Longtime, beloved teacher, Carol Brull has announced her retirement from teaching at the end of the 2019-20 school year.
Mrs. Brull has an extensive and incredibly influential career in education. Graduating from Ellis High School in 1965, she attended Fort Hays State University earning a Bachelor of Science in Education, and a Master of Science in Education in 1973.
Mrs. Brull has taught at every Catholic school in Ellis County; St. Mary’s (Ellis, Holy Family Elementary (Hays) and TMP-Marian Jr/Sr High School. In addition, she is a beloved teacher of Wakeeney Jr. High and the former Kennedy Middle School (Hays).
Her first year of teaching was at Corey Elementary in Newport, RI, while her husband Randy (also a long-time educator) was serving in the Navy.
Carol was integral in creating the TMP-Marian Junior High. She was on committees that studied and promoted adding 6-8th grades so that Ellis County could have continuous K-12 Catholic education. At the closure of Kennedy Middle School, she gave her dedication to TMP-Marian JH as it opened in 2012.
“As a school based on the stewardship model of giving, Mrs. Brull is a primary example,” said Advancement Director, Troy Ruda. “To give of yourself, the entirety of your career, for the betterment of others, that is true stewardship,” concluded Ruda.
“Mrs. Brull has meant so much to so many. The number of lives she has touched when considering all her students, co-workers, and friends is almost impossible to count. She has a work ethic that all generations can look up to and learn from. Mrs. Brull attended almost every extracurricular student event, whether on a weekday or weekend, morning, afternoon or night. She was always there, taking photos and letting students know that she cared about them as children of God and wanting only success for them. Mrs. Brull is flexible and caring while still maintaining high expectations for all her students. TMP-Marian, and all of Ellis County, is a better place because of Mrs. Brull and her work,” said TMP-Marian Jr/Sr High Principal Chad Meitner.
“I graduated TMP-Marian in 1993, over 25 years ago. Mrs. Brull exists clearly in my history of education as my 6th-grade math teacher at Kennedy Middle School. To think that one person that taught one course in one grade can have an impact on someone for the rest of their lives is astonishing. Thank you, Mrs. Brull, for being there for me when I was eleven years old and I am privileged to have been able to work with you as an adult in furthering Catholic education,” added Ruda.
For the past 8 years, Mrs. Brull has been a leader in the Junior High, teaching English Language Arts, sponsoring Scholars Bowl, Student Council, and overseeing the production of both the Junior High yearbook and newspaper.
Mrs. Brull is married to long-time educator Randy ‘62 Brull and is mother to Christopher , ’89, Plainville, KS, Peter, ’91, of Lawrence, KS, and Jeff, 94, of Hays, KS.