Newest Members of Atom Nation

Fairfax County Public Schools sent this bulletin at 07/13/2022 03:52 PM EDT

Annandale Students, Parents and Community:

I hope you are enjoying your summer. I am excited to announce that Brandon Sutphin, Director of Student Activities, and Bryan Harris, Assistant Director of Student Activities, are joining us at Annandale High School. Please see below for information about each of them and join me in welcoming them to Atom Nation!

Shawn DeRose, Principal

Brandon

Welcome Director of Student Activities, Brandon Sutphin! Annandale is excited to welcome Brandon Sutphin as our new Director of Student Activities. For the past six (6) years, Brandon has served as the Assistant Director of Student Activities at Justice High School. As a teacher, he taught Health and Physical Education, Driver Education, Personal Fitness, and Advanced Physical Education. In addition to his administrative and teaching experience at Justice, Brandon served as the varsity girls basketball head coach for 8 years. He also coached field hockey, golf, and baseball. 

Brandon has supported initiatives in the Activities Office to hire great coaches and mentors that have not only won championships on the field/court but have supported Justice student-athletes dreams of getting into and playing college athletics. 

Brandon earned his Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Exercise Sport Health Education from Radford University and a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Old Dominion University. 

Brandon is looking forward to being a part of Atom Nation and providing an exciting and welcoming atmosphere at all of the events for our school, community, and students!
Bryan

Welcome Assistant Director of Student Activities, Bryan Harris! Annandale is also excited to welcome Bryan Harris as our new Assistant Director of Student Activities. Bryan is joining us from Robinson Secondary where he spent the previous two years teaching Physics at the Active and IB levels and serving on the Learning Innovation Team.

Prior to Robinson, Bryan was at Meridian High School in Falls Church where he served in a number of roles. Initially teaching Biology and Physics, Bryan was also the department lead and instructional resource teacher for the science department. As a long-time soccer and wrestling coach, Bryan’s passion for extracurriculars eventually led him down the path to athletic administration and the activities department where he served as the Assistant Director of Student Activities for five (5) years.

Bryan received his Bachelor’s degree in Biology from South Carolina, his Masters in Physics Education from the University of Virginia and he recently finished his Educational Specialist degree in Administration and Supervision from Virginia Tech.