Brentwood Academy Blog

Brentwood Academy Dean of Students Kent Bradford was honored at special retirement ceremonies in New Orleans on the occasion of his retirement from the U. S. Marine Corps following 30 years of service.  Colonel Bradford has served at BA for four years.

The Upper School Forensics Team competed at Collierville High School against 22 other schools. Team members placing included Laura Burgin and Evan Ford, first place Duo Interpretation; Taylor Norton, second place in Original Oratory; Sarah Keaggy, second place in Prose and in Humorous Interpretation; Luke Newman, second place in Impromptu Speaking; Evan Ford, third place in Original Oratory; Jane Carter, fourth place in Dramatic Interpretation and Sarah Keaggy and Caroline Greene, fourth place in Duo Improvisation. The team tied for third place overall. The team is sponsored by faculty member Joanna Franzke.

Longtime Brentwood Academy teacher and coach Ray Dalton was recognized when the new wrestling gym in the Athletic Center was named in his honor.  Dalton taught history and coached wrestling and football during his 27 years at BA prior to his retirement in 2007.  Dalton and his family were honored at a  program and reception at the dedication, which was attended by numerous former students.  An oil portrait of Coach Dalton, painted by BA alumnus Clay Perry, was unveiled during the ceremonies.

Upper school students participated in a blanket drive for Graceworks Ministry as part of the program sponsored by Youth Leadership Brentwood.  Shannon Evins and Matthew Keller, members of Youth Leadership Brentwood, spearheaded the effort at BA.

The middle school forensics team traveled to Western Kentucky to compete and with the following results:
Andrew Wilson and Lily Norton: placed first in Duo Interpretation, Andrew Wilson placed third in Prose Interpretation, and Will Boling placed fifth in Original Oratory.  The team is sponsored by faculty member Ryan Hubbard.

Congratulations to the students who will serve at the 2010 Model United Nations Conference:  Taylor Greene, President of the General Assembly; Caylyn Harvey and Carolyn Smith, Vice Presidents of the General Assembly; Stuart Dale, General Assembly Liaison; John Morrison, Security Council Liaison, and Ellie Lee, Video Press Producer.  The BA delegations was sponsored by faculty member Mrs. Barbara Stewart.

BA students held leadership positions at the recent Model United Nations conference including  Cody Newsom, President of the Security Council; Kristin Adams, Security Council Liaison; Emily Stow, Vice President of the General Assembly; Carolyn Smith, General Assembly Liaison,  and Ryan Ray, International Court of Justice.

The sixth-grade class has completed their reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and will today enjoy a performance that has become an annual tradition. Mark Cabus, sponsored by TPAC, will take on the roles of 18 different characters from the classic tale to present an intriguing one-man performance of the entire story.  Using the original text of Dickens, the characters will come alive on a stage created only by words.  The sixth grade literature class is taught by Mrs. Carolyn Dobbins.

Sophomore Sarah Clifton placed first and sophomore Emily Samuel placed second in the General Federation of Women’s Club Poetry Content for the Nashville area.  Sarah’s piece was entitled “Petals,” and Emily’s piece was entitled  “Tempus Fugit.”   An awards reception will be held in the spring of 2010 to recognize both writing honors.

Staff members of Flight, the Brentwood Academy literary magazine, are Davis Denney (editor), Carolyn Smith (assistant editor), senior staff writers Peter Blankenship, Zach Brown, Laura Burgin, Paul Clymer, Ana Evans, Sarah Keaggy, Rob Ker, Victoria Petway, Lauren Rogers, Lindsey Rowe and junior staff writers Sarah Wilson, Kelsey Bastian, Evan Ford, Taylor Wolf, Taylor Norton, Jessica Butler, Jaclyn Helton, Shannon Evins, Ashley Rideout, and Taylor Reece.  Art staff members are Victoria Petway, Daly Cantrell and Julian Balser.  Faculty member Mrs. Cameron Phillips sponsors the publication.