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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Ruben J. Tejeda, an eighth-grade teacher at Abraham |
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Kazen Middle School, has been named the South San Antonio |
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Independent School District Teacher of the Year for 2012-2013; and |
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WHEREAS, Since joining the Kazen faculty in 2007, Mr. Tejeda |
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has helped his students to achieve in the classroom and in |
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extracurricular activities, where he coaches the football and |
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basketball teams and has reestablished the school's membership in |
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the Junior Historians of Texas program; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Tejeda earned his high school diploma from |
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Harlandale High School and graduated with a bachelor's degree in |
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history and political science from St. Mary's University; his |
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districtwide teaching honor follows his selection as the Kazen |
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Middle School Teacher of the Year, and he will now represent South |
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San Antonio ISD in the annual Trinity Prize for Excellence in |
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Teaching competition; and |
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WHEREAS, A gifted and highly respected educator who was |
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appointed chair of Kazen's social studies department in 2012, Ruben |
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Tejeda is helping to inspire a love of learning in his students |
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while providing them with a strong foundation of knowledge that |
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will serve them well throughout their lives; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Ruben J. Tejeda on his selection as |
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the 2012-2013 Teacher of the Year for the South San Antonio |
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Independent School District and extend to him sincere best wishes |
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for continued success in his important work; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Tejeda as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |