More on the death of a Pretty Prairie woman killed Sunday while she and other family members were riding a zip-line.

The victim, Jeanie Weve was a teacher at Maize Central Elementary School where she taught the fourth grade.

Witnesses say she grabbed the zipline and appeared to freeze as she jumped off, letting go of the handles and falling about 20-feet. Weve was transported to Via Christi-St Frances Regional Medical Center in Wichita by ambulance and where she the died from injuries related to the fall.

She was named the Milken National Teacher of the year, last year through the Milken Foundation.

She won the award for her innovation as a fourth-grade teacher using a unique combination of dynamic teaching strategies and varied learning environments.

They say while giving the award that Weve inspired students to learn through the power of creative and physical activity.

Each morning her class would begin with singing, dancing or a combination of the two, to get students’ blood flowing and brains thinking. Once students have completed their “warm-up routine,” Weve divided the class into small groups to reinforce collaboration as well as communication skills. The results of Weve’s micro-classes, it yielded impressive gains on Kansas state assessments.

According to the statements from last year on winning this award, in 2009, her students ranked in the 97% in reading against the state average of 88%, and in the 98% in Math proficiency against 86% state average.

Weve often emceed the school’s pep rallies and assemblies, served on district’s social studies curriculum task force and on the transition team of the Multi Tier Systems of Support leadership, the school’s new educational framework to boost student achievement.

This accident that killed Weve Sunday occurred at a private home in the area of Silver Lake and McNew Road in southeast Reno County.