The news: Bartlett City Schools has named its 2026-27 Teacher of the Year winners and its Principal of the Year. The district posted the honors on its website Nov. 4 with official announcement graphics.

Teachers of the Year: The three winners, named on a BCS graphic, are:

  • Mary Cartwright, Rivercrest Elementary
  • Sara Ann Black, Elmore Park Middle
  • Kelly Szczepanski, Bartlett High

The district graphic congratulates the educators as part of the BCS family and points readers to bartlettschools.org.

Principal of the Year: Brennan Harrison, principal of Altruria Elementary School, is the district’s Principal of the Year for 2026-27.

A BCS profile graphic says Harrison is a Bartlett native. She earned a bachelor’s in education from Austin Peay State University and dual master’s degrees in education and educational leadership from Christian Brothers University. Over about 15 years she taught and coached at Ross Elementary in Memphis, served as dean of instruction and assistant principal at Rivercrest Elementary, and worked as the elementary lead instructional coach at the district office before becoming Altruria’s principal.

While at Rivercrest, the graphic says, she helped the school earn Reward School recognition for two consecutive years and Level 5 status, and helped it become the first Bartlett City School to receive a STEAM designation from the Tennessee Department of Education.

Also announced: BCS titled a companion Nov. 4 post “Principal & Supervisor of the Year Named.” The public graphic we could verify names Harrison as Principal of the Year. A Supervisor of the Year name was not readable from that graphic, so we are not listing one here.

What’s next: Watch bartlettschools.org and @BartlettSchools for any follow-up on the Supervisor of the Year honor or school-level celebrations.

Image: Bartlett City Schools Teacher of the Year announcement graphic (district, for district news).

Sources: Bartlett City Schools news teasers, Nov. 4, 2026 (“Teacher of the Year Winners Announced”; “Principal & Supervisor of the Year Named”); BCS Teacher of the Year announcement graphic (TOYGraphic2027); BCS Principal of the Year profile graphic for Brennan Harrison (POYHarrison26-27), bartlettschools.org.