Editor’s note: The following press release was received from the Whitewater Unified School District.

Whitney Updike, Washington Elementary Teacher, is among 100 statewide winners of the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation 2022 Teacher Fellowship Award.  Whitney is the 17th WUSD teacher to receive this award since 2008.

The Kohl Teacher Fellowship program recognizes and supports teaching excellence and innovation in the state of Wisconsin.  Teacher Fellowship recipients are educators who have been chosen for their superior ability to inspire a love of learning in their students, their ability to motivate others, and their leadership and service within and outside the classroom. The 100 Herb Kohl Fellowship recipients and the 100 schools of those teachers will each receive a $6,000 grant. 

Congratulations Whitney!