Mrs. Kathy Knight teaches the third grade class. She has been in education for 34 years, and this is her tenth year at BGS.  She is married to Jim Knight and has four children.  She is retired from the Louisiana Public School System

Mrs. Wilda Oxholm is one of the second grade teachers.  She has been teaching 42 years.  She retired from the Tangipahoa Parish School
System.  She was teaching at Chesbrough Elementary when she retired and was chosen Who's  Who Among American Teachers while there.  She also taught at Kentwood, Natalbany, and Spring Creek Elementary schools.  After retirement, she taught at  Oak Forest and has been at BGS for 9 1/2 years.  She holds a BA in elementary education from SLU.  She is certified in grades 1-8 and has  taught grades 1-7 during her years of teaching.  She had to take an emergency leave the first semester due to the illness and death of her husband, Bud Oxholm.  They have two daughters; Tina Anthony, who is a retired school teacher and is now an RN at North Oaks Hospital in Hammond, and Susan Okholm, who passed away at the age of 10 at St. Jude's Children Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

Mrs. Alice Seal is a Pr-K teacher.  She has 25 years experience working with young children.  This is her tenth year teaching Pre-K at BGS.  She is married to Huey Seal and they have five children.  Their youngest child, Mallory Seal Wilkins is a 2003 BGS alumni.  "Ms Alice" says, she would like your child's first year in school to be one full of new and exciting adventures.  The learning ability of a four year old cannot be measured. Watching the minds of these precious children open up and seeing their "lights" come on each day makes her job very rewarding.  She wants to make learning a positive experience for your child, one supported by lots of love and interest. 

Mrs. Marietta Thomas is one of the Pre-K teachers. She has taught at BGS for ten years. Her children are Lauren who graduated from BGS, and Hope who is in the 8th grade at BGS. Marietta wants your child's first school experience to be an exciting one; because at four-years-old, the children are so excited about learning

Mrs. Pat Sumrall is the elementary computer teacher. She has been at Bowling Green for 16 years.  She is married to Dana Sumrall and they have two children, Jeremy and Kasey, both who are BGS alumni.  Mrs. Pat also works on Edline and the BGS website.

Mrs. Bonnie G. Pope is the second grade teacher as well as our music teacher.  She has taught for 34 years.  Mrs. Bonnie is married to Ronald D. Pope.  She has two sons, John Paul Burris and David Hood Burris who is married to Kim Burris.  All three are Bowling Green graduates.

Mrs. Elizabeth Ard is a native of Washington Parish.  She holds a BA in elementary education, a M.Ed in elementary teaching from SLU, and +30 graduate hours from SLU and LSU.  She began teaching in St. Tammany Parish and later moved back to Washington Parish where she has taught at Pine, Franklinton Elementary, and Franklinton Junior High before retiring and joining the Bowling Green staff.  She has taught at BGS for the past twelve years.  This year completes her forty-seventh year as a classroom teacher in grades five through eight.  During this time she has served as a school supervisor of student teachers from SLU.  Over the years twenty-five to thirty or more of her former student teachers have moved on to jogs in the education field.  Some are classroom teachers, several are principals or assistant principals, teachers of gifted, and one is now assistant superintendent for Washington Parish.  Mrs. Ard is married to Heyward Ard, a retired service manager for the local Chevrolet dealer.  They were the parents of one son, James Ard, who is deceased.  Currently the Ards live on a farm and raise beef cattle.  Teaching children at the pre-teen age is challenging and rewarding.  Mrs. Ard has enjoyed these challenges.  She finds it interesting to teach with her former students and to continue to teahc children of former students, and in some cases, the grandchildren of her former students.

Mrs. Melissa Seals is the fifth grade Math and Science teacher.  She is a 2004 graduate of SLU with a BA in Elementary Education.  This is her sixth year to teach, but her first at Bowling Green.  Mrs. Seal also helps with the elementary 4-H program.  She is looking forward to the opportunity of working with your children.

Mrs. Jacqueline Solomon is a native of Tylertown, MS.  She is a graduate of MSU for Women with a B.S. in K-8 Education.  She completed graduate work at USM and also attended Belhaven College where she pursued a B.S. B.A.  In 2004 she retired from Walthall Co. Public School system after 25 years where she was chosen Who's Who Among American Teachers.  Before coming to Bowling Green as a first grade teacher, she taught at Parklane Academy.  "Miss Jackie" has two children, Ellis and Ellise, and one grandson, Dawson.

Mrs. Stacy Williams teaches 5th ELA and Social Studies.  She has a BS in Business Management and a Masters in Education with concentration in mild/moderate disabilities.  Stacey has taught for eight years.  She is married to Eric Williams and they have three children:  Reid, Randi, and Reese.  All three attended BGS.