He dresses up history and his students like the fit: Roosevelt High teacher Chuck Olynyk uses costumes and props to encourage his students to become engaged with distant times and connect their own lives to history. But beneath the period garb, says a school principal, is a good instructor who cares about his classes.
Photo: Sophomores Ricardo Plascencia, left, and Guillermo Bazan, right, help teacher Chuck Olynyk into a suit of armor, part of his lesson about the Hundred Years’ War. Credit: Katie Falkenberg / For The Times
Carol! Look! Do you know this man!?!?