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Home › Articles › Special Features › Frank Zissis

Frank Zissis

Teacher of the Month

By Crystal Patriarche

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Zissis agrees that his favorite part of the day is science, because he enjoys the experiments as much as the kids do, though he jokes that he also loves lunch. He and his class built a computer and they made a project out of Jell-O, jellybeans and Whoppers.

According to Griffen, Zissis motivates students to read by using the computer as a reward. Students take a quiz to show they read and understood a book. If they get 30 points and their work done, then they are able to sign up to use the computer at the end of the day. "We also played door trivia," Griffen says. "We would get Z-bucks to use as points to buy pencils, erasers, lunch and more. Mr. Z is a great teacher, very caring and patient. We also had a Gecko in our class."

Two other students, Evan and Jake, agree that Zissis is cool because he makes school fun. They get to do lots of fun stuff from having popcorn parties to making egg-breaking machines.

Zissis says teaching can be tough today and kids come to school with more problems than ever. "A good teacher has to be able to help the child through hard times outside of the classroom so he or she can focus on learning while in school," he says.

Apparently, Zissis is doing just that.

"The best thing about Mr. Z is that you can tell him if something is bothering you and he'll make it right," Evan says. "That's the best way a teacher can be."

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