Julia Reeves, one of the three new literature teachers, got her inspiration to teach from lining her stuffed animals up as a child and pretending they were her students in a classroom. 

“I love the students and the opportunity that small classes give me to provide what each child needs to meet their full potential,” Reeves said. 

Reeves was teaching in Richmond County before coming to Cherokee County and had been co-teaching special needs students, inspiring her to teach special needs literature.  

“I do know what I want to do after I retire from teaching,” Reeves said. 

Reeves’s end goal is to be a liaison, someone who helps to communicate information for the Armed Forces. Although her husband was in the military, this is just a coincidence. Reeves has had the dream to serve in Third World countries since before she met her husband.  She wants to be able to teach the children in the military who have a chaotic lifestyle and do not receive the education they should.  

“Everyone needs some form of consistency in their life, and these children could have it by being taught at the same time every day,” Reeves said. 

For most kids, the “I want to be a teacher” phase passes fairly quickly, but this was not the case for Reeves. She always knew what she wanted her career pathway to be, and she also knows what she wants to do when she retires.