Cheryl Davis Saying Good-bye to Education After a 41-Year Career

(Editor’s Note: Due to the cancellation of the Employee Awards Banquet, Aldine’s Communications Department will feature employees who have announced they will retire at the conclusion of the 2019-2020 school year).

Cheryl Davis is saying good-bye to a 41-year career in education with her announcement that she will be retiring at the conclusion of the 2019-20 school year.

Davis spent 31 of her 41 years in education with Aldine ISD. She is retiring after serving as the principal of Dunn Elementary School.

During her 31 years in Aldine, Davis served as a first-grade teacher and parent facilitator at Johnson Elementary School, as an assistant principal at Dunn Elementary and will complete her Aldine journey as the principal of Dunn Elementary.

She received her bachelor’s degree from Prairie View A&M University and her master’s degree from Sam Houston State University.

Davis said choosing education as her chosen profession was an easy decision for her to make.

“I chose this notable career because of a love for culture and knowledge coupled with a desire to want to share this with others,” she said. “This career allowed me to make the world better by making students sensitive about the problems that we are surrounded with and helping to develop the necessary tools in life to solve them. Most importantly, I chose this career because it gave me an opportunity to work with children, have fun, and to make a difference in their lives.”

She said one of the many highlights of her career has come when former students have invited her to attend their high school and college graduation ceremonies. She has also enjoyed the training and mentoring colleagues to assist them in progressing in their careers.

Davis had a successful career and was a recipient of the Northwest Chamber of Commerce Grant, the Parent Facilitator Award, a Lennar Grant recipient, was named a Sam Houston Area Council Pathfinder and was a nominee for Aldine ISD Principal of the Year during the 2019-2020 school year.

Davis said she would miss her daily interaction with her students and staff.

“I will miss hearing my name called about 20,000 times a day,” she said. “Greeting students and staff in the morning, seeing the smiling faces of our students and staff. I will also miss the district’s Principal Advisory Meetings and ILT meetings and learning something new each week. Most of all, I will miss the Aldine commitment to education and the Dunn students and staff.”

And after 31 years in the district, Aldine ISD will miss Cheryl Davis.