TAPPSnews, sports & fine arts Vol. I, No. 62 ♦ June 2009 "Convention Issue" Dedicated to the promotion of private and parochial schools in Texas
TAPPS sets mandatory regional meetings
Each athletic director must attend one session
While most students and teachers will be taking the summer off, the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools has scheduled a series of eight regional meetings for its approximately 250 athletic directors.
Executive Director Edd Burleson said the meetings are mandatory and each athletic director must attend one of the half-day sessions. They are scheduled at various locations across the state during July and August. Head administrators also are invited and encouraged to attend, Burleson said.
The schedule includes meetings in Salado at the Salado Civic center on July 17; in Lubbock at Christ the King Cathedral School on July 21; in Fort Worth at Nolan Catholic High School on July 22; in Tyler at Grace Community School on July 23; a repeat presentation in Salado on July 24; in Houston at Second Baptist School on July 28; in San Antonio at Christian High School on July 29, and in Harlingen at the Marine Military Academy on July 30.
Persons planning on attending can make reservations by sending a fax to the TAPPS office (254-947-9368) to designate which meeting you plan to attend by June 30, 2009. Registration at each meeting will be at 8:30 a.m. The general meeting will run from 9 to 11:30 a.m. with a foreign student session from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Awards banquet on June 12
Omni Hotel to host TAPPS event for 11th straight year
Edd Burleson, Executive Director of TAPPS
The Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools will convene its mid-summer convention for the 39th time in June by passing out rewards of service, achievement and recognition.
An estimated 600 persons will crowd the Grand Ball Room in San Antonio's Omni Hotel during the four-day meeting June 10-13 for meetings, all-star games and award presentations.
Executive Director Edd Burleson will call the annual meeting to order for and preside over the awards banquet at 7 p.m. Friday. Boys and girls all-star games at Texas Military Institute - The Episcopal Schoool will close the event on Saturday.
Volleyball begins at 11 a.m. and basketball gets under way at 1 p.m. The TMI campus is at 20955 West Tejas Trail.
Awards will be presented to the TAPPS male and female athletes of the year, as well as the coaches, fine arts teachers, sportswriters and championship teams.
Among the association's top awards will be the Henderson Trophy, presented each year to the five schools who score the most overall points in athletics and fine arts. It is named after Johnnie Henderson, the first executive director of TAPPS. Henderson is now retired and lives in Forney.
The winners this year are Dallas Bishop Byrne (Class 5A), Argyle Liberty Christian (4A), Tyler All Saints Episcopal (3A), Hallettsville Sacred Heart (2A) and Universal City First Baptist (1A).
TAPPS is an association of approximately 250 member schools with 47,000 students offering a Christian-based curriculum across the Lone Star State. It just completed its 38th year of operation.
