Virginia High School Celebrates Calculus Teacher's 90th Birthday

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Students and staff at Alexandria City High School celebrated a special birthday this week: calculus teacher, Lou Kokonis turned 90.

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Virginia High School Celebrates Calculus Teacher's 90th Birthday
Students and staff at Alexandria City High School celebrated a special birthday this week: calculus teacher, Lou Kokonis turned 90.

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Virginia High School Celebrates Calculus Teacher's 90th Birthday

By Julie Carey, Northern Virginia Bureau Chief • Published April 8, 2022 • Updated on April 8, 2022 at 11:10 pm

Students and staff at Alexandria City High School celebrated a special birthday this week: calculus teacher, Lou Kokonis turned 90.

Kokonis lives to help his students master math. ... “It seems like just yesterday I was just starting to teach, and now all of a sudden, here I am at 90 teaching. It's overwhelming,” he said.

One of his own high school math teachers inspired his career. ... “The teacher once told me, ‘You know, you do really well explaining. Maybe you want to be a teacher,’” Kokonis said.

Kokonis started in the Alexandria public schools in 1959. He’s taught more than 6,000 students students since, including Superintendent Gregory Hutchings.

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1. It's taking me that long to understand it too.