Fifth grade teacher Arianne Diño moved from the Philippines to teach at Lemaster Elementary School in the Riverview Gardens school district. She is among the international teachers brought to the St. Louis area to fill teacher positions that would have likely remained vacant or filled with n…
“I wanted to be a dinosaur because I knew my teacher was going to be one,†said fifth grader Ayden McKinley, 11, of his teacher Arianne Diño as he arrives for class on Halloween, Oct. 31, 2024, at Lemasters Elementary School in the Riverview Gardens School District in north St. Louis County. “She’s the best,†said McKinley. “She tells us every day that she loves us.â€
Fifth-grade teacher Arianne Diño, right, arrives at school with other teachers recruited from the Philippines, including Beth Baldo, left, and Zchamer Sindol, center, on Monday, Oct. 30, 2024, at Lemasters Elementary School in the Riverview Gardens School District in unincorporated north St. Louis County. The teachers rely on a carpool because they do not have their own cars, and they live in the same apartment complex.
Fifth-grade teacher Arianne Diño helps Zamiyah White, 10, far right, work through a math problem on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, at Lemasters Elementary School.
"This is my first year entering a chili," said fifth grade teacher Arianne Diño, left, who discussed the dish with instructional aide Mariah Thomas before voting in a staff chili cook-off on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, at Lemasters Elementary School in unincorporated north St. Louis County.
Fifth grade teacher Arianne Diño teaches class while standing on a world map rug on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, at Lemasters Elementary. The rug was one of the first things Diño requested for her classroom.
“I wanted to be a dinosaur because I knew my teacher was going to be one,†said fifth grader Ayden McKinley, 11, of his teacher Arianne Diño as he arrives for class on Halloween, Oct. 31, 2024, at Lemasters Elementary School in the Riverview Gardens School District in north St. Louis County. “She’s the best,†said McKinley. “She tells us every day that she loves us.â€
Fifth-grade teacher Arianne Diño, right, arrives at school with other teachers recruited from the Philippines, including Beth Baldo, left, and Zchamer Sindol, center, on Monday, Oct. 30, 2024, at Lemasters Elementary School in the Riverview Gardens School District in unincorporated north St. Louis County. The teachers rely on a carpool because they do not have their own cars, and they live in the same apartment complex.
Fifth-grade teacher Arianne Diño helps Zamiyah White, 10, far right, work through a math problem on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, at Lemasters Elementary School.
"This is my first year entering a chili," said fifth grade teacher Arianne Diño, left, who discussed the dish with instructional aide Mariah Thomas before voting in a staff chili cook-off on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, at Lemasters Elementary School in unincorporated north St. Louis County.
Fifth grade teacher Arianne Diño teaches class while standing on a world map rug on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, at Lemasters Elementary. The rug was one of the first things Diño requested for her classroom.
