Welcome to the first post of "Excelling at GMS". My name is Joy Bess and I am the newly hired social studies teacher on the Excel team at Gentry Middle School. I come to Gentry with 15 years experience across town at Lange Middle School. I loved Lange and literally 'grew up' there. I entered it's doors as a brand new teacher named Joy Jackson. I left it as department chair Joy Bess, wife of Chris and mother of three. I am grateful for all I learned at LMS and for the amazing students & colleagues with whom I worked. But after 15 years, it was time for a change. The main reason for that change are my three beautiful children. Anna, 10, will be a 5th grader at Rock Bridge Elementary next fall. Brooke, 7, will be entering the 2nd grade. And Jack, my little 4th of July firecracker, will soon be 5 and will enter kindergarten. So, since one day soon they will all be Gentry Jaguars, I decided I might as well too!
I am excited to begin my tenure at GMS and look forward to communicating with parents and colleagues through this blog.
