Harbor Teacher Prep instructor feted
Sakhalin Finnie offers classes in a bungalow that doesn't have running water. So when she teaches high school science lessons that require it, she's forced to improvise.
"I use buckets and try to do it smaller," Finnie said of her physics and chemistry lessons at Harbor Teacher Preparatory Academy, a magnet high school in Wilmington. "We have a lot of paper towels."
Finnie's dedication paid dividends Thursday, as the Milken Family Foundation honored her as a top educator and handed her a $25,000 check at the Harbor College campus where she teaches her classes.
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