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Jeff Rudkin (IN '07) Wins MY HERO Teacher Award

November 19, 2022

Jeff Rudkin (IN '07) is the winner of the 2022 MY HERO Teacher Award, which he received at the MY HERO 18th International Film Festival. Rudkin helps his students create short documentary films about “ordinary people doing heroic things.” The festival cited his work on heroism and his ongoing stellar middle school student submissions to MY HERO Film Festival.

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Jeff Rudkin (IN '07) Wins MY HERO Teacher Award

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