On January 18, John Morrow, a mathematics teacher at Bowie, died at the age of 47 due to injuries sustained in a car accident. Morrow had been teaching at Bowie since September 2025. Although his time here was brief, students and faculty members emphasize the positive impact he left on campus and the students he taught.

School administrations confirmed his death and shared the news with students, staff, and Bowie families, offering support and resources to students in the days following like Martha the therapy dog, and counselor support provided during class.

“When I visited his classroom and heard from his students, it was clear how much his students truly loved him as a teacher,” Assistant Principal Kaylin Brett said. “Anytime a teacher can make that strong of an impact in such a short time, you know he was a terrific and special teacher.”

Students also remember Morrow for his passion for music, which was reflected during his celebration of life, where people were encouraged to wear T-shirts of their favorite bands in his honor. This was a tribute that highlighted an interest of his, and that he often shared to his classes and bonded with students over.

“It was a bit of a shock at first, he was truly such a light and he was such a good person, when I found out he passed away, it didn’t register until a couple days later when we were back in his room for the first time,” senior Ayah Hakim said. “I’ll remember him in the little things, like a poster for Mumford & Sons, or that we were both so excited for the ACL lineup to come out, and I realized he’ll never be able to experience those things again.”