5324 Murray Lane
Brentwood, TN 37027
(615)472-4250

 

Brentwood Middle School

 

Teacher Recognitions

 

BMS eighth grade algebra and geometry teacher, Lois Coles, recently attended a State Department of Education meeting and met Dr. Francis "Skip" Fennell, the president of the National Council Teachers of Mathematics.  Mrs. Coles, who is also a president of the Middle Tennessee Math Teachers Association, a mathematics curriculum specialist for Williamson County, and president of the Tennessee Math Teacher's Association, listened as Dr. Francis explained the new NCTM Focal Points.


Maggie Tucker, BMS Art Teacher, will present "Typography for Teens:  A Graphic Adventure" in March at the National Association of Art Educators meeting.  Ms. Tucker will be one a a select number of educators from around the country presenting at the meeting, which hosts art educators from the elementary through the college level.  Her presentation will be based on her experience teaching typography to year-long eighth grade art students.


The 'Students and Friends of gail Mcdaniel Award' is pleased to announce that Mrs. Maggie Tucker, art teacher at Brentwood Middle, has been chosen as a 2006 grant award winner.  Mrs. Tucker plans to use the $500 grant to help her fund her efforts for attaining National Board Certification in the early adolescent/young adult category.