Note: Teachers have a limited range of control over the thermostats in their classrooms.
Classroom temperatures across campus rarely accomodate the flip-flop and lounge attire that students typically wear. One room feels like a heated yoga class, the next like a trip to the Bering Strait. So which classrooms leave students shivering the most?
- Chris Drake’s classroom
Drake, who teaches AP U.S. History and College Prep U.S. History, can be found lecturing and mimicking the bell ring when class ends. Students are incentivized through “Drake Coins,” and the excitement of escaping the ice box that is his classroom.
Isabelle Do (11) is in his AP US History class.
“I bring a jacket to school just for [AP US History class],” Do said. “It’s so cold that I start sweating.”
Rating: 5/5 ice blocks
- Zakia Chowdhury’s classroom
With a positive, welcoming attitude and a plentiful supply of calculus notes, Chowdhury teaches AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC. Students in her class fight to resist succumbing to the chill.
Emmy Li (10) takes her AP Calculus BC class.
“In my student council meeting, I talked about [Chowdhury’s cold classroom],” Li said. “[Chowdhury] needs to turn the AC down. I’m worried that I’m going to get too cold and my body will shut down.”
Rating: 4.5/5 ice blocks
- John Milner’s classroom
Milner teaches Sociology and AP World History. His class stands out in the learning commons, as students can see ice crystallizing on the glass windows.
Ambar Mejia-Flores (10) is a student in his AP World History class.
“It’s freezing in [class],” Mejia-Flores said. “I feel like I’m in an ice cube.”
Rating: 4.5/5 ice blocks
- Erica Soderlund’s classroom
Rocking a staff shirt and blue skinny jeans, Soderlund teaches Integrated Math 1 Honors, Integrated Math 2 Honors and Integrated Math 3. When Soderlund teaches on her projector it occasionally struggles to function, likely because of the sub-zero temperatures.
Joanna Kim (10) took Integrated Math 1 Honors last year.
“I sat right underneath the air conditioning vent last year, and [Soderlund’s class] was absolutely freezing,” Kim said. “I vividly remember shaking in a hoodie and sweatpants.”
Rating: 4/5 ice blocks
- Anna Hubbard’s classroom
Hubbard teaches AP English Language Composition and is a grader for the College Board. Known for being a cat-owner and Swiftie, Hubbard keeps her classroom cold, perhaps to sharpen her students’ focus during their almost weekly timed writes.
Annabelle Su (11) is in her AP English Language Composition class.
“I feel pretty cold in [Hubbard’s class], but it is not as bad as some of my other classes,” Su said.
Rating: 4.5/5 ice blocks
