Bio
“On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the highest, I give her teaching a 12,” says a colleague at New Dorp High School in Staten Island. Theresa Kutza is a beloved teacher among the school’s 2,600 students, renowned for her passion for science and exciting projects. Students are monitoring their own cluster of oysters in Great Kills Harbor, have witnessed a live thoracic surgery and have studied colony collapse disorder in honey bee hives. Her expertise and commitment have helped students secure research fellowships and win prestigious science contests, leading to their pursuing of careers in science or medicine. Says Principal Deirdre DeAngelis, “If you want to see what innovation in a classroom looks like, hers is the class to visit.”
