Angela Boxie earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education in 2002 and a Master of Education in Educational Leadership in 2011, both from the university.
Angela currently serves as a sixth-grade math teacher at Edgar Martin Middle School in the Lafayette Parish School System. She was surprised with the Milken Educator Award before Milken Family Foundation Chairman and Co-Founder Lowell Milken and members of the Louisiana Department of Education as well as cheering colleagues, students, dignitaries and media.
Angela’s event is part of the Milken Family Foundation’s national tour surprising outstanding educators with the Milken Educator Award and its accompanying unrestricted $25,000 cash prize. We are only honoring 44 recipients this school year, and Angela is the first awarded in Lafayette Parish.
The day’s incredible festivities are detailed in the release here:
A photo and video highlights can be found here:
The Milken Educator Awards was conceived by the Milken Family Foundation to attract, retain and motivate outstanding talent to the teaching profession. It is the nation’s preeminent teacher recognition program, hailed as the “Oscars of Teaching” by Teacher magazine. Over the past three decades, the Milken Family Foundation has devoted more than $138 million in funding to the Milken Educator Awards, including $68 million in individual Awards to more than 2,700 recipients plus powerful professional learning opportunities and networking with leading education stakeholders.
