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Posted at 11:27 a.m., Wednesday, September 18, 2002

DOE names District Teachers of the Year

Advertiser Staff

The Department of Education announced the winners of its District Teachers of the Year awards today.

Six Hawai'i teachers were selected for the honor. From among them, one will be named State Teacher of the Year at a Board of Education meeting Oct. 17.

The District Teachers of the Year are:

• Roberta Zarbaugh for the Kaua'i district. She is a seventh- and eighth-grade language-arts teacher at Kapa'a Middle and has eight years of teaching experience.

• Gail Teshima for the Honolulu district. She is a fine-arts teacher at Farrington High and has 31 years of teaching experience.

• Susan Miyashita for the Hawai'i district. She is a first-grade teacher at Konawaena Elementary and has taught for 28 years.

• Jamie Kahalewai for the central district. Kahalewai is a food-service teacher at Radford High with four years of teaching experience.

• Marlene Bourke-Faustina for the Leeward district. Bourke-Faustina is a music and chorus teacher at Wai'anae Intermediate and has taught for 31 years.

• Margaret Almony for the Windward district. She is a third-grade teacher at Ahuimanu Elementary and has 20 years of teaching experience.