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Grace Griffin
Grace Griffin is a fifth grade teacher at the Church Street School in Hamden Connecticut. She was the only Connecticut educator to receive Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award in 2008.
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Grace Griffin
Grace Griffin is a fifth grade teacher at the Church Street School in Hamden Connecticut. She was the only Connecticut educator to receive Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award in 2008.