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Excellence in Education: Dee Smith from the Ashley Community Schools

This week’s Michigan Lottery Excellence in Education winner is Dee Smith from the Ashley Community Schools. Congratulations.

Q: You’re involved in sports, you DJ, you help with the scoreboard, you do science projects. Why do you do so much extra?

A: The kids are important to me and they need to know that they’re important to me. And as important as subject material is, it’s equally important to let them know their interests matter.

Deann from Ashley Community Schools receives a $2,000 check from the Michigan Lottery. Excellence in Education Awards sponsored by the Michigan Lottery, providing more than $28 billion to public education since 1972.