Excellence in Education: Deann Smith

Dee Smith is recognized for her excellence in education.

Carlie Escamilla, Dee’s nominator, said: ‘The endless after-school activities she has organized and attended to support her students, the trips she has taken with them, including to Hawaii and next summer to the Galapagos Islands. The list is endless and we don’t have time for it.”

“The kids are important to me and they need to know that they are important to me,” Dee says. “And as important as the learning material is, it is just as important to let them know what their interests are.”

Dee from Ashley Community Schools received a $2,000 check from the Michigan Lottery.

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