Hi! My name is Mrs. Alkire. I graduated from UNCC with a degree in Elementary Education in 2009 and immediately started teaching 6th grade at JT Williams, then 7 years teaching 4th grade at Windsor Park, and this is starting my 6th year at Governor’s Village STEM Academy. Family is very important to me and I have 1 sister and 2 brothers. Russell Alkire and I just celebrated our 10 year Wedding Anniversary. We were foster parents for 6 years for 3 little girls and our oldest foster daughter Wendy, has a 3 year old daughter now (Madelyn) who calls me Mimi. Even though they are no longer living with us we will always consider them family! We also have a 12 year old Beagle named Bella and twin mixed breed dogs named BG and Eddie, who are my fur babies!

In my free time, I love to read, do any kind of water activities, and travel. I have traveled all over the world multiple times and was an exchange student twice in Germany when I was in school. I can’t wait to meet each one of you and while I know this may be an unconventional way to begin school, I am excited for the challenge that it brings! As long as you TRY, you can’t really FAIL!