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Spartan Influence Camp to be held for area students with disabilities

The football program at Luxemburg-Casco High School is holding the Spartan Influence Camp this Saturday, May 18, for students with disabilities, ages 5 to 21 years old. The camp is designed to give participating students the opportunity to be active while learning more about football.

Free of charge, the event is from 12:00-1:30 p.m. at the Luxemburg Sports Complex, 113 North Main Street in Luxemburg. Participants will receive a T-shirt and medal; water and a snack also will be provided. Roughly 20 area youth are expected to take part.

“Our football program is based on servant leadership and service learning, and we believe this is a great way to give back to our school and community,” says Dillon Maney, head football coach at Luxemburg-Casco High School. “The game of football has given many of our athletes great opportunities, and our athletes want to do the same for other people.”

Six members of the Luxemburg-Casco football team are serving as 2019 camp coordinators: Ben Naze, Mason Renard, Reece Worachek, Matt Cravillion, Matt Dorn and Andrew Spengler.

The event will be held rain or shine, and may move into the school’s gymnasium if the weather is inclement. Registration at the door will be accepted, or it can be done in advance at http://bit.ly/LCfbcamp. Participants do not need to be residents of the Luxemburg-Casco School District.

Senior Arabella Adams presented with Herb Kohl Initiative Scholarship

Arabella Adams, a senior at Luxemburg-Casco High School, has been presented with a $10,000 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation 2019 Initiative Scholarship at a recognition luncheon hosted by Herb Kohl, Wisconsin philanthropist and businessman.

The Herb Kohl Initiative Scholarship recognizes state “students who have demonstrated a high level of motivation, have shown strong promise for achieving success in college and beyond, and have overcome significant personal obstacles or adversity.”

In summing up Arabella, Luxemburg-Casco school officials described her as “a twenty-first century Renaissance figure, equally adept in and intrigued by the arts and sciences.” She also was saluted as an advocate for the arts, particularly music, and a student possessing considerable musical talent. Arabella is said to have the ability to pick up practically any instrument and not only play it, but play it skillfully.

Arabella plans to study mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She is the daughter of Daniel and Heather Adams of Luxemburg.

In December 2018, Arabella and another student joined with a high-school English teacher to play Christmas carols for students and staff outside the main office on the day before Christmas break. Further demonstrating her passion for music, she wrote a major research paper for her English 12 class that addressed the impact of music education and advocated for expanding access to it for students throughout their academic careers.

The Herb Kohl Educational Foundation has recognized educational excellence for the past 30 years by awarding scholarships annually to 200 graduating high school students throughout Wisconsin. Since its establishment in 1990, the foundation has given $17.8 million to state students, teachers, principals and schools.