Born and raised on a large dairy farm in Lottsiville, Pennsylvania Rachel Rachel Scott Eure grew up with three brothers and two sisters. Within Mrs. Eure’s family there is a long history of teachers who teach at all levels-elementary through collegiate. They even have a district superintendent in the family. One of her families jokes is that instead of a family get together they have Staff meetings. Mrs. Eure says that she has always wanted to be a teacher, in fact she can’t remember a time in which she considered being anything else. She was born to teach. In addition to her studies in high school Rachel was active in concert and marching bands, basketball, track, NHS and 4-H. Upon graduation she headed off to Penn State University graduating in 1996 with a degree in Elementary and Kindergarten Education. In spite of an awful academic adviser that told her that she would never make it as a teacher, Mrs. Eure is in her 19th year teaching. Thankfully, for the RRGSD and the students with in it, Mrs. Eure is stubborn and decided that she knew herself better than any academic advisor ever could. After college, while she was looking for a teaching position Mrs. Eure worked at a local plastic factory assembling mugs on an assembly line. While at work one day she received a phone call offering her an opportunity to interview in NC. Beyond thrilled, she packed up her Honda Civic and headed to Jackson Eastside Elementary where she landed the position as the K-5 Math Specialist. Through the support of her principal she found a passion for teaching Math, she previously thought that she wanted to teach english. After securing her job, she rented an apartment, sleeping on a sleeping bag for months until she could afford to buy a bed and using a box as a table. She taught at JES for two years before coming to work in the RRGSD at Belmont Elementary where she started as a 2nd grade teacher. Mrs. Eure stayed at Belmont for 13 years, 10 of which she taught as a 3rd grade teacher. In 2001 she was awarded as Belmont Elementary’s Teacher of the Year and Roanoke Rapids Graded School District Teacher of the Year. That same year she also received her National Board Certification and then in 2010 she graduated with her Master’s Degree in Elementary Mathematics from Nova Southeastern. But, in wasn’t until four years ago that she was able to find her home here at Manning Elementary. As a veteran 19 year teacher Mrs. Eure is loved by her students, the faculty and the parents here at Manning. We sure are glad that she received that call 19 years ago and made her home in Eastern North Carolina. As a teacher, wife (of 14 years) and mother of two boys Mrs. Eure doesn’t really have things like spare time but when she is able to take a minute for herself she enjoys running, reading, sewing, playing the flute and being involved in whatever activities that her boys are involved in. She stays pretty busy! While she doesn’t miss the the snow of Pennsylvania she does miss being geographically close to her parents and siblings. But, the North Carolina beach and summer weather make up for it at least a little bit. The quote that she tries to live by in the classroom is, “what a child feels about self determines what and to what degree anything is learned. May every child be given the essence and dignity of self by one caring and giving teacher. For it is this sowing that the harvest comes.” Author unknown. As the daughter of a farmer, a wife, mother and teacher I can’t think of a better quote to describe Mrs. Eure. We are so lucky to have her as one of our own. Thank you for all you do Mrs. Eure! Manning wouldn’t be Manning without you.
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 19:28:58 +0000
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