BMS Teacher Receives National Recognition

Pictured: Blythewood Middle English Language Arts & Social Studies teacher Mrs. Tristan Richardson

Blythewood Middle school English Language Arts/Social Studies teacher  Mrs. Tristan Richardson has been selected as a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Scholar from a national applicant pool to attend one of 26 seminars and institutes supported by the NEH.  The Endowment is a federal agency that, each summer, supports these enrichment opportunities at colleges, universities, and cultural institutions so that teachers can study with experts in humanities disciplines.

Mrs. Richardson will participate in a (seminar or institute) entitled "Freedom for One, Freedom for All? Abolition and Women’s Suffrage, 1830s–1920s."  The two-week program will be held at Brooklyn Historical Society and the Museum of the City of New York and directed by Emily Potter-Ndiaye and Franny Kent.

The 30 teachers selected to participate in the program each receive a stipend of $2,100 to cover their travel, study, and living expenses. The approximately 544 NEH Summer Scholars who participate in these programs of study will teach almost 68,000 American students the following year.