Pierre School District Teacher Of The Year Nichole Bowman Awarded $25,000 Milken Educator National Award

Pierre School District Teacher Of The Year Nichole Bowman Awarded $25,000 Milken Educator National Award

PIERRE — A Pierre T-F Riggs High School teacher is surprised Tuesday with a special award in the Riggs High School Gym….

Known as the “Oscars of Teacher” the Milken Education Award is a 25-thousand dollar award given by the Milken Family Foundation to honor excellence in education. Senior Program Director with the Milken Educator Award Greg Gallagher says Bowman is one of the best in the nation…

Bowman will receive an all-expenses paid trip to Los Angeles to join other elite educators to work in making education even better. Governor Kristi Noem greeted Bowman as she made the long way down from a camera platform on the south side of the Riggs gym…

Three previous South Dakota Milken winners welcomed Bowman into the elite group of educators. Bowman is the second Riggs educator to be given the award. There is no restriction on how Bowman can use the 25-thousand dollar award.