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.