A Lansing School District Teacher Receives an Education Award

The weekly Excellence in Education award from the Michigan Lottery goes to Jeffery Boyner from the Lansing School District.

Forest View Elementary / Lansing School District

Boyer is the most recent recipient of the Excellence in Education Award. This award is to showcase outstanding public educators throughout the state. Boyer is a 3rd-grade teacher from Forest View Elementary in the Lansing School District and has been an educator for over 30 years. His award will provide him with a $1500 cash prize along with a $500 grant. His name is also put in a hat to possibly be selected as Educator of the Year. This year-end recipient will $10,000 in cash.

The Michigan Lottery provides the Excellence in Education award weekly. It is to seek out public educators that go above and beyond the call of duty. Boyer did just that. A student’s grandmother nominated Boyner. She stated that she nominated Jeffrey because he went above and beyond especially during the pandemic.

Jeffery Boyner Goes Above and Beyond for Students

Boyer took the effort to create new activities for his students while they were learning remotely. He even used his own money to put special bags together to deliver to his students. These gift bags included pencils, crayons, toys, and other fun activities. The gift bags were all designed to keep his 3rd graders excited about learning. In addition, Boyer created a YouTube channel called, “Boyer the Teacher Guy”. Since he had to teach remotely during the pandemic, he used YouTube as his teaching platform. Jeffrey also uses magic tricks in his teaching to get kids excited and motivated to learn.

When interviewed Boyer stated,

“I found ways to keep my third graders active during remote learning. When reading a story about farm life, students stood up in their homes and pretended to do farm chores like pumping water from a well, feeding chickens, and gathering eggs. To start class, I took my laptop outside to my flag pole so we could say the pledge of allegiance. I also drove to my students’ homes once a month to give them prizes for doing well and to give them more school supplies. I did whatever it took to help my students be successful during remote learning.”

Jeffrey Boyer has received his Undergraduate and Master’s Degree from Eastern Michigan University. A weekly news segment interviews all of the award winners on the Michigan Lottery’s partner TV Stations. For Boyers story and all the weekly educator winners, listeners can tune in to these stations:

• WXYZ-TV Detroit
• FOX 17 Grand Rapids
• FOX 47 Lansing
• WNEM-TV Sagina
  

Nominee selections are based on the following key values and criteria:

• Excellence
• Dedication
• Inspiration
• Leadership
• Effectiveness

Mega Millions Prize Winner in Monroe, Michigan Takes Home $1 million

Richard DeMay, 72, from Monroe, Michigan is planning a trip for his family after matching five white balls and winning the Michigan Lottery $1 million Mega Millions prize. Monroe is located south of Detroit, Michigan. It is the largest city in Monroe County. His lucky numbers are 16, 17, 25, 36, 37. The drawing took place on December 24, 2021. He bought the Mega Millions ticket a the Monroe Liquor store.

“I usually purchase two tickets for each Mega Millions drawing,” said DeMay. “I purchased this ticket on Christmas Eve and checked the winning numbers on Christmas Day. When I realized I had won, I was speechless. I held the ticket up in front of my wife and she joked, ‘Did you win me $1 million?’ When I told her I did, she couldn’t believe it.”

MI Lottery Connect 01/14/2022

In order to claim a large lottery prize, the winner must visit Lottery headquarters in Lansing, Michigan. DeMay recently visited the headquarters to file the necessary paperwork to claim the prize. He is planning a family vacation and saving the remainder of his winnings. In addition, he went on to say he is not a materialistic person so he has no big plans for the money. It will simply make his life easier.

Mega Millions Drawing

The Mega Millions drawings happen every Tuesday and Friday in the evening. The tickets cost $2 each. In addition, if you add another $1 per ticket, you get to add a “Megaplier.” This will allow non-jackpot prizes to be multiplied by up to five times the prize amount. The Mega Millions game is available in 45 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington D.C.

Did you know you can purchase Mega Millions tickets online at MichiganLottery.com? In addition, you can buy the tickets at any of Michigan Lottery’s 10,500 retailers.