Schools-Sam Tasby Middle School

Sam Tasby Middle School

7001 Fair Oaks Avenue Dallas, TX 75231

Phone: (972) 502-1900
Fax: (972) 502-1901

School Scorecards Information 2008-2009

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Jose Cardenas, Principal
Jose Cardenas
Principal

Gregory Jobe
Assistant Principal(s)

Tonya Anderson
Associate Principal-Teaching and Learning

Grade levels:
6-8

Motto/Mission:
Mission To meet the academic, emotional, and social needs of all students through a rigorous curriculum so each student may achieve growth. Vision The vision of Tasby Middle School is to become a premiere middle school. Values P.R.I.D.E. P-Perseverance R-Respect I-Integrity D-Determination E-Effort

Uniform colors

Top:
Navy Blue (6), Maroon (7), Hunter Green (8),
Bottoms:
Khaki

School colors: Black and White

Mascot: Lions

Enrollment: 800

Hours/Bell schedule: 8:15am-3:45pm Students should be in their classroom by 8:10 am

Trustee district: District 3

Learning Community:
East Secondary -
Regina Jones

Other Contacts

Librarian:
972-502-1907

Counselor:
972-502-1919

Clinic:
972-502-1914

Special programs:
EAGLE Scholars

Extracurricular activities:
Band, Football, Soccer, Basketball, Volleyball, Track

The school is named for Sam Tasby, who played a prominent role in the desegregation of Dallas ISD schools. It is the only school in the district named for a living person. Tasby filed a lawsuit when his son his youngest son, Phillip, was denied admission to two all-white schools near his home and was forced to attend an all-black school located miles away. Tasby's lawsuit made it possible for his son to attend a school in his own neighborhood. It paved the way for the creation of magnet schools, bilingual education programs, and other innovations to improve educational equity for all children. Among many honors and accolades presented to Tasby are an NAACP award, resolutions from the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees and the Texas House of Representatives, and an Arlington Park Elementary School library named in his honor. In 2005, Tasby was inducted into the African-American Education Archives and History Program Educators Hall of Fame in Dallas. Retired since 1989, Sam Tasby still is a resident of the Arlington Park community. His neighbors, community leaders, and city officials consider him a trailblazer whose actions ensured educational equality for all Dallas ISD students.