Normandy High School Math Teacher Receives National Educator Award

Posted Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Featured on Episode 10 of the 2009-2010 season

Math teacher Jennifer McCalla was honored this month with a National Educator Award from the Milken Family Foundation. Jennifer is one of fifty educators nationwide - and the only one in Ohio - selected for the honor this year. Ms. McCalla has taught secondary mathematics at Normandy High School in Parma for more than ten years and is chair of the math department. You can see a video of Jennifer winning her award at the link below.

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See video of Jennifer McCalla Receiving her Award
Milken Educator Award
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