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Band Director Recognized as ‘Teacher of the Month’ by Lake Erie Monsters

Brian Maskow and his sixth-period concert band class got quite the surprise on Tuesday when a 7-foot bird visited his classroom.

Brian Maskow and his sixth-period concert band class got quite the surprise on Tuesday when a 7-foot bird visited his classroom. 

Actually, it was Sully, the mascot for the Lake Erie Monsters hockey team.

The bird and his entourage made the stop at Lakewood High School to recognize Maskow as its MonSTAR Teacher of the Month.

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Tenth-grader Joy Hoile nominated Maskow, who was selected out of a number of nominations. 

As part of the honor, Maskow was given four “glass seats” tickets to any Monsters game this season. The entire class will also get tickets to a game on March 23.

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