Marissa Ochoa awarded the Milken Family Foundation Educator Award
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Valley Elementary School Poway, California December 03, 2008 A fifth-grade string orchestra provides a musical introduction to a schoolwide assembly at Valley Elementary School. -Photos and Description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation.http://www.mff.org/
Valley Elementary School Poway, California December 03, 2008 Valley Elementary School Principal Andrew Johnsen welcomes students, staff and dignitaries to a special schoolwide assembly at his school. -Photo and Description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation.http://www.mff.org/
Valley Elementary School Poway, California December 03, 2008 Football hero Rosey Grier delivers an inspirational message to the young students at Valley Elementary School. -Photo and description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation. http://www.mff.org/
Valley Elementary School Poway, California December 03, 2008 "You're all really lucky to be here and learning," says football legend Rosey Grier to the students of Valley Elementary School, "so that when you grow up, you can be anything you want to be: a doctor, a lawyer, a minister, a teacher—you can even be president." -Photo and description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation. http://www.mff.org/
Poway Unified School District Superintendent Donald A. Phillips congratulates Valley Elementary students and staff on their academic accomplishments. -Photo and description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation.http://www.mff.org/
Valley Elementary students listen attentively to the guest speakers at their schoolwide assembly. -Photo and description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation.http://www.mff.org/
"It takes a whole community to make a great school," says California Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell to the students and staff at Valley Elementary School. "We all have a stake in making education great." -Photos and description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation.http://www.mff.org/
Milken Family Foundation Chairman Lowell Milken tells Valley Elementary students why he has come to their school, and why the schoolwide assembly was really called: to present a special honor to one of their outstanding teachers—someone "who is representative of the many outstanding teachers in this school, district and across the nation." -Photos and description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation.http://www.mff.org/
Valley Elementary School Poway, California December 03, 2008 Valley Elementary students vie for the opportunity to answer questions from special guest Lowell Milken, chairman of the Milken Family Foundation. -Photos and description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation.http://www.mff.org/
Poway, California December 03, 2008 Milken Family Foundation Chairman Lowell Milken asks a young Valley Elementary student to help answer a question about teachers. -Photos and description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation.http://www.mff.org/
Valley Elementary School Poway, California December 03, 2008 Milken Family Foundation Chairman Lowell Milken asks a Valley Elementary student to define the word displayed on the card held up by Foundation Vice President Bonnie Somers. -Photos and description curtesy of the Milken Family undation.http://www.mff.org/
Valley Elementary School Poway, California December 03, 2008 Valley Elementary students hold up cards displaying the amount of the Milken Educator Award, which is about to be presented to an unsuspecting educator at their school. -Photos and description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation.http://www.mff.org/
Valley Elementary School Poway, California December 03, 2008 Third-grade teacher Marissa Ochoa stands in disbelief before popping cameras after her name is announced as the surprise recipient of a $25,000 Milken Educator Award. Photos and Description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation.http://www.mff.org/
Valley Elementary School Poway, California December 03, 2008 Marissa Ochoa shyly hides her face after being surprised with a $25,000 Milken Educator Award as a colleague gives her a congratulatory hug and photographers snap photos of her reaction. -Photos and description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation.http://www.mff.org/
Valley Elementary School Poway, California December 03, 2008 Third-grade teacher Marissa Ochoa smiles for the camera as her surprise $25,000 Milken Educator Award turns her into an instant celebrity. -Photos and description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation.http://www.mff.org/
Valley Elementary School Poway, California December 03, 2008 Milken Family Foundation Chairman Lowell Milken congratulates third-grade teacher Marissa Ochoa moments after surprising her with a $25,000 Milken Educator Award. -Photos and description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation.http://www.mff.org/
Valley Elementary School Poway, California December 03, 2008 L-R: Valley Elementary School Principal Andy Johnsen; Poway Unified School District Superintendent Donald Phillips; Milken Educator Marissa Ochoa; California Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell; football legend and Milken Family Foundation Trustee Rosey Grier; Impact Urban America Co-Founder Estean Lenyoun; and Milken Family Foundation Chairman and Co-Founder Lowell Milken -Photos and description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation.http://www.mff.org/
Valley Elementary School Poway, California December 03, 2008 "Every student that comes through my door, I put my heart and soul into," says new Milken Educator Marissa Ochoa to students and staff at Valley Elementary School, as Foundation Chairman Lowell Milken looks on. "Students, the teachers who push you the most are the ones who care the most for you." -Photos and description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation.http://www.mff.org/
Valley Elementary School Poway, California December 03, 2008 Marissa Ochoa's students swarm around her to congratulate her on her $25,000 Milken Educator Award. -Photos and description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation.http://www.mff.org/
Valley Elementary School Poway, California December 03, 2008 TV crews and print reporters from the San Diego area interview third-grade teacher Marissa Ochoa about what it was like to be surprised with a $25,000 Milken Educator Award. -Photos and description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation.http://www.mff.org/
Valley Elementary School Poway, California December 03, 2008 L-R: Poway Unified School District Superintendent Donald Phillips; Milken Family Foundation Chairman and Co-Founder Lowell Milken; Valley Elementary Principal Andy Johnsen; Milken Educator Marissa Ochoa; and California Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell -Photos and description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation.http://www.mff.org/
Valley Elementary School Poway, California December 03, 2008 Congratulations to new Milken Educator Marissa Ochoa! -Photos and description curtesy of the Milken Family Foundation.http://www.mff.org/
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