Rachel Rauch, adviser at Homestead High School, Mequon, Wis., has been named one of four Distinguished Advisers by the Dow Jones News Fund. She and the other Distinguished Advisers will receive $500 scholarships for graduating seniors and subscriptions to WSJ.com courtesy of the publishers of The Wall Street Journal.

Rauch, a KEMPA board member, has been teaching for 19 years and is entering her fifth year advising the Highlander newspaper and its website, homesteadhighlanderonline.com.

“Rauch took over Homestead High School’s journalism program five years ago with the task of bringing the courses and curriculum into the 21st century,” according to the DJNF press release. “As a result, the newsroom has gone digital and amped up its social media and visual storytelling.”

This spring Rauch earned the 2015 Excellence in Teaching Award from her district.  KEMPA just announced her selection as one of two recipients of the Nancy Becker Newspaper Adviser of the Year Award. Patrick Johnson of Antioch Community High School is the other KEMPA recipient.

Congratulations to Rachel Rauch!!