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Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award Notification Ceremony


Greenfield, October 16, 2007

State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster visited Greenfield Middle School to surprise Reading Specialist Megan Dixon with the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award.
The award carries with it a $25,000 prize. It is never announced in advance.
With the exception of Greenfield Superintendent Conrad Farner, school staff were told Burmaster was visiting simply to celebrate the school.

01. Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award Recipient Megan Dixon


02. Assembled students


03. Assembled students


04. Students welcome the dignitaries and the crowd in several languages


05 Students welcome the dignitaries and the crowd in several languages


06. Pictured after a pre-ceremony rehearsal, students who provided the multilingual welcomes


07. The eighth-grade band plays during the ceremony


08. State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster and students with placards revealing the amount of the cash award, $25,000.jpg


09. The moment Megan Dixon realizes her name has been announced


10. Dixon forces herself up


11. Dixon walks to the front


12. Dixon with State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster


13. Dixon speaks to the crowd, expressing surprise at her selection and crediting her colleagues for her success


14. Dixon with First Lady Jessica Doyle


15. Dixon, Burmaster, and other honored guests hold up the big, big check


16. Dixon, Burmaster, and other honored guests hold up the big, big check


17. Dixon, Burmaster, and other honored guests hold up the big, big check


18. Dixon, students, and the check


19. Dixon, students, and the check


20. Greenfield Education Association President Doug Perry greets students and Burmaster


21. Dixon attends a surprise reception in her honor after the ceremony


22. The reception held in Dixon's honor after the ceremony


23. Dixon and Doyle


24. Greenfield Superintendent Conrad Farner talks with Burmaster at the reception