Looks like we aren’t the only ones charmed by fourth grade teacher Joe Dombrowski.

Dombrowski played an early April Fools’ prank on his class last month by giving them a spelling quiz of fake words, including a cheeky RuPaul’s Drag Race reference.

“Ro-laska-tox was surprised when Jinkx took the crown,” the handsome Michigan teacher told his students in a video that quickly went viral. “If you didn’t get the hyphens, I’m sorry, you got that word wrong.”

No surprise that Dombrowski was invited to be a guest Friday on Ellen, where DeGeneres had a silly spelling quiz for him. But it was just an excuse to give him $20,000 for being such a passionate and creative educator.

Today's the day! Catch me on @theellenshow this afternoon!!! A post shared by Joe "Mr.D" Dombrowski (@mrdtimes3) on Apr 14, 2017 at 5:38am PDT

“I don’t know if you’re teaching them anything, but I think it’s good that you’re funny,” DeGeneres joked.

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“If they’re laughing, they’re going to remember it,” Dombrowski said. “So that’s why I do it.”

Watch the c-h-a-t below.



