By Gabe Garnett – Sports Editor

Mr. Kulenych has taught at Law for 18 years. He teaches Journalism 1, Journalism 2, Journalism 3, Humanities, and Broadcast Journalism and coaches the girls tennis team at Jonathan Law. Advocate Sports Editor Gabe Garnett interviewed Kulenych about the school year.

Gabe Garnett: How is the school year treating you so far? 

Christopher Kulenych: First and foremost, it’s just awesome to have the entire Law family back together again. The students have all been enthusiastic about being back and for the first time in a couple of years, that sense of community that makes Law such a special place is all the way back. It’s great to see everyone in class, at sporting events, to have clubs back up and running, to have traffic in the TLC, and the energy around school has been incredible. Everyone is excited to be together and it shows.

GG: With Eagle Eye News back up and running, how has it been going so far? 

CK: This year’s Broadcast class is filled with really outgoing, talented, hard-working kids and they have done an amazing job producing, directing, and hosting Eagle Eye News so far. It’s a fun group that has worked well together from day one. They have some great ideas for the show this year and I can’t wait to see what they come up with. We can’t wait to bring the Law community the announcements every day and showcase all of Law’s clubs, teams, and individual students that are doing great things in and out of the classroom.

GG: As the advisor of The Advocate, how is it going with writing articles this year? 

CK: This year’s Advocate staff is an impressive group. We have 10 amazing editors and a packed Journalism 1 class that has already shown a lot of promise in their writing. The Journalism 1 class is a nice mix of freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors and they have been hard at work over the first few weeks learning how to write news stories. The editors have already written over 30 articles this year and the Journalism 1 kids will have their first articles published next week. We are all excited as a staff to keep the students and faculty informed and entertained all year.

GG: With the next tennis season coming up, what are your goals as the coach? 

CK: Our goal as a team this year is to continue the momentum from last year and keep grinding, working hard, and getting better every day. We have a really talented roster returning but we are also going to have a target on our backs after the success we had last year. We have to rise to the challenge and I’m confident the girls will be able to do that. Our motto this year is going to be the same as last year: Run from being good and chase being great.

GG: What are some activities you like to do outside of school?

CK: Outside of school, I spend most of my time on dad duty with my son Ryan and my daughter Katie. Ryan is a golfer and swimmer and Katie does gymnastics and soccer, so I love doing those sports with them. I play golf and tennis, I still (for some reason) watch every Mets and Giants game, and with Ruz’s help, I’m learning fifth grade math.