All Entries in the "Teacher Feature" Category
Dori Steiner, Language Arts
Dori Steiner grew up in Montvale, New Jersey. Her father is a professor of Psychology at Queens College and her mother is an elementary school teacher. Dori’s younger brother is a newly Registered Nurse.
Dori attended Soundview Preparatory High School in Westchester County, New York. Soundview was a fairly new school [...]
Jean-Claude Kiehl, American Government and AP Economics Teacher
Mr. Jean-Claude Kiehl comes from a multicultural upbringing. His Sephardic Jewish ancestors on his mother’s side can be traced to Mesopotamia or modern day Iraq and the unification of Spain under Ferdinand and Isabelle in 1492. By the turn of the 20th Century, and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, including the breakup of [...]
Jim Cox, Social Studies Teacher
James Cox has been a teacher at South Tech Academy since August 2001. He has his teaching certifications in Social Studies, Special Education and ESOL and also has a Reading endorsement.
James was born in Baltimore, Maryland and is a graduate of Mount Washington Military Academy, where he earned the rank of Color Sergeant, and [...]
Sean Thornton Math Instructor
Sean Thornton’s life began in Painesville, Ohio. He was the first child in a family of two boys. The family lived in New England during Sean’s childhood and he spent the majority of his years in Mystic, Connecticut. He was surrounded by family and spent most of his time playing with his cousins and friends [...]
Maria Frangiskakis – Language Arts
Maria was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. She grew up an only child from immigrant parents who moved to the United States from Greece in the mid 1950’s. Even though Maria was born in the U.S., she did not speak a word of English when she started kindergarten. Maria says, “I remember coming home [...]
