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Excellence in Education: Lana Tran - 10/23/19

Posted at 9:51 AM, Oct 23, 2019
and last updated 2019-10-23 09:51:33-04

LANSING, Mich. — Lana Tran is this week's Michigan Lottery Excellence in Education winner congratulations!

Lana - "Thank You!"

Bob - "We have a video from your nominator, take a look."

Jennifer Cathey - “Hi! She provides her students with a safe comfortable and loving place to learn where they are free to make mistakes, laugh and have fun!”

Bob - "What goes through your mind when you see that?"

Lana - "My Children"

Bob - "It doesn't sound like teaching is a job for you."

Lana - "It is not, it is a passion for me it's what I look for every single day when they come in, first thing in the morning when I greet them is when I want to see that smile, that happy smile that they are excited to be there, and it makes a world of difference for me."

Lana Receives a $1500 check from the Michigan Lottery and her class at Knapp Forest Elementary School receives a $500 Grant.

Excellence in Education award sponsored by the Michigan Lottery, providing more than 23 billion dollars to public education since 1972

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