Ephesians 2:10 tells us, “For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”
It is a blessing that I get to share my passion for creating art with my students every day. Students have opportunities to identify their God-given artistic gifts and explore and expand them, through critical thinking, composition design and media exploration. I love that I get to see my students problem solve, build new skills, and new confidence as they develop their voice as an artist.
Janet Laws,
Fine Arts
BA VOICES
Brentwood Academy is a co-educational, independent, college preparatory school dedicated to nurturing and challenging each whole person – body, mind, and spirit – to the glory of God. No one tells our story better than our teachers and students.
Jesus is the original teacher and the greatest teacher to ever exist. He understands how to relate to students in ways we can never fully comprehend. We consistently see Christ nurturing and challenging his disciples throughout the gospels. Seeing God nurture and challenge His disciples creates an incredible opportunity that we get to unapologetically pursue on campus. As faculty, we are expected to follow Christ and pass on His teachings through the disciplines we teach. At BA, we are consistently reminded that we are great leaders for our students when we are great followers of Jesus.
Austin Groves,
Fine Arts/ Speech Team Coach
BA VOICES
Brentwood Academy is a co-educational, independent, college preparatory school dedicated to nurturing and challenging each whole person – body, mind, and spirit – to the glory of God. No one tells our story better than our teachers and students.
I always feel nurtured as a student. Every day I come home feeling satisfied with what I learned that day, and I never leave with questions. Even if there is a topic I can’t understand, I can go to any of my teachers and they will sacrifice their own time for me, and that is what I love the most about the teachers at BA.
Mason Murphy,
BA Class of 2026
BA VOICES
Brentwood Academy is a co-educational, independent, college preparatory school dedicated to nurturing and challenging each whole person – body, mind, and spirit – to the glory of God. No one tells our story better than our teachers and students.
It is an incredible joy and honor to share God’s amazing gift of music as part of the mission and ministry of Brentwood Academy. I have no interest in teaching in any setting that is not God-centered. Knowing that everything we do here is about keeping the main thing the main thing with an eternal perspective is what makes BA life not just significant, but also profoundly important.
Matt Nygren,
Fine Arts Department Chair
BA VOICES
Brentwood Academy is a co-educational, independent, college preparatory school dedicated to nurturing and challenging each whole person – body, mind, and spirit – to the glory of God. No one tells our story better than our teachers and students.
The opportunity to nurture and challenge students is a way of fulfilling our call to glorify God in all that we do. Jesus nurtures and challenges us when he commands us to “be perfect, as [y]our heavenly Father is perfect” (Matt 5:48). This is challenging because we are not perfect, and it is nurturing, for it is meant to lovingly point to the One in, and through, whom we are perfected. Likewise, by God’s grace, I seek to influence the lives of students by modeling Christlikeness, resilience, problem solving, and thoughtfully communicating expectations—all for God’s glory.
Dr. Fitzroy Willis,
Science Teacher
BA VOICES
Brentwood Academy is a co-educational, independent, college preparatory school dedicated to nurturing and challenging each whole person – body, mind, and spirit – to the glory of God. No one tells our story better than our teachers and students.