I am so excited to be the principal of Thomas Jefferson Middle School. I feel fortunate to have been given this tremendous responsibility. I attended UNC-Charlotte for my undergraduate studies as I majored in Chemistry. I received my Masters in School Administration from Gardner-Webb University. Having attended both a public university, as well as a private university, I have gained a unique insight to our higher education institutions in North Carolina.
My education career began at Ashbrook High School in Gaston County. I taught Chemistry and coached football and baseball during my stint there for the first two years of my career. My wife and I moved to Stokes County and I spent the next two years teaching Physical Science and Chemistry at South Stokes High School. I also coached baseball and girls’ basketball while I was there. In the Fall of 2000, I came to WSFCS and began teaching Chemistry at Mt. Tabor High School, while enjoying coaching girls’ golf and baseball. In the Fall of 2004, I assumed my first role in administration as I became an assistant principal at Mt. Tabor. In all, I spent a little over ten years at Mt. Tabor High School.
I was named principal of Thomas Jefferson Middle School in October of 2010. I bring seventeen years of experience of education with me, eleven of them working with this very community. As the father of two school-aged children, one of whom is a middle school student herself, I am able to visualize middle school from both the eyes of a principal, as well as that of a parent. It is my goal that we prepare our students to be successful as they move on from us to high school and beyond, while enjoying their middle school experiences.
Brad Royal
Principal
Thomas Jefferson Middle School
(336) 774-4630
(336) 774-4635 (fax)
broyal@wsfcs.k12.nc.us
