{"id":586,"date":"2025-12-28T23:18:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T04:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seoea.ohea.us\/?p=586"},"modified":"2025-12-28T23:18:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T04:18:03","slug":"mary-elizabeth-billman-presented-the-seoea-friend-of-education-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seoea.ohea.us\/?p=586","title":{"rendered":"Mary Elizabeth Billman Presented the SEOEA Friend of Education Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-587\" src=\"http:\/\/seoea.ohea.us\/files\/2025\/12\/Mary-Billman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seoea.ohea.us\/files\/2025\/12\/Mary-Billman.jpg 1469w, https:\/\/seoea.ohea.us\/files\/2025\/12\/Mary-Billman-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/seoea.ohea.us\/files\/2025\/12\/Mary-Billman-823x1024.jpg 823w, https:\/\/seoea.ohea.us\/files\/2025\/12\/Mary-Billman-768x955.jpg 768w, https:\/\/seoea.ohea.us\/files\/2025\/12\/Mary-Billman-1235x1536.jpg 1235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"152\" data-end=\"448\"><strong data-start=\"152\" data-end=\"178\">Mary Elizabeth Billman<\/strong> was honored with the <strong data-start=\"200\" data-end=\"235\">SEOEA Friend of Education Award<\/strong> during the SEOEA Fall Representative Assembly. Mrs. Billman has been an integral part of the Jackson Music Program for decades, generously sharing her time, talent, and dedication with students and the community.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"450\" data-end=\"695\">Whether accompanying students, performing at competitions, or helping keep the band and choir programs running smoothly, Mrs. Billman\u2019s commitment to music education is evident in everything she does. Since 2000, her contributions have included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"699\" data-end=\"738\">Concert &amp; Symphonic Choir Accompanist<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"741\" data-end=\"782\">Solo &amp; Ensemble Competition Accompanist<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"785\" data-end=\"824\">Choir and Band Eisteddfod Accompanist<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"827\" data-end=\"862\">Drama Club Spring Musical Pianist<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"932\">Seamstress for Choir Dresses, Tuxedos, and Marching Band Uniforms<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"935\" data-end=\"986\">Band Trip Planning, including fundraising support<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1041\">Private lesson tutor for students in the community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1043\" data-end=\"1266\">Mrs. Billman\u2019s long-standing service, behind-the-scenes dedication, and unwavering support have made a lasting impact on countless students and families. Her work truly exemplifies what it means to be a Friend of Education.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Mary Elizabeth Billman was honored with the SEOEA Friend of Education Award during the SEOEA Fall Representative Assembly. Mrs. Billman has been an integral part of the Jackson Music Program for decades, generously sharing her time, talent, and dedication with students and the community. Whether accompanying students, performing at competitions, or helping keep the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":902,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-586","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"anons"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seoea.ohea.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seoea.ohea.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seoea.ohea.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seoea.ohea.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/902"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seoea.ohea.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/seoea.ohea.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seoea.ohea.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seoea.ohea.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seoea.ohea.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}