Angela Chamalambopoulos
Class of 200
Written by Nathalie Nieves

   Angela Charampopoulous was once a student that roamed the halls of Cardozo a mere eight years ago, graduating in June of 2000.
   This year is her first year teaching at Cardozo. She teaches Living Environment and Earth Science. She was born in Greece, then lived in Ireland before moving back to Greece where she attended an English speaking high school that consisted of 250 students. Imagine her shock when she moved to the U.S. and started her sophomore year in a school that had roughly 15 times that amount of students!
   Charalampopoulous excelled in her classes, winning an award in Greek, then taught by English teacher Ms. Georgia Papadopoulos.
   She remembers Mr. Ackerman telling his class on her first day of school that “he never imagined teaching at the school that he once attended” stressing the point one never knows where life will take them.
   Life took Angela Charampopoulous back to her high school, and she remembers spirit week and hanging out with friends, showing that Cardozo hasn’t changed much throughout the years. She enjoyed taking AP classes that led to her interest in Biology and her career goal of becoming a researcher. After high school, she attended St. John’s as a Biology major with a minor in the Philosophy of Science. After getting her degree, she went to Queens College for her Masters in Education and was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to work at her former school.
   Charampopoulous was interviewed by her former principal, Mr. Rick Hallman, who is now her boss. Her former teachers have now become her co-workers and she has found a new appreciation for their patience and dedication to teaching. She realizes now that she is their shoes how much craziness teachers must deal with. She laughs as she says “They made it look so easy. But I’m happy that of all other schools, I get to work here.”