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watch as Chaffee Trail's Miller named district's
2008 Teacher of the Year
The 2007-08 school year has
been a good one for Lucretia Miller. Last summer,
she was an important part of the team that opened
the new Chaffee Trail Elementary School. And on
April 10 at a gala in the Prime F. Osborn Center,
she won the title of Duval County Public Schools’
2008 district wide Teacher of the Year.
The eight-year teaching veteran
was selected for the prestigious honor by a
committee of teachers, administrators, principals,
Rotarians and businesspeople. The selection
committee and Teacher of the Year or EDDY awards
were organized by the Alliance For World Class
Education, a non-profit group of local business and
community leaders that supports public education.
Miller was one of 164 Teachers
of the Year who were named at each DCPS school
earlier this year. The field was winnowed down to
six finalists, each of which was introduced Thursday
night at the Osborn Center. Suspense mounted as
Miller’s mentor, one of the teacher’s university
professors, revealed the librarian’s selection for
the top EDDY award. In a tearful, heartfelt
acceptance speech, Miller saluted her coworkers at
Chaffee Trail, her principal Beverly Walker, her
students and her family.
The 2008 EDDY awards are the 17th
annual presentation of Teacher of the Year honors in
Duval County. What was once a punch-and-cookies
ceremony in the school administration building has
been transformed into a black-tie gala, which is
funded by corporate sponsors and the Alliance. All
of the district’s 164 Teachers of the Year were
saluted by a record-setting crowd of 1,600 that
attended the 2008 EDDY Awards.
To learn more about Miller, the
six finalists and the EDDY Awards,
click
here.
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