Senior Scholarship Awards Program

2021

Thank You to our Sponsors:

Premier Corporate Sponsor

Gold Sponsor

The Filla Latzke Group

Silver Sponsor

Major Sponsors All-Ways Contractors, Inc.

Platinum Sponsor

www.GCSFund.org

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PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Welcome Glenn Schroeder, Board President GCSF Board of Directors

Congratulatory Welcome Marc Lehnerer, Assistant Principal Germantown High School

Keynote Speaker Brett Stousland, Superintendent Germantown School District

2020-21 GCSF Teacher Grant Award Presentations Todd Jex, GCSF Board Member Recognizing the important role teachers play in helping students develop, Teacher Grant Awards will be presented to Germantown School District teachers.

Named Scholarship Award Presentations Various respective donors

Germantown Community Scholarship Fund Award Presentations Glenn Schroeder, GCSF Board President Marc Lehnerer, GHS Assistant Principal & GCSF Board Member

Germantown Community Scholarship Fund, Inc.2020–21 Board of Directors

GLENN SCHROEDERBoard PresidentV.P. Commercial BankingBMO Harris Bank

DAVE WOLOSZYKBoard TreasurerChief Financial OfficerEllsworth Adhesives

TODD JEXBoard SecretaryAttorneyCrivello Carlson, S.C.

PERRY BENZSchool CounselorGermantown High School

KIM CISZEWSKIMortgage and Finance Professional

LISA ERICKSONSenior Service Delivery Manager Mobile BankingFIS

MARK FILLAFinancial Advisor / Managing DirectorAmeriprise Financial Services

JON HAFEMANNFinancial AdvisorEdward Jones

CINDY JAKUSZ, DDSPartnerDental Professionals

RACHEL KERNANStylist / Salon ManagerDeRiah Boutique Salon and Spa

KATHRYN KLOPFERMarketing & PR StrategistMRA

SHELLY KOPREKMarketing ManagerGuhring, Inc.

MARC LEHNERERAssistant PrincipalGermantown High School

BRIAN LEVINSMarketing DirectorPrincipal

JULIE OSWALDCommunity Volunteer/Domestic Engineer

COREY PEISSIGVP, Technical OperationsOptimal Blue

SCOTT RASMUSSENPresidentLauber Business Partners

ADRIENNE SHILLBranch ManagerCherry Creek Mortgage Company

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The Germantown Community Scholarship Fund (GCSF) exists to help area students achieve their goals and live their dreams. We provide scholarship money to those graduates who will continue their education at a college, university or a vocational/technical school.

The GCSF trust fund was initiated in 1981 by a donation from the Germantown Rotary Club in the amount of $10,000. A $200,000 donation in 1990 from the Germantown Volunteer Fire Company greatly increased the trust fund. The remaining scholarships are funded by donations from annual fundraising events, businesses, service organizations and individuals.

This year’s graduating seniors are the fortunate recipients of funds raised at a successful online appeal, investment income from our Endowment Fund, and the generosity of 29 Named Scholarship Donors enabling GCSF to award $148,147 to these students. We sincerely thank all who contributed or helped in any way to offer these awards.

2021 GCSF SCHOLARSHIPS

Recipient Scholarship Amount PresenterSpencer Baeckman Monica & Josh Griebel Memorial $1,000 Madison GriebelAlexandria Ballard Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Mason Balsiger Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Noel Barger Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Noah Basting Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Carson Batchelor Ellsworth Adhesives $2,000 Ellsworth familyCole Batchelor Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Nicholas Bauer Gehl Foods $1,000 Brett SawdeyJordan Berendt Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Emily Bessler Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Angela Bloechl Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Emma Boulware Germantown Little League $1,000 Trevor Bowerman Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Sydney Braun Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Alec Brookens Terrence J. Riesch D.D.S. $1,000 Karissa Brown Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Isabella Brown Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Sophia Brown Leadership Germantown Class of 2020 $1,223 Adam ChamorroIsaac Buss Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Owen Campbell L.T. Hampel Corporation $1,000 Paul LorgeLauren Casetta Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Samuel Chapman Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Alyssa Cramer Linda Wiener Memorial Future Educator $1,667 Rhonda RhoadsShane Crowley Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Aidan Cummins Newport Network Solutions $1,700 Samantha Danczyk Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700

