Ms. Katie Ryals joined St. Peter Catholic School in 2015 as a second grade teacher. She was born in New Orleans and raised in Hammond. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Louisiana State University where she was a member of the LSU Ambassadors and the Kappa Delta Epsilon honorary education fraternity. She earned her Master's degree in Educational Leadership in 2020 from Southeastern Louisiana University. Before coming to St. Peter Catholic School, Ms. Ryals was a second grade student teacher at the Louisiana State University Laboratory School. Ms. Ryals attended Catholic school throughout her childhood, and she has always known she would like to be a Catholic school teacher when she grew up.