Celebrate Education
What is Celebrate Education?
Celebrate Education is an annual event honoring local teachers, principals, coaches and volunteers for their continuous hard work and dedication to our community’s students. During the event, grants are awarded to exceptional educators for special programs they conduct in the classroom, on the field and after school.
Since Celebrate Education began in 2005, there has been a total of $743,690 (as of 2024) awarded to educators in the Oshkosh community. Before 2005, Celebrate Education was known as the NET Awards-Nurturing Education and Teaching. From 1997 to 2004 the NET Awards granted approximately $90,890 to various school programs.
WHO SPONSORS THIS EVENT?
The following community supporters make the grants and awards possible: Oshkosh Area School District Education Foundation, Mid-Morning Kiwanis Club of Oshkosh, Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce, Oshkosh Southwest Rotary, Edward and Belle Rudoy Endowment Fund, UW-Oshkosh College of Education and Human Services, and Oshkosh Area Community Foundation. By partnering together, we are able to award thousands of dollars in grants to educators whose programs make a difference in the lives of our children.
DR. STANLEY J. SPANBAUER EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP AWARD (LOURDES ACADEMY):
- Don Hansen
MID-MORNING KIWANIS CLUB OF OSHKOSH CELEBRATE EDUCATION GRANTS:
- Caroline Boettcher, Jefferson Elementary School
Krista Frenz, Vel Phillips Middle School
Kabel Helmbrecht, Oshkosh Area School District Recreation Department
Nikki Knitt, Valley Christian School
Meghan Neveau, Valley Christian School
Becky Piechowski, Lourdes Academy Elementary School
Julie Runde, Carl Traeger Elementary School
Jessica Sims, Oshkosh Area School District
Traci Soeller, Oshkosh Area School District
Kristine Steinhilber, Oshkosh West High School
Sara Vollbrecht, Jefferson Elementary School
Melissa Zielke, Oshkosh Area School District
Nicole Bouzek, Oshkosh West High School
Jacqueline Brown, Jefferson Elementary School
William Brydon, Oshkosh West High School
Amanda Campos, Valley Christian School
Amber Clark, Valley Christian School
Nicole Dahlke, Lourdes Academy of Oshkosh
Michelle Dorn, Franklin Elementary School
Beth Freund, Valley Christian School
Kara Hartkopf, Oaklawn Elementary School
Teresa Hass, Valley Christian School
Katie Hofmeister, Lourdes Academy Middle School
Kelly King, Oshkosh North High School
Kari Koerner, Emmeline Cook Elementary School
Bethany Lang, Lourdes Academy Elementary School
Rebekah Lehman, Valley Christian School
Hannah Lehocky, Franklin Elementary School
Brooke Neese, Lourdes Academy Elementary School
Tracy Nyman, Carl Traeger Elementary School
Jesse Peterson, Valley Christian School
Erin Pletcher, Valley Christian School
Robyn Skaar, Lourdes Academy Elementary School
Jaime Thompson, Roosevelt Elementary School
Rebecca Thompson, Elementary School
Liz VanHeuklon, Carl Traeger Elementary School
OSHKOSH AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION INTEGRATED TEACHING AWARDS:
- Hugh McWane and Melanie Wroblewski, Carl Traeger Middle School
- Jennifer Turner, South Park Middle School
OSHKOSH AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION FOUNDATION GRANTS:
- Elizabeth Armstrong, Merrill Elementary School
- Jason Cummings, Oshkosh North High School
- Kathleen Erickson, Oshkosh North High School
- Andrea Fisher, True Academy
- Lisa Graf, Vel Phillips Middle School
- Marshall Morrin, Oshkosh Area School District
- Kayley Murphy, Oakwood Elementary School
- Cheryl Pagel, Oshkosh North High School
- Alyssa Solowicz, Webster Stanley Elementary School
- Emily Sopata, Carl Traeger Elementary School
- Heidi Wara, Carl Traeger Elementary School
- Melanie, Wroblewski, Carl Traeger Middle School
- Kevin Wacholz, True Academy
- Dana Zander, Oshkosh Area School District
RUDOY OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AWARDS:
Don Dineen, Lourdes Academy High School
Max Harvey, Oshkosh North High School
Nicole Jonas, Valley Christian High School
Nadine Mohline, Valley Christian High School
Haley Murphy, Oshkosh West High School
Pam O’Loughlin, Oshkosh North High School
Josh Peel, Valley Christian High School
Cara Wessley, Oshkosh West High School
RUDOY TECHNOLOGY GRANT:
- Oshkosh North School
SPIRIT OF EDUCATION AWARD (OSHKOSH AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT):
- Jennifer Skolaski
UWO COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES TEACHER EXCELLENCE AWARDS:
- Olivia Hoopman, Roosevelt Elementary School
- Sarah Kroll, Oakwood Elementary School
- Sarah Welsh, Carl Traeger Elementary School
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