Jilene Bennett graduated from the University of Tennessee with a B.S. in Early Learning and Development with a concentration in Early Childhood Special Education. She taught an early intervention preschool class for one year and kindergarten the past four years. She and her husband Bo have been married nine years and have a toddler son, Blaze. In her spare time she loves reading, knitting, swimming and football! Mrs. Bennett is excited to combine her passion for teaching kindergarten and love for Christ at RECA. One of her favorite verses is 1 Corinthians 15:58 “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.”