Teacher at Anchorage’s West High receives $25K national educator award in surprise ceremony

West Anchorage High School teacher Temperance Tinker-Kays was presented with the Milken Educator Award during a school assembly Wednesday. A high school English teacher in Anchorage received a prestigious Milken Educator Award in a surprise ceremony Wednesday morning.“I’m really glad I didn’t take a personal day today,” she joked while accepting the award.

“It’s sometimes really hard to show up — my year this year has been really hard,” she said. “To be here today and to get recognition and support from these amazing people behind me and this entire West High community, it means so much. And I just want to say thank you.” Tinker-Kays received her Master of Arts in Teaching in 2007 from the University of Alaska Anchorage. She’s taught English for 13 years.

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West Anchorage teacher recognized with Milken Educator AwardWATCH: A West Anchorage High School teacher has been recognized for her work with a Milken Educator Award, which comes with $25,000. Temperance Tinker-Kays, an English teacher at the school, is one of about 60 educators to receive the award nationwide.
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