Ms. Tsiouklas and Ms. Glynatsis are back at Plato Academy, but this time they’re standing at the front of the classroom instead of sitting at desks.
Both women graduated from the school years ago. They left to pursue their education degrees, gained teaching experience elsewhere, and now they’ve chosen to return to the place where their own learning took root.
There’s something very important about former students coming back as teachers. They know the school culture from the inside. They remember what it felt like to be a student here, which questions confused them, which lessons stuck with them long after the bell rang.
Ms. Tsiouklas and Ms. Glynatsis bring fresh perspectives shaped by their time away, combined with a deep understanding of what makes this school distinct. They saw it as students. Now they’ll help shape it as educators.
School communities are dynamic. Teachers inspire students. Some of those students become teachers themselves. The best lessons get passed forward, refined by each generation that moves through these halls.
These two teachers prove that education doesn’t follow a straight line. Sometimes the most valuable path leads right back to where you started, just with a different role to play and new students to teach.
