Normandy teacher Jennifer McCalla receives $25,000 from Milken Family Foundation Chairman Lowell Milken and Foundation Co-Founder Michael Milken at the 2010 Milken Family Foundation National Educator Forum in California on May 15, 2010.
Posted: 05/16/2010
A teacher at Normandy High School was one of 54 select educators to be recognized nationwide with a $25,000 Milken Educator Award.
Normandy teacher Jennifer McCalla was presented with the award and check at a dinner and ceremony on Saturday at the Sheraton Delfina Hotel in Santa Monica, Calif.
The awards are given out by the Milken Educator Forum, which specializes in finding new and inventive ways to impact the nation's education system.
The Milken Educator Awards were first presented in 1987. Since then, more than 2,400 educators have received $60 million in cash awards.
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