Rose Butler could always be found in the culinary arts kitchen inside North Augusta High School. Whether she was making biscuits and gravy, teaching table etiquette or providing the math skills for the baking class, her presence in the classroom and the halls of NAHS wasn’t unnoticed by students.
“She teaches us the reality, life lessons and the actual class. We don’t dread coming to this class. It’s, ‘Oh let’s see what Ms. Butler is going to tell us about life today,’” senior Trinity Avery said. “It’s something new every day, and it’s something to look forward to.”
After more than 50 years in the classroom, Butler will retire at the end of the 2023 school year. She started teaching at NAHS in the fall of 1971.
Butler grew up outside Eastover and always had a desire to become teacher. She graduated from South Carolina State University at age 20 and immediately began her home economics teaching career in Aiken County.
Butler plans to spend her retirement with her family and traveling, reading, gardening and even fishing when the opportunity provides itself.
“I won’t miss teaching because I know that I have been a teacher and will always be a teacher. All of us are teachers so I won’t really miss this part of it,” she said. “I am just blessed to have been here and to be allowed to be here.”