New teachers at The Bright School are, from left to right: Jill Johnson, Heather Cooper, Rachel Desmond, Rachel Berger and Jennifer Galloway. Not pictured: Farrah Barto.
The Bright School hired five new classroom teachers and a new school counselor for the 2018-19 school year. The new teachers are Rachel Berger in junior pre-kindergarten, Jill Johnson in pre-kindergarten, Heather Cooper in kindergarten, Farrah Barto in fourth grade and Jennifer Galloway in fifth grade. Rachel Desmond is the new counselor.
Ms. Desmond comes to Bright after serving as school counselor for two years at Rossville Elementary School. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Auburn University and her master’s degree in counselor education at the University of Virginia.
Mrs.
Berger was a preschool teacher at Belvoir Christian Academy since 2004. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Mrs. Johnson comes to Bright after eight years teaching at Highland Plaza United Methodist Preschool. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Mrs. Cooper has 16 years of teaching experience, most recently as a kindergarten teacher in Hamilton County and in Georgia. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama and her master’s degree in education from Walden University.
Mrs. Barto has been a reading and language arts teacher for elementary and middle schools in the area and last taught at Red Bank Middle School. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and a master’s degree in secondary English education from Middle Tennessee State University. Her husband, David, graduated from Bright in 1988.
Mrs. Galloway spent 11 years at Prince of Peace Catholic School in Taylors, SC and taught fifth, fourth and second grades. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Western Carolina University.