Mr. Walden Corry

Year One teacher - Earth & Environmental Science + Civic Literacy

  • Born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida, Mr. Corry is a product of Lincoln High School, Florida State University, and the University of North Florida.

  • Mr. Corry has been teaching since 2010, and began his tenure at Early College at the outset of the 2021-2022 school year. Before moving to Asheville, Mr. Corry taught for 8 years at Montford Middle School in Tallahassee.

  • Mr. Corry holds Masters degrees in Educational Leadership and Parks & Recreation Management, as well as certifications in Science, Social Studies, and Academically & Intellectually Gifted.

  • Mr. Corry has worked with students since he was a teenager, including the better part of a decade at Athens Y Camp in Tallulah Falls, Georgia.

  • Mr. Corry loves sports, live music, and exploring the outdoors with his family and friends.

  • Mr. Corry aims to help students become self-determined, passionate, holistic learners that couple their academic and personal advancement with a lifelong care for their community and the natural world.

  • Mr. Corry uses Google Classroom as his online classroom and can be reached easily via his BCS email. Grades are updated weekly on PowerSchool.

I choose to teach because good teachers can be transformational, serving as a conduit for academic or socio-emotional development that students might not achieve otherwise. I choose to teach because a welcoming, supportive, engaging classroom can serve as a safe harbor for students that are struggling to feel welcomed, supported, and/or engaged elsewhere. Selfishly, I choose to teach because students are infinitely more interesting than adults - they can make you feel frustrated, elated, deflated, and rejuvenated, often within the same class period. For all of these reasons, I choose to teach because the classroom is the best workplace I can imagine.