The Lowell Milken Center (LMC) for Unsung Heroes in Fort Scott, an international educational non-profit organization, has awarded its prestigious Fellowship to eight educators who will be at the Lowell Milken Center from June 20 to June 25.
The LMC Fellowship is awarded on the basis of merit to educators who have distinguished themselves in teaching respect and understanding through project-based learning or who have the potential for this distinction. The Center selects exemplary teachers from across America and around the world, drawn from a variety of disciplines, to collaborate on projects that discover, develop, and communicate the stories of Unsung Heroes in history.
Carly Bowden has been a middle school math teacher for 6 years at Andover Central Middle School in Andover, Kansas, and was a 2019 Kansas Milken Educator. Next year, she will be teaching mathematics at Oregon Trail Middle School in Olathe. Carly teaches her students by creating learning experiences to make mathematics come to life. Connecting math concepts with local businesses and charities allows her students to simultaneously develop empathy and build their mastery in math concepts. Carly is known for positive relationships with her students and connections with those students whose relationship with math needs strengthening.
Since 2017, Carly has been involved with the Voya STEM Fellowship. In 2019 Carly joined the Understood Teacher Fellowship which helps provide resources for educators and families for students with learning differences. Outside of school, she is busy coaching track and field, running road races with her family and running a small earring business.
Sarah Compton has taught for 14 years at Northside Elementary, a K-5 school in Monroe, Wisconsin. In addition to being a fifth-grade teacher, Sarah has served in a variety of supplementary roles, which include serving as a new teacher mentor, a gifted and talented coordinator, and a professional development presenter. Sarah is known for developing project-based learning opportunities for her students. Students in her class have been challenged to create public service announcements, to role-play being on a Congressional task force, and to invest in a stock market simulation. Sarah takes pride in building strong relationships with her students. Through those connections and Sarah’s focus on data-driven instruction, her students achieve significant academic growth each year.
In 2012, Sarah was awarded Monroe’s Crystal Apple Achievement Award. In 2018, Sarah was honored to become a Milken Educator. Sarah is now serving on the Wisconsin DPI’s Teacher Leader Network, connecting current educators to the state superintendent’s office. She serves as a mentor and presenter at the Teachers of Promise Institute.
Kim Greer has taught Social Studies for 17 years at Nevada Middle School in Nevada, Missouri. Kim is currently the sponsor of the 6th grade girls’ club, Girl EmPOWERment, and a co-sponsor of the Honors Club at NMS. She is a department leader and active member of the Community Teachers’ Association and Professional Development Committee.
Kim served as a Fellow for the Korean War Digital History Project in 2017, where she assisted in the development of an online textbook and edited veteran interviews. As a Life Guard Teacher Fellow at Mount Vernon in 2018-19, she researched and developed lesson plans for the Mount Vernon website. Kim also served as a Teacher Facilitator at the George Washington Teacher Institute on Martha Washington and Women of the 18th Century in 2019 and was named an American Revolution Master Teacher in 2020. She will spend a week at Monticello as an MTI/Barringer Fellow in July 2021.
Dan Helberg has been in education for the past 19 years across the states of Nebraska and North Carolina. Dan has taught English at a variety of levels and was the principal at Adams Middle School in North Platte, NE for three years. After a return to the classroom, he has taught 7-12 English at Ansley Public Schools in Ansley, NE and also coaches the Speech team.
In 2013, Dan received a Fund for Teachers Grant and toured Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic while researching Jewish Culture and the Holocaust. In 2014, he attended the Belfer Conference at the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. Dan lives in the Sandhills of Nebraska where he ranches with his family and enjoys the peaceful prairie surroundings. He is from Ansley, Nebraska.
