Welcoming new teachers to local schools: Lind School District - Sarah Dinkins

Originally from Chewelah, Sarah Dinkins is the new fourth grade teacher at the Lind Elementary School. After graduating from high school, Dinkins joined the Navy as Information Technician (IT) and began taking online courses with Colorado Technical University to pursue a Bachelor’s in computer science.

She served for three and a half years in Italy before returning to Washington. While stationed in Everett, she met her husband, Chad Dinkins. They have two sons, Austin, who is a freshman at Lind-Ritzville High School and Hunter, a sixth grade student at Lind-Ritzville Middle School.

In her free...