" kimberly freeman 22:04 really really humbled."" a humble spirit but it's easy to see why she was chosen "freeman: "...it the profession where you can touch lives of so many different people and so many walks of life, and help them realize that there a world bigger than themselves and so i think it just super honoring that i get to wake up and do that every day. 23:28 " and her students are glad she does.... "everett fowler, 8th grade 33:01 i just love her energy and creativity in the classroom. she just always happy, and she always make us feel like we can just be ourselves. 33:09 " freeman says she thought she would be a lawyer... but after taking an education class... it was clear that teaching was the way she would change the world.. "24:17 and it helped me see that if i really wanted to be on the frontlines fighting injustice, this is the place to do it. 24:22 " a belief and a passion that has propelled her into the national spotlight ""...there are a lot of children that walk into classrooms every day wearing baggage that i can

the prestigious award recognizes kimberly freeman as a model for the teachers in south carolina and the nation. "teaching is easily the way to reach tomorrow and it's the way we have hope moving forward. it's the profession where you can touch lives of so many different people and so many different walks of life and so i think it's just super honoring that i get to wake up and do that everyday." freeman says she will use some of the money to put back into her classroom. still to come on wis news at 7, the founder of a midlands school is being honored for contribution to american history. how you can remember his legacy where ever you go? and could having a "pretend 401k" help your kids save money? earned" to get your children to save money. jenny martin of southern savers says the key may be in getting them excited to save. follow me for wis tv updates twitter: @dawndywistv facebook: dawndy mercer plank the first job of a president is to protect america. our next president must be prepared to lead. i know jeb. i know his good heart and his strong backbone. jeb will unite our country. he

kimberly freeman, a latin teacher at lexington middle, was presented the milken educator award and a 25-thousand dollar check at a surprise schoolwide assembly. the prestigious award recognizes the exceptional work of this educator as a model for the state and nation. freeman says she was very humbled to receive this award and believes teaching is the way to reach tomorrow. "i think it's just super honoring to think i get to "i think it's just super honoring to think i get to wake up and do that every day. if something like this affords me a bigger audience to say you want to be a teacher, you want to be on the front lines here in education with me then i'm thankful for that." freeman will use some of the money to put back into thousands of people have taken to the streets of new orleans to celebrate the last day of the mardi gras season. it's fat tuesday. a final day of overindulgence before ash wednesday and the beginning of the period of lent for catholics around the world. sarah dallof has the story from the center of it all in the french quarter. :12 - :16 :20 - :24 1:11 - 1:14

today kimberly freeman, a latin teacher at lexington middle, was presented the milken educator award and a 25- thousand dollar check at a surprise schoolwide assembly. the exceptional work of this educator as a model for the state and nation. freeman says she was very humbled to receive this award, and believes teaching is the way to reach tomorrow "i think it's just super honoring to think i get to wake up and do that every day. if something like this affords me a bigger audience to say you want to be a teacher, you want to be on the front lines back into her classroom. sunny and cold over the next several days as polar air has taken over much of the southeast. sunny, windy and cold today with middle to upper 40s. the wind will be from the w/nw next several days as polar air has taken over much of the southeast. sunny, windy and cold today with middle to upper 40s. the wind will be from the w/nw 15-20 with some gust up to 30mph. this means much of the day with the wind chill will feel like the lower 30s, it will be a raw day. clear, breezy tonight, lows in the upper 20s wednesday fr

. >>> this morning, lexington middle school teacher kimberly freeman honored with the milken educator award in a surprise assembly. the entire school was there when she was presented with this honor. she had no idea was coming. that award is given to the nation's best teachers each and every year. this moment almost never happen. freeman said she always wanted to be a lawyer but ultimately fact her call.>> i wanted to be on the front lines fighting injustice. this is a place to do it. here in a school where we can reach into lives and change them. i never expected it to be something like this. i am thankful. i am thankful for the journey and for the communities that invest in education. >> congratulations to her. she also gets a $25,000 gift burning that award. she tells watch fox news -- wach fox news that she does not know what she is going to do with that money but she is going to invested back into the classroom. >>> representatives from the u.s. postal service unveiled a new richard allen commemorative stamp. this 30 knife black heritage stamp honored his life as a preacher, acti

kimberly freeman as a model for the teachers in south carolina and the nation. "teaching is easily the way to reach tomorrow and it's the way we have hope moving forward. it's the profession where you can touch lives of so many different people and so many different walks of life and so i think it's just super honoring that i get to wake up and do that everyday." freeman says she will use some of the money to put back into her classroom. students at allen university yesterday honored the life of a man now on a black heritage stamp. richard allen, after whom the university is named, was honored in the unveiling of a special commemorative stamp. allen helped found the african methodist episcopal denomination in 1816 at a time when blacks could not freely worship everywhere. this 39th black heritage stamp honors his inspirational life as a preacher, activist and civic leader. help for expecting and new moms mental illness... it comes amid new evidence that it's more commomothan first thought. lexi sutter talked with one mother who says the new guidance is desperate

midlands teacher midlands teacher was honored today for lexington middle school latin teacher, kimberly freeman was surprised in front of her entire school. she won the 2015 milk and educator award, and also along with it $25,000. the award is given to distinguished teachers across the country. the honor has been called the oscar of teaching. freeman is a latin teacher and says she is humbled by the national recognition. >> the profession or you can touch lives of so many different people, and so many different walks of life, and help them realize there is a world bigger than themselves. i think that i get to wake up and do that every day. and, it's something like this that affords me a bigger audience to say, you want to be a teacher, you want to be on the frontlines here in education with me. that i am thank you for that. >> well, freeman says she has no idea how she is going to spend that $25,000. >> i am sure her students would have some suggestions.>> a pizza party for everybody. >> she could do that. next it is national pizza day. she spent a lifetime making a difference for people. winni