Earning the 'Oscar' of teaching
THERMOPOLIS – It was a surprise of a lifetime. When Thermopolis Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade health and physical education teacher Shannon Hill arrived Friday morning to an all-school assembly she had no idea she had earned the coveted Milken Educator Award.
January 6, 2018

Tracie Mitchell
Thermopolis Middle School teacher Shannon Hill and Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Jilian Balow.
THERMOPOLIS – It was a surprise of a lifetime.
When Thermopolis Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade health and physical education teacher Shannon Hill arrived Friday morning to an all-school assembly she had no idea she had earned the coveted Milken Educator Award.
Hill is the only teacher in Wyoming to receive this award this year and is one of 44 teachers honored across the country.
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