BATON ROUGE - A middle school teacher in Louisiana received the 2020 Music Educator Award presented by the Recording Academy and GRAMMY Museum.  

Mickey Smith Jr. teaches at Maplewood Middle School in Sulphur, Louisiana.

Smith was nominated for this award five times and was a finalist twice before this year.

Congratulations to this year's Music Educator Award recipient, Mickey Smith Jr.??

We celebrate the Maplewood Middle School teacher for his contribution to the field of music education! Learn More: https://t.co/y6YyoFBZzC pic.twitter.com/7WDB5kX24I

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