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Award Notification:  Derek Tharp (AR '24)

Derek Tharp’s Milken Award Surprise in Batesville

BATESVILLE, AR—At Southside Middle School, an ordinary assembly turns into an extraordinary surprise for one outstanding educator. Watch as Dr. Joshua Barnett — representing the Milken Family Foundation as the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching Chief Executive Officer — and Arkansas Department of Education Secretary Jacob Oliva, presents math teacher Derek Tharp with a Milken Educator Award and $25,000. It's a day Southside Middle School will remember forever!