Application and Selection Process
Students may apply by accessing the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation website. In order to provide all nominees an equal opportunity, they must follow all instructions in the application.
Students must submit their completed applications, including letters of recommendation, no later than Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at 5:00:00 p.m. Central Time. Applications submitted by the deadline without the required three letters of recommendation are incomplete and will not be considered.
There is no limit to the number of applications that can come from a single high school or a district. Additionally, there is not a selection process at the school district or building level. The first round of application scoring will take place at the CESA level, or for Milwaukee Public School District (MPS) students, at the district level.
Once completed, the student applications are then forwarded to the Regional Selection Committee, which is coordinated in each of the state’s 12 Cooperative Educational Service Agencies (CESAs), or Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS). Students who have reached the Regional Selection Committee will be notified by their CESA or MPS whether or not their application has progressed to the Statewide Selection Committee.
Successful applicants' materials will be forwarded to a Statewide Selection Committee by Wednesday, January 6, 2023. Applicants not advancing to the Statewide Selection Committee will be notified by their CESA agency or MPS. Representatives of the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation, CESAs and MPS, the Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools, the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, Wisconsin Homeschooling Parents Association, and state education-related associations serve on the State Selection Committee. Applicants who have reached the Statewide Selection Committee will be contacted in late February, 2023 with the results. |