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Thank a Teacher campaign awards $2,500 to NMS teacher Sarah Gordon

A Virginia Lottery prize patrol on Wednesday, May 21, surprised Northumberland Middle School teacher Sarah Gordon with a check for $2,500. From left are Andrew Eckard, Gordon and Khalid Jones. Photo by AnnGardner Eubank

Thousands of Virginia educators received a thank-you note in the Virginia Lottery’s Thank a Teacher campaign.

Sarah Gordon, a seventh-grade science teacher at Northumberland Middle School (NMS), received a lot more. She won $2,500 courtesy of the Virginia Lottery and its partners, IGT and NeoPollard Interactive. NMS also will receive $2,500 in supplies from The Supply Room.

According to a Virginia Lottery press release, Gordon’s name was randomly selected in the prize drawing from nearly 25,000 entries submitted by teachers who entered a special code from their thank-you notes. The Virginia Lottery and its partners gathered Wednesday, May 21, to surprise Gordon with ….

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