FAIRBANKS — Every day is funny for Sandra Kowalski.

Her four boys and two young grandchildren surely add to the hilarity, but there are no questions as to where Kowalski gets a steady supply of laughs each day — middle school.

Kowalski is principal of Randy Smith Middle School in Fairbanks. She began working for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District four years ago, and she won the Fairbanks Principal Association’s Secondary Principal of the Year award this year.

Kowalski said she can appreciate middle school-aged humor. She also said that while many middle schoolers’ parents are exasperated by their children, the preteens’ teachers often are in heaven.