TITLE: Congratulating Ruben J. Tejeda on his selection as the 2012-2013 Teacher of the Year for the South San Antonio Independent School District.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Ruben J. Tejeda on his selection as the 2012-2013 Teacher of the Year for the South San Antonio Independent School District.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Ruben J. Tejeda, an eighth-grade teacher at Abraham Kazen Middle School, has been named the South San Antonio Independent School District Teacher of the Year for 2012-2013; and WHEREAS, Since joining the Kazen faculty in 2007, Mr. Tejeda has helped his students to achieve in the classroom and in extracurricular activities, where he coaches the football and basketball teams and has reestablished the school's membership in the Junior Historians of Texas program; and WHEREAS, Mr. Tejeda earned his high school diploma from Harlandale High School and graduated with a bachelor's degree in history and political science from St. Mary's University; his districtwide teaching honor follows his selection as the Kazen Middle School Teacher of the Year, and he will now represent South San Antonio ISD in the annual Trinity Prize for Excellence in Teaching competition; and WHEREAS, A gifted and highly respected educator who was appointed chair of Kazen's social studies department in 2012, Ruben Tejeda is helping to inspire a love of learning in his students while providing them with a strong foundation of knowledge that will serve them well throughout their lives; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Ruben J. Tejeda on his selection as the 2012-2013 Teacher of the Year for the South San Antonio Independent School District and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success in his important work; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Mr. Tejeda as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Farias Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1285 was adopted by the House on April 17, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House