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Recipient Scholarship Amount PresenterCorrina Dier Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Jonathan Draeger Germantown Volunteer Fire Company $1,700 Ken RoskopfElla Driebel Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Matthew Drinan C.D. Smith Construction, Inc. $1,000 Noah Durlam Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Campbell Feltz The Wayne Heidel - Jennifer Semmann Foundation $500 Dan KruegerAnna Finley Germantown Volunteer Fire Company $1,700 Ken RoskopfMatthew Fitzpatrick Brent Reiter Memorial Scholarship $1,600 Allen SpaethZachary Gardipee Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Gwendolyn Goetter Linda Wiener Memorial Future Educator $1,667 Rhonda RhoadsMaria Grater Germantown Volunteer Fire Company $1,700 Ken RoskopfPaige Gruener Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Michaela Haensgen Robert Neu Memorial $2,000 Kayla FixelGabrielle Haensgen Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Will Hammond Germantown Little League $1,000 Lindsey Hessler J.W. Speaker Corporation $1,800 Hailey Hessler Germantown Volunteer Fire Company $1,700 Ken RoskopfJulia Hoffmann Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Ally Holtebeck Waterstone Bank $1,000 Jennifer DeNicolaJoseph Inga Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Madison Ingram-Montgomery Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Lauren Jakubowski Germantown Mutual Insurance Company $1,000 Tom GalleErika Kemmel Linda Wiener Memorial Future Educator $1,667 Rhonda RhoadsMarcus Knight Germantown Hoops Boys Basketball Booster Club $1,700 Joe MeyerTimothy Kohls Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Jenna Konzal Sendiks Food Markets $500 Steve HankesAlisha Kulkarni Kiwanis Club of Germantown, WI $1,750 Todd JexElizabeth Lee Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Natalie Lemanczyk Sendiks Food Markets $500 Steve HankesAbigail Liker Chuck Ritzenthaler Science $2,000 Anthony Loberger Rick Cowee Memorial $1,000 Jeff CoweeElizabeth Loof Germantown American Legion Auxiliary Unit #321 $500 Greta HutchisonSamantha Mahlum Germantown Volunteer Fire Company $1,700 Blake Martin Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Ana Martinez Reuben Penzenstaedtler - Lincoln Lodge #183 $3,000 Jim BroichDelaney Marwood Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700

2021 GCSF SCHOLARSHIPS

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2021 GCSF SCHOLARSHIPS

Recipient Scholarship Amount PresenterCourtney Masarik BMO Harris Bank $1,700 Glenn SchroederJoseph McGraw Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Owen Meyer Germantown Hoops Boys Basketball Booster Club $1,700 Joe MeyerElla Mudge Germantown Volunteer Fire Company $1,700 Ken Roskopf Gabrielle Ortiz The Wayne Heidel - Jennifer Semmann Foundation $1,000 Dan KruegerKatie Pampuch Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700

Diya Patel Kiwanis Club of Germantown - Jim Lynch/Mike Micka Memorial $1,750 Todd Jex

Tressa Peissig Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Rachel Pluta Germantown Mutual Insurance Company $1,000 Leah Pokorny Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Grace Quella Germantown Volunteer Fire Company $1,700 Ken Roskopf Emma Radtke Dental Professionals $1,700 Samuel Albiero DDSOlivia Reiner Waterstone Bank $1,000 Lyndsay Riley The Wayne Heidel - Jennifer Semmann Foundation $1,000 Anastasia Rushmer Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Courtney Schraufnagel Gehl Foods $1,000 Brett SawdeyDylan Shearer Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Danielle Siewert Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Evan Sina Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Lauren Sitter Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Emma Slaski Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Katherine Stell Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Samuel Stelling Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Abigail Stewart Germantown Volunteer Fire Company $1,700 Megan Stewart Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Tyler Szejna Desert Aire Corporation $1,700 Elizabeth Thurman Bank Five Nine $1,000 Cheri SchadebergJackson Tremelling Wayne Baumgartner / Industrial Recyclers $1,600 Andrea Vo Leadership Germantown Class of 2020 $1,223 Adam ChamorroSarah Wanta Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Julianna Weege Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700 Elise Wegner Gehl Foods $1,000 Collin Welke Germantown Volunteer Fire Company $1,700 Ken Roskopf Rachel Wood Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce $500 Lynn GrgichMallory Zobel Germantown Community Scholarship Fund $1,700

