Birthplace: Grand Rapids, Michigan

Education:  BA Degree, Michigan State University

Year started at Star of the Sea:  1970

• 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 5^th 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 5^th 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