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Winter 2015 | WEAnews 12 Cheyenne Teachers EA Light Up the Christmas Parade CTEA members braved the extremely cold weather to participate in Cheyenne's annual Christmas Parade. As a tribute to his diligence and dedication to his students, colleagues, community, and his profession, Dirk Andrews will receive one of public education's highest honors, the NEA Foundation's prestigious Horace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence, $10,000, and recognition as one of the nation's top educators. "I made a commitment to myself to be the best teacher I could be," said Andrews, a kindergarten educator at Evansville Elementary School in Evansville, Wyoming. "And I strive to live that commitment to my students every day." "Dirk is committed to students and his Association. With his work in Natrona County and millennial members statewide (BEWM!), he continues to WEA Member Dirk Andrews in Top Five for NFIE Photos courtesy of CTEA be active, but not lose sight of his passion and priority of Wyoming students first!" said WEA President Kathy Vetter. He will be celebrated at the NEA Foundation's Salute to Excellence in Education Awards Gala on February 12, 2016, by an audience of more than 800 leaders in public education, philanthropic, and business sectors, in Washington, DC, and by many more viewers online. Students, colleagues, peers, and family members of awardees host viewing parties to watch live streaming video of the program at home as awardees from across the nation are recognized.