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Recognizing our 2021 Scholarship Donors

AnonymousBank Five NineBMO Harris BankAllen & Diane SpaethC.D. Smith Construction, IncDental ProfessionalsDesert Aire CorporationEllsworth AdhesivesGehl FoodsGermantown American Legion Auxiliary Unit #321Germantown Area Chamber of CommerceGermantown Hoops Boys Basketball Booster ClubGermantown Little LeagueGermantown Mutual Insurance CompanyGermantown Volunteer Fire Company

J.W. Speaker CorporationKiwanis Club of Germantown, WILeadership Germantown Class of 2020L.T. Hampel CorporationMonica & Josh Griebel MemorialNewport Network SolutionsLincoln Lodge #183Jeff & Margaret CoweeLinda FixelSendiks Food MarketsTerrence J. Riesch D.D.S.The Wayne Heidel - Jennifer Semmann FoundationWayne Baumgartner / Industrial RecyclersWaterstone Bank

GCSF ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN

The Germantown Community Scholarship Fund (GCSF) embarked on an Endowment Fundraising Campaign in 2006, the 25th anniversary of its founding. As a non-profit organization, GCSF relies on charitable contributions to continue to meet its scholarship goals.

To help spread the word about GCSF’s Endowment Fundraising Campaign, events are held throughout the community to generate additional donations. This Spring, our online fundraising efforts collected $2,500 for the Endowment Fund. In addition, $29,000 was raised specifically for the scholarships awarded this year.

In total, since its inception, GCSF will have awarded more than $3.1 million in scholarships to 2,820 Germantown area students pursuing education at colleges, universities or vocational/technical schools.

The Endowment Fund is an investment that helps guarantee that GCSF’s work will continue for future generations. Please consider a contribution to GCSF’s Endowment Campaign as an investment in the future of our youth. To find out how you can help with this worthy cause, contact Glenn Schroeder, Board President at 262-993-5040 or by email, gschroeder@gcsfund.org. Information is also available on the Germantown Community Scholarship Fund’s website at www.GCSFund.org

2020–21 Endowment DonorsBob SoderbergBill and Carol MillerDan Knodl

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GCSF was unable to hold an in-person fundraising event this spring, but our first-ever online appeal unveiled the true generosity of our community and was quite successful. We want to sincerely thank everyone listed for the tremendous impact they are making for the future of the 2021 Graduating Class.

Businesses listed in boldface type were 2021 Dinner & Auction Sponsors.

2021 Dinner & Auction Donors

All-Ways ContractorsAmy Belle PTA Richard BallardBank Five NineBrian BargerThomas BarneyJeanne BatchelorHeidi BetzDan & Natalie BlockBMO Harris BankSharon BrandenburgPatrick BrownLife ChurchKim CiszewskiJacob Daub OrthodonticsVicki DeckerDental ProfessionalsTim and Catherine DrinanSamantha EgelseerStephanie ErdmanAmeriprise Financial the Filla Latzke GroupAngela GalaszewskiGermantown High School PTAJim Grater

Linda GrossVictoria HaensgenPaul HammondJim and Lisa HansenJeff HillmannIlling Co.Inlanta MortgageAnne JohnstonGreg KirschRandy and Kathryn KlopferDan KnodlTerri KonzalRob and Shelly KoprekJulie KrenMarc LehnererBrian LevinsLife ChurchJeffrey LikerAndy MacIntyreChantal MacksamDeanna MerryfieldHeidi MohsMichele NeilsJulie Oswald

