Evelyn Zola

It ain't no ordinary classroom as I step into the fantasy world of Evelyn Zola where she welcomes me to SJSD with open arms  and introduces me to a great Deaf community on a Great Lake, Milwaukee. As an icebreaker. Evelyn invites me to dinner at a German restaurant, Mader's downtown before I even settled down. I don't think any of my Deaf boys would be caught daydreaming in her classroom that is full of visual stimulation. Evelyn works wonders as role model to our Deaf children and as a leader in our Deaf community. We became lifetime friends, supporting each others. Evelyn was there as a guest on my first live "Deaf Milwaukee" broadcast on cable. UWM interpreter students were also on the set performing a song, "Respect." Evelyn Zola invites my oldest Deaf sister, also teacher at CSDB, to talk with her ITP students while I took my younger sister to a Brewers game. One interesting thing I want to point out is that they both live at opposite sides of the BART line, with Evelyn down in Concord and my Deaf sister up there in Richmond in the San Francisco Bay area.  One thing for sure, Evelyn Zola ain't no ordinary teacher,  she  set high standards and expects us to accept our Deaf identity, living up to our full  potential, and leaving this world a better place.