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Earning the 'Oscar' of teaching

THERMOPOLIS – It was a surprise of a lifetime. When Thermopolis Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade health and physical education teacher Shannon Hill arrived Friday morning to an all-school assembly she had no idea she had earned the coveted Milken Educator Award.

THERMOPOLIS – It was a surprise of a lifetime.

When Thermopolis Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade health and physical education teacher Shannon Hill arrived Friday morning to an all-school assembly she had no idea she had earned the coveted Milken Educator Award.

Hill is the only teacher in Wyoming to receive this award this year and is one of 44 teachers honored across the country.

Hill sta...