Suburban Woman's Club of Wauwatosa awards scholarships to teachers
Music teacher Peggy Paar leads the Roosevelt School fifth graders in singing the "Star Spangled Banner" several years ago. Paar is one of five Wauwatosa teachers to receive a scholarship from the Suburban Woman's Club of Wauwatosa this year. File photo by C.T. Kruger.
April 17, 2015
The Suburban Woman's Club of Wauwatosa has awarded $800 scholarships for continuing education to the following teachers:
- Robert Kalpinski, Plank Road School
- Laura Nemetz, Whitman Middle School
- Peggy Paar, Roosevelt Elementary School
- Kristin Thimmesch, Eisenhower Elementary School
- Hannah Wendlake, Eisenhower Elementary School
The teachers will receive their awards in a ceremony May 4 at the Wauwatosa Civic Center.
The Suburban Woman's Club has been awarding scholarships to teachers for 65 years, according to Joan Riggin, chair of the group's scholarship committee.
"Their belief as mothers of Wauwatosa students is that providing financial assistant to our teachers to further their education would be their way of enriching their children's education," the group said in a press release.
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