Teacher Appreciation: Mrs. Rhetta Roy

 Teacher Appreciation: Mrs. Rhetta Roy

Ashlyn Faulkner and Mia Jones

“I love sharing my passion for our amazing republic. Hopefully, it will inspire them    (The students) in their adult lives.” Mrs. Rhetta Roy has been teaching US History at Edmonson County High School since 2020. Roy expressed that she felt it was harder for her to connect to the students last year. Mainly due to the pandemic, and more so the online teaching. 

   

 A photo of Mrs.Roy standing in front of the flag.

Mrs. Roy, her husband, Coach Chris Roy, and their daughter, Riley Roy, who is a Freshman this year,  moved here when Coach Roy got a job opportunity, another reason is a longtime friend of Coach Roy offered them a job here. Along with being the girl's basketball coach. That friend would be our very own Principal Jonathan Williams.

They knew each other while they worked together at Warren East in 2019. After becoming the Principal here,  Mr. Williams confided to Coach Roy that the school needed a new PE coach. That is when Roy’s decision to move from Atlanta, Georgia to wonderful Edmonson County.        

Rhetta Roy is from Birmingham, Alabama. She then moved from her hometown in Georgia in 7th grade Roy always knew she wanted to be a teacher. Where she then proceeded to attend Georgia State University.

 “I have a lot of experience, in different settings,” Roy stated.

This would be true, this is her twenty-second-year teaching, and ECHS is the 5th high school

that she has taught at.

Roy admitted that “It feels very much like a family here in Edmonson County.”

All of Edmonson County can agree with that.