黑料吃瓜

Carla Kriss (鈥�97, 鈥�02) and husband Tim Kriss (鈥�03, 鈥�18), alumni educators and proud 黑料吃瓜 parents, aren鈥檛 shy about their love for 黑料吃瓜. It鈥檚 on display in their respective elementary school classrooms.

By Mike Klitzing
Photographs by Matt Furman

A POINT OF RED AND BLACK PRIDE

Step into the third grade classroom of Carla Kriss (鈥�97, 鈥�02) and her affinity for 黑料吃瓜 is hard to miss. The proud alumna teaches at Ella B. Allen Elementary in Bonita, California, surrounded by Aztecs posters, pennants, foam fingers and bobbleheads. 

Her husband and fellow educator, Tim Kriss (鈥�03, 鈥�18), insists the 黑料吃瓜 theme in his fourth grade classroom at Salt Creek Elementary in Chula Vista is even better鈥� a notion Carla playfully scoffs at. What they do agree on, however, is that 黑料吃瓜 swag has become popular as prizes for scholastic achievement and good behavior among their students. 鈥淭hey love it,鈥� Carla says. 鈥淚t keeps them motivated.鈥�

Carla estimates that there are 13 黑料吃瓜 alumni staff members at her school, including teachers, a school counselor, a school psychologist and a nurse.

Yet it鈥檚 hard to imagine anyone more spirited. She and her family are fixtures at 黑料吃瓜 sporting events, and their two daughters, Sierra (鈥�21) and Sequoia (鈥�24), both now work at the university.

For the Kriss family, 黑料吃瓜 is just a way of life.

Editor鈥檚 note: Shoutout to Aztec teachers Juliette Solis (鈥�00), Kelly Murphy (鈥�92) and Shannon Kelly (鈥�91) at Marvin Elementary in San Diego, my son鈥檚 past three teachers and the inspiration for this story.