak, West Allis.

Oconto - Andrew Birch and Steve Linssen, Gillett; Julie Lemere, Lena; Jessica Krause and Molly Rasmussen, Oconto Falls; Candace Dantinne and Amy Skaggs, Oconto; Mark Bazaldua, Pulaski; Kathleen Leja, Sobieski; Carrie Blazek and Ruth Frank, Suring; and Rebecca Christianson, Townsend.

Oneida - Rebecca Knutson, Rhinelander; and Matthew Stelter, Tomahawk.

Outagamie - Anne Bergman, Sarah Drews, Todd Engelbert, Steven Huycke, Juliet Kaminske, Emily Kliment, Paul Much, Amy Roznowski, Bryan Setzer, Katherine Short, Joe Stocks, Gretchen Weyenberg, and Melissa Zeman, Appleton; Katherine Friemark, Dale; Sandra Grumbling, Brian Hietpas, Shari Hilding-Kronforst, Vicki Kroiss, Martha Raddatz, Christopher Schlies, and Kelli Werschem, Kaukauna; Christine Haen and Kimberly Hefter, Little Chute; Elizabeth Gurnee, Neenah; Carley Beilfuss, New London; Teri Berggren and Scott Zirbel, Oneida; Paul Kraft and Vicki Leisgang, Seymour; and Kelly Johnson, Shiocton.

Ozaukee - Jeryl Gantner, Belgium; Tiffany Yocum, Grafton; Amy Best, Michelle Dunn, and Kimberly Mayer, Mequon; Shawn Dimmer, Cole Hackert, Michael Vuolo, and Kristina Zbikowski, Port Washington.

Polk - Kristin Otto, Clayton.

Portage - Elizabeth Drmolka, Almond; David Marks, Rosholt; and Jennifer Piotrowski, Stevens Point.

Price - Tracy Dietrich, Timothy Patterson, and William Schmidt, Park Falls.

Racine - Cynthia Draves, Cassandra Hlavka, and Sherie Payne, Racine; and Andrea Nilsen, Union Grove.

Rock - Erin Gabrielson, Beloit; and Melissa Gilbert, Janesville.

Shawano - Rachael Hoffman, Bonduel; Joylyn Hoffman, Gresham; Robert Graf, Pulaski; Julie Beversdorf, Diane Cooper, Elizabeth Dillenburg, Theodore Hopfensperger, Leah Kemp, Alissa Koss, Jeffrey Ludolph, Dorothy Putz, Chadden Tipton, and Jim Ward Jr., Shawano; Joni Miller, Tigerton; and Sheila Hartleben, Wittenberg.

Sheboygan - Sandra Lueder, Adell; Amy Raeder, Elkhart Lake; Jill Schmoock, Hingham; Rebecca Zore, Howards Grove; Aaron Qualio, Kohler; Derek Behmke and Christina Bohnhoff, Plymouth; Scott Weinhoff, Random Lake; Michelle Derus, Denise Dhein, Edwin Fredricks, Kristine Kuehlmann, Stephanie Kuhn, Dean Margenau, Stacey Meyer, Sarah Shircel, Sousie Vang, Andrew Vreeke, and Jaclyn Welsch, Sheboygan; and Elizabeth Moehr and Tanya Zimmermann, Sheboygan Falls.

Taylor - Wendy Anderson, Medford.

Trempealeau - Christopher Anderson, Osseo.

Vernon - Tana Kerska, Viroqua.

Vilas - Joylynn Lorenzen, St. Germain.

Walworth - Kimberly Plautz, Darien.

Washburn - Andrea Busch, Spooner.

Washington - Rebecca Burch, Colgate; Kara Steinman, Germantown; Jennifer Thurin, Hubertus; Ellen Lyskawa and Amy Wagenknecht, Jackson; Heather Heesen, Slinger; and Chad Goeden, Julie Gundrum, Lisa Kutz, Kristine Walden, and Jacquelyn Weber, West Bend.

Waukesha - Brett Brown, Colleen Hamill, Sarah Lena, and Jenny Wertschnig, Brookfield; Jason Kinlen, Colgate; Laura Rasmussen and Kimberly Rego, Hartland; John Lorenz, Amy Mangan, and Christopher Strazishar, Menomonee Falls; Bradley Larue, Mukwonago; David Pfeifer and Kari Polczynski, New Berlin; Sharon Wegner, Sussex; and Joshua Koepsell, Waukesha.

Waupaca - Allison Jordan, Fremont; Isaac Mezera and Betty Ray, Iola; Patrick Krueger, Marion; and Jamel Schiller, Waupaca.

Waushara - Carey O'Kelly, Almond; Janel Anderson, Neshkoro; and Rachel Berkoben and Brydie Cummings, Wild Rose.

Winnebago - Aaron Stroud, Larsen; Nancy Cummings and Shannon Huelsbeck, Menasha; Sarah Loessel and Michael Roth, Neenah; and Kimberly Kargus and Christine Wagner, Oshkosh.

Wood - Natasha Schelvan, Hewitt; Briana Fahey, Andrea Johannes, Erin Lagerman, and Colleen Wisinski, Marshfield; Holly Maus, Nekoosa; Micheal Herman and Melissa Votava, Wisconsin Rapids.

Other states - Theo Hunt, Alaska; Matthew Wiebel, Florida; Brian Gold, Morgan Fantetti, Elizabeth Gault, and John Paschalis, Illinois; Nicole Heller, Iowa; Erin Rykken, Kansas; Joey Chaltry, Lea Compney, Mark Johnson, Jean Marble, and Ryan Ruzziconi, Michigan; Laura Anderson, Eric Bergstrom, Daniel Felling, Rebekah Karpinsky, Sarah Kozlovsky, Cara Paulius, Angie Rowley, Keri Saxrud, and Heidi Schoenleben, Minnesota; Logan Whitehead, Nebraska; and Brian Giovinazzi, Ohio.

Other countries - Satoko Sakabe and Kumiko Takahashi, Japan; Jackson Kimani and Peres Owino, Kenya; Dong-Hyun Shin, South Korea; Eunice Urio, Tanzania; and Natalie Archie, British West Indies.