Biography:
Rita Earle is from Humble, Texas (about 30 miles from Houston, Texas). She attended Humble High School where she was involved in softball, drill team/dance team, and FHA. After high school, she attended Southwest Texas State University where she obtained a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics Education. She started her teaching career in Texas. Her first three years she taught at Christa McAuliff Middle School in Fort Bend county and her next three years she taught at North Shore High School in the Galena Park Independent School District. Then she moved to Tennessee and taught two years at Northeast High School in Clarksville. She started teaching at Sycamore High School in 1999. As a teacher at Sycamore High School, she received the Channel 4 News Apple for the Teacher Award, the Sycamore High School's Teacher of the Year Award and the Tennessee Education Association Distinguished Classroom Teacher Award twice. She enjoys baking, working in the yard, walking, bike riding, and playing with my 3 1/2 year old son.