Robert Ondere received $25,000 for his service
Lugoff, SC (WLTX) — It was under the guise of a normal school assembly, where a very deserving teacher received a very large thank you.
A teacher was surprised at Lugoff-Elgin High School with a giant check for $25,000.
It was difficult for Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award recipient Robert Ondere to find the words after the surprise.
“I hope to find the true meaning of this award,” he said. “I teach them a lot of things, not just math. Discipline, respect, and besides that, I help to shape their future.”
The math teacher, a native of Kenya, was humbled. He has lived in the United States for four years. As a child, he walked to school barefoot.
“My family did not have enough money to buy shoes for me. I only wore shoes one day a year for Christmas,” he said.
Now, he has a giant check in his name for $25,000 and doesn’t know what he’ll do with the money.
“No ideas yet, I have to talk to my wife about it.”
What he did know, was exactly what to do when returning to class.
“Where were we?” he said, jumping right back into the lesson that had been left behind upon departure for the assembly.
Educators are selected for the honor, they do not apply.
A second teacher in South Carolina, one in Charleston, also received a Milken Award Tuesday.
Since the program’s inception in 1985, more than 2,400 educators have been recognized with more than $60 million in cash awards.
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