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Missouri's 2015-16 Milken Educator is Deborah Siebern-Dennis

Deborah Siebern-Dennis (MO '15)   |  Bode Middle School  |  St. Joseph, MO  |  Feb 11, 2016

Dr. Margie Vandeven, Missouri Department of Education commissioner, is visiting Bode Middle School to congratulate the students and staff on the school's "spotlight" status. But is that the only reason? When Vandeven brings up Dr. Jane Foley, senior vice president of the Milken Educator Awards, and Foley surprises science teacher Deborah Siebern-Dennis with Missouri's 2015-16 Milken Educator Award, an ordinary day quickly turns into one the whole school will remember forever. Follow the day's events in our photo gallery.