East High School teacher Leigh VandenAkker was surprised Monday with the announcement that she is the first of 11 Utah teachers who will be named this week as 2015 Huntsman Education Award winners. Along with the remaining 10 award winners, VandenAkker, known by her students as Mrs. V, will receive a $10,000 prize and will be honored at a May 15 dinner at Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City. VandenAkker said she was âshocked to deathâ to learn she had won the award and credited her East High... <img src="http://mngislctrib.112.2O7.net/b/ss/mngislctrib/1/H.17--NS/0?&pageName=RSS" height="1" width="1" border="0" alt=""/>
First 2015 Huntsman Education Award Winner Surprised At Salt Lake City's East High
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Mon, 04/27/2015 - 3:54pm
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