Personal Info
Thanks again for taking the time to visit our class website! Let me begin by introducing myself. My name is Amy Bray, and I am so excited to begin my first year at Brighten Academy. My husband, Wayne, and I have been married for 18 years, and we have five wonderful children. (Four of those are homegrown and number five is adopted from China!) They range in ages from 16 to 4 and include several ages in between. Our lives are extremely busy with managing tons of schedules and events, but we wouldn't have it any other way! As a family, we love to watch movies and cheer on the Atlanta Braves! There's lots of football-watching that goes on in our house as well. "Roll Tide" is all I'm going to say about that!
This school year begins my ninth year of teaching. My first three years in education, I taught second grade, and the rest of my career has been spent with fourth graders! I absolutely love, love, love fourth graders! Fourth graders are at a pivotal stage of development where they are learning to be independent, have the capability to perform on their own, but are still very loving as well. A perfect mix in my book!
I am looking forward to an amazing year at Brighten. I am eager to explore and implement the principles and protocols of Expeditionary Learning and cannot wait to see how our year unfolds as we learn to move from the position of passengers to the role of crew. Thanks for coming aboard!
This school year begins my ninth year of teaching. My first three years in education, I taught second grade, and the rest of my career has been spent with fourth graders! I absolutely love, love, love fourth graders! Fourth graders are at a pivotal stage of development where they are learning to be independent, have the capability to perform on their own, but are still very loving as well. A perfect mix in my book!
I am looking forward to an amazing year at Brighten. I am eager to explore and implement the principles and protocols of Expeditionary Learning and cannot wait to see how our year unfolds as we learn to move from the position of passengers to the role of crew. Thanks for coming aboard!
Education
- B.S. in Early Childhood Education
Georgia Southern University, 2006
- M.E. in Teaching and Learning
Liberty University, 2010