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.