Rapid City teacher presented with $25,000 Milken Award

Congratulations to Alayna Siemonsma! The fourth-grade teacher and former literacy leader at South Park Elementary School in Rapid City is South Dakota’s latest recipient of the Milken Family Foundation’s National Educator Award. Siemonsma was surprised with the award, which comes with an unrestricted cash prize of $25,000, during a school assembly last month. Click here to learn more about the Milken Educator Awards and to view a video of the award presentation.