Mrs. Dianne Zbin

  Subject/Grades:  Reading - Grades 4/5

Birthplace: Grand Rapids, Michigan

Education:  BA Degree, Michigan State University

Year started at Star of the Sea:  1970

 

Vital Statistics
  • Widow - 1995
  • Mother of four
  • Grandmother of 12

Time sure flies when you're having fun!  When I started teaching at Star of the Sea School 33 years ago, I never dreamed I would be teaching the children of my former students.

Some highlights and fond memories of my teaching career include:

  • Proudly displaying the pictures of all my former classes at the beginning of each school year.
  • Keeping in touch with many of my former students over the years.
  • Celebrating Biography Day every September with costumes and a parade.
  • Being featured on TV news on 5th grade Biography Day.
  • Taking our annual trip to the Big Island.
  • Preparing the Thanksgiving Mass with a Pilgrim and Indian skit every November.
  • Decorating my classroom for Christmas every December.
  • Having a newspaper article written about my classroom.
  • Presenting our traditional 5th grade plays every spring.
  • Being invited to perform our plays at the University of Hawaii
  • Teaching reading workshop at Punahou summer school for 22 years.
 

I feel that I am truly blest 

My years at Star have been the best

 

Star is much more than a school

To me it's like a precious jewel

 

The parents, kids, and teachers here

seem like family every year

 

Teaching kids suits me just fine

My goal's to teach til 99

            ~Dianne Zbin