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This small Wisconsin town raised money so all its high school seniors can get a college scholarship Samantha West, Appleton Post-Crescent © Courtesy of Curt Knoke Receiving a $750 scholarship from the Gresham Scholarship Fund in 2009 jump-started Mindy Hoffman's journey to becoming a physical therapist. She's seen here at Aspirus Langlade Hospital in Antigo, where she started her career. GRESHAM - Bob Klopke knew how expensive higher education could be. He'd just sent the youngest of his three daughters off to college, and as principal of the Gresham School, he'd seen many...

GRESHAM - Bob Klopke knew how expensive higher education could be. He'd just sent the youngest of his three daughters off to college, and as principal of the Gresham School, he'd seen many other students do the same. Seeing the success of Shawano's Dollars for Scholars program, which had been raising money for scholarships for high school graduates pursuing post-secondary education since 1993, he thought Gresham students, too, could benefit from a program like this. So, in 2001, Klopke started sending letters to people in the community he thought would be interested in starting a fund, an...

28 Wisconsin school districts awarded money for manufacturing education Unmute MADISON (WKOW) -- Twenty-eight school districts in Wisconsin will receive funding to help students pursue careers in manufacturing and technical fields. Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation announced $635,000 in grants for the districts Wednesday to establish or expand local fabrication laboratory (fab lab) facilities. “The fab labs program engages students in science, math, and engineering, allowing them to create and invent all sorts of things from robot...

  MADISON, WI. MAY 5, 2021 – Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) today announced that 28 school districts throughout the state have been awarded a total of more than $635,000 in grants to establish or expand local fabrication laboratory (fab lab) facilities. “The fab labs program engages students in science, math, and engineering, allowing them to create and invent all sorts of things from robots to 3D models,” Governor Tony Evers said. “The skills learned in Wisconsin’s fab labs can help prepare our kids for their future, including good-p...

>> well honestly i don't either. that's one of the reasons i've been working on this for so long because this doesn't help the student. >> of course. >> it provides a use to excel, bitterness. >> but the gresham school district has been doing this for a number of years. they've spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and i would think that the parents would go crazy. i know gresham. i worked in portland. it's mostly a white neighborhood. i think they would be going nuts about this. are they? >> well actually no. it's been hard to get the word out on this because it's been operating behind the s...