Joe PawlakCorey PeissigAnita RamstackScott & Kim RasmussenSherry RiestererRobbie RobinsonChad RogowskiMegan RyczekBecki SchimpfHeather and Troy SchmidtAdrienne SchneiderLaura SchnoorTami SchraufnagelGlenn & A.J. SchroederSandy SlaterMary Van SlettJennifer StellTroy UebeleUS Health CenterErin WarborgHeather WeydaLori WillkomTim & Jenny WizaDave & Lyn Woloszyk

Our 2021 Premier Corporate Sponsor:

Save the Date! 2022 Dinner & AuctionFebruary 3, 2022

at the Florian Event Venue, GermantownDonations of auction items are accepted throughout the year.

It’s never too early to start planning for 2020! Contact any Board member or visit www.GCSFund.org for more information.

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In 2004, GCSF also recognized a need to support our Germantown School District teachers and staff in their efforts to help area students develop. Since starting the program GCSF has awarded $37,440 in grants. Community support and proceeds raised during the U.S. Bank Mud Splash--Run for Funds helps to raise money toward these Teacher Grants.

2020-21 GCSF Teacher Grant Awards

GCSF TEACHER GRANT PROGRAM

Jeff Thielke, Kennedy Middle School

Purchase of 2 Matter & Form 3D Scanners. This technology excites and motivates students, and enhances “Critical Thinking” skills. With High School students already having the opportunity of this educational experience, there is a need to offer it at the Middle School level.

Heidi Ludorf, Germantown High School

Classroom set of German Readers for beginners: Books will be used to give students a successful experience reading, writing, and speaking German in the first level of German study.

Lynn Collins, Mac Arthur Elementary

Materials to enhance the plant and insect unit: Growing plants with hands-on learning opportunities, learning about nutrition, making connections between growing food and diet. This allows for distribution of more plants per child and incorporates plants that the students recognize to give connection.

Tim Bauer, County Line Elementary School

Purchase of an iPad for his students in the classroom: Students can record videos, upload to their Google drive and be able to use the videos in projects, use the iPad for online instruction and mirror what they see on the screen to the smart board in the classroom. Students will be able to collaborate with other students on ideas and projects in the classroom versus needing to check out from the library.

Andy Waller, GEDO2 program (General Education Diploma option 2)

Purchase of video series called “Life Steps”: This program emphasizes the importance of resourcefulness, perseverance and an optimistic view of life. The program is developed by LIVE WIRE MEDIA and is sound in educational theory.

Jon O’Callaghan, Amy Belle Elementary

Photo/video classroom studio: This website is a way for students to keep a digital portfolio of their artwork from kindergarten to their senior year. It is also a great fundraiser for our program as each piece of artwork can be placed onto items that family members can purchase.

Returning in 2022 - watch for announcementson Facebook and the GCSFund.org website!

Fun for the whole family!

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Help us make students’ dreams come true -become a volunteer with GCSF!

Join the team of fun and energetic people who meet throughout the year to plan and organize fundraising activities to benefit the students and the teachers in Germantown schools. New members are always welcome, and there are so many ways to help! Contact Glenn Schroeder, GCSF Board President, if interested in getting involved or just learning more: 262-993-5040 or by email, gschroeder@gcsfund.org

Thank You!A sincere thanks to the following individuals and groups for assisting

with tonight’s annual Senior Scholarship Awards Night.

GCSF Board of Directors

Brandon Medved – In-kind donation of GCSF PhotographerRhonda Rhoads – GHS Audio/Visual Specialist

Heather Pulkowski - Performing Arts Center Director

Germantown High School Custodial Staff

Printing discount provided by Digital Edge Printing, Inc.

Senior Scholarship Awards Program

2021

Thank You to our Sponsors:

Premier Corporate Sponsor

Gold Sponsor

The Filla Latzke Group

Silver Sponsor

Major Sponsors All-Ways Contractors, Inc.

Platinum Sponsor

www.GCSFund.org