State Partners

South Dakota

South Dakota joined the Milken Educator Awards program in 2002

26 recipients since program began in South Dakota

$650,000 awarded in South Dakota since program began

Dr. Joe Graves
Secretary of Education
South Dakota Department of Education
800 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501

Ms. Allison Englund
Teacher Quality Specialist
Office of Standards, Learning, and Leadership
South Dakota Department of Education
800 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501

South Dakota Department of Education website

South Dakota Department of Education Milken Educators Awards website

(Updated 2/13/25)

South Dakota Milken Educators

• Dan Gallagher
  Roncalli Middle and Senior High School
  Aberdeen
  2024
• Albert Her Many Horses
  Todd County Middle School
  Mission
  2023
• Abby Turbak
  McKinley Elementary School
  Watertown
  2022
• Nichole Bowman
  T.F. Riggs High School
  Pierre
  2021
• Dr. Camrin Vaux
  Camelot Intermediate School
  Brookings
  2021
• Alison Ter Horst
  Washington High School
  Sioux Falls
  2019
• Carla Diede
  Harrisburg South Middle School
  Harrisburg
  2017
• Amanda Christensen
  Longfellow Elementary School
  Mitchell
  2016
• Gina Benz
  Roosevelt High School
  Sioux Falls
  2015
• LeeAnna Rabine
  Hawthorne Elementary School
  Sioux Falls
  2014
• Shana Davis
  T.F. Riggs High School
  Pierre
  2013
• Alayna Siemonsma
  South Park Elementary School
  Rapid City
  2012
• Nicole Keegan
  Dakota Middle School
  Rapid City
  2011
• Wade Helleson
  Lowell Elementary School
  Sioux Falls
  2010
• Kira Christensen Dylla
  Washington High School
  Sioux Falls
  2009
• Cary Combs
  Knollwood Heights Elementary School
  Rapid City
  2008
• Sherry Crofut
  North Middle School
  Rapid City
  2007
• Connie Rous
  Batesland Elementary School
  Batesland
  2006
• Robert B. Cook
  Central High School
  Rapid City
  2005
• Marletta Eich
  Washington Elementary School
  Madison
  2004
• Darrell Mueller
  Platte Elementary School
  Platte
  2004
• Sherri Becker
  Mitchell Middle School
  Mitchell
  2003
• Chad Caldwell
  Brookings High School
  Brookings
  2003
• Kari L. Jungclaus
  Rapid Valley Elementary School
  Rapid City
  2002
• Karen J. Lukens
  Hawthorne Elementary School
  Sioux Falls
  2002
• R. Jon Frey
  Aberdeen Central High School
  Aberdeen
  2002

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