The Haysville Times
By Patricia Barkley
Diania Pile has finished off her first year at Freeman Elementary with quite a bit of fanfare. In order to recognize the work she has done, she was nominated for the Haysville Times’ Teacher of the Year contest. She received the most nominations and was surprised with the award on Tuesday, May 11, in her classroom, by Times owner and publisher, C.J. Cross. Her students and fellow teachers have been very excited for her.
Pile has always been a Haysville person. She was born on December 17, 1976, in a Wellington hospital and grew up in Haysville, where she has lived her whole life. She attended Haysville schools, including her current place of employment back when it was a middle school, housing the fifth and sixth grades. She graduated from Campus High School in 1996 and went on to college to study elementary education. She had been inspired by her own elementary teachers, some of whom are still at Freeman, where she works now. Continue reading “Diania Pile Wins Teacher of the Year”