This week’s Michigan Lottery Excellence in Education winner is Vikki Blanchard-Connett from Houghton Lake Collins Elementary. Congratulations.
Q: You’ve been coaching for more than 25 years. Tell me a little bit about that.
A: Well, in the gym, I’m able to see different levels of kids. With myself being physically active when I was young, seeing kids in the gym and then them maturing and growing and getting stronger and bigger, faster, it was just wonderful because then I could see them. They’d be, you know, I could coach them, I could go watch them, cheer for them and just be excited for them having a good time.
Vikki from Houghton Lake Collins Elementary receives a $2,000 check from Lottery Commissioner Suzanna Shkreli. Excellence in Education Awards, sponsored by the Michigan Lottery, providing more than $28 billion to public education since 1972.