Bill Text: TX HR346 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Mentoria Lewis Sherfield on her retirement from the San Antonio Independent School District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-02 - Reported enrolled [HR346 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR346-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 346 |
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WHEREAS, Mentoria Lewis Sherfield retired from the San | ||
Antonio Independent School District in May 2010, drawing to a close | ||
a notable career in education that spanned more than three decades; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Sherfield began teaching in Athens, Georgia, and | ||
she went on to serve in a number of school districts in that state; | ||
she also taught at the Department of Defense Dependents Schools in | ||
Germany; in 1989, she joined San Antonio ISD, where she worked at | ||
the San Antonio Alamo Achievement Center and at Wheatley Middle | ||
School; for the last nine years of her career she was a valued | ||
member of the faculty at Stonewall Jackson Davis Middle School, | ||
where she taught fifth grade; and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition to her work in the classroom, Ms. | ||
Sherfield was a mentor and tutor in the after school Net Program, | ||
and she served as a PTA president for Davis Middle School; she | ||
further devoted her time to such organizations as the local chapter | ||
of the NAACP, the B.E.A.T. AIDS Coalition Trust, and the National | ||
Coalition for 100 Black Women, and she has served as the secretary | ||
of the board of directors at Emmanuel AME Church; and | ||
WHEREAS, This esteemed educator received many accolades | ||
during her career, including being named Classroom Teacher of the | ||
Year and Delta Woman of the Year; she also received the NAACP | ||
Excellence in Education Award and the Outstanding Teacher Award | ||
from the Top Ladies of Distinction; and | ||
WHEREAS, Known for her caring nature and her unwavering | ||
commitment to her profession, Mentoria Sherfield touched the lives | ||
of countless youth, and she may indeed reflect with pride on a | ||
career well spent; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Mentoria Lewis Sherfield on her | ||
retirement from the San Antonio Independent School District and | ||
extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Sherfield as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
McClendon | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 346 was adopted by the House on | ||
February 24, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||