For Sugar Hill Elementary School second grade teacher Katie Blum, the desire to be a teacher goes way back.
In fact, as a little girl, she would play teacher and make family members pretend to be her students. Itâs just something that has seemingly always been a part of her.
âI cannot remember a time Iâve ever not wanted to be a teacher,â Blum said. âMy mom says I started playing school around when I was 3 so Iâve literally played school and wanted to be a teacher my whole life.â
Blumâs desire to teach culminated on Thursday night with Gwinnett County Public Schools announcing her as its 2021 district-wide Teacher of the Year during a special ceremony at the school systemâs Instructional Support Center in Suwanee.
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Katie Blum, second grade teacher at Sugar Hill Elementary School, is Gwinnett s Teacher of the Year. Blum has also taught at Riverside Elementary School in Suwanee. (Gwinnett County School District)
SUWANEE, GA A Sugar Hill elementary-school instructor has been awarded Gwinnett County Teacher of the Year honors.
Katie Blum, a second-grade teacher at Sugar Hill Elementary School, was named Gwinnett s top teacher at a ceremony Thursday night at the district s headquarters in Suwanee. Blum was also named Elementary School Teacher of the Year. It is completely shocking and overwhelming and surprising to be Gwinnett County s Teacher of the Year, Blum said to The Gwinnett Daily Post. I never expected this.