Daryl Bilandzija is surprised by a $10,000 check in Earth Day assembly Friday.

by Timothy Rutt

Teacher Daryl Bilandzija was surprised during Odyssey Charter School's Earth Day assembly yesterday to find that he was named the winner of Good Magazine's Great American Teach-Off.

Good Magazine's competition selected ten teachers, and two were voted off every week in online polling.  Bilandzija, a language arts and history teacher, made it all the way despite competition from much larger schools. 

The school receives a $10,000 check, which he told PSN will be used to install a stage in the sustainable garden he started on campus, and sliding glass doors between his classroom and the garden.