Sam Tasby Middle School annual community brunch

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Sam Tasby Middle School annual community brunch

Mr. Sam Tasby and guests

Students, parents, school partners and community supporters gathered today to honor an humble citizen of high distinction. The 4th Annual Community Brunch entitled, Mr. Sam Tasby -- An Honorable Citizen was held in the Sam Tasby Middle School cafeteria. The place was packed.

Tasby family members, including some of Mr. Tasby's children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren were also present to celebrate the occasion. The 90 year old icon was surrounded with love and respect.

Students showed their hospitality training with friendly greetings and service. How impressive they all were.

The outstanding program included an international tribute, Nepalese dancers, Burmese guitar players, drummers, mime performers, and singers. In addition, the Bethune Elementary School twirlers and the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center Vision Step Team displayed their talents in honor of Mr. Tasby. Pastor Michael Greene was guest speaker.

Sam Tasby Nepalese Dancers

Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Pauline Medrano and Dallas City Council member Ann Margolin, along with former Dallas ISD Trustee Se-Gwen Tyler, who assisted with planning, were also present.

Ms. Adrian Henderson is Tasby Middle School principal.

Again this year, continuing the tradition of hosting an enjoyable Community Brunch, planning committee and partners completed another fitting tribute.

Mr. Sam Tasby waved approval and radiated smiles.

A Teacher's Creed

"In the classroom on the first day of a new school year, I am eager to meet my students. I have rehearsed my greeting and first day’s remarks, but no matter how many years I’ve prepared for this procedure, it’s always new. My heart pumps a bit harder, faster; I feel adrenaline like an athlete, or like an actor, or maybe like a novice public speaker. It’s a marvelous feeling, this first day, because I know that something special is going to happen, and I know it because I’ve experienced it before and I know that I will experience it every time I meet a new class throughout my venerable career. And then they’re seated before me and I smile at this special feeling. This is an assembly of students, yes. But there’s so much more, because each of these young persons is more than just a student entrusted to me. Each of these students has a story to tell, a lifetime, however brief, of experiences, a history in volumes whose richness and depth I can barely begin to fathom. And so as I absorb the first glimpse of these young charges, I must appreciate the extent of my responsibility, of the privilege I’ve accepted in presenting these young souls my special knowledge. In offering them my talent and passion, I am adding an enormous array of new bright stars to the vast firmament of their minds, stars that will never have time to fade in their lifetimes. I will be part of their story. And I know that each of them will always be part of mine. And that’s a good feeling, a feeling that is perpetually renewed, revisited, and rewritten in A Teacher’s Creed."

Carla Ranger - Dallas ISD Education Blog

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Sam Tasby Middle School annual community brunch

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