by Rhonda Chambers
May, 2017
May, 2017
After serving 36.5 years Tassie retired, in July 2011, from the Central Office as a Supervisor of Elementary Instruction. Before that appointment she served as the founding principal of Cypress Cove Elementary in Slidell for 11 years. Prior to that she had been an assistant principal, resource helping teacher, taught kindergarten, first grade, fourth grade, and elementary art, and served as an independent evaluator for the state department of education.
Tassie Wahl
Tassie has chosen to lead a fulfilling second half of her life by immersing herself in a variety of activities that she had little time for while working. Tassie and her husband Rob both love gardening, so in 2014 they completed the Master Gardener Program and volunteer with different projects. She has been taking sewing, quilting and embroidery lessons to learn how to use her new sewing machine!
She has taken up golfing with lessons and tries to go to the golf course once a week to practice. She loves exercising at her local gym and attends yoga classes a couple of times a week. Tassie loves to cook and is now growing her own herbs, and is having fun trying out lots of new recipes. She volunteers at her church, making rosaries for soldiers each week, running the Thanksgiving Food Drive, and also volunteers with Project Christmas.
She and her husband are enjoying traveling. They just returned from a jazz festival in Florida and have a few more trips planned for the coming months. The couple have two grandsons, Tyler, and new baby, Mason. He has stolen their hearts! They try to visit them once a week in New Orleans. Tassie and Rob have a camp on Black Creek in Hattiesburg, MS. They love getting away on weekends, enjoying nature, gardening and just relaxing!
A typical day for Tassie begins with Rob and her walking their dog (really their granddog who has become theirs!). Then she might participate in any of the various activities listed above. She and Rob wind down at the end of the day by walking the dog again together, eating dinner, then watching a little television and maybe reading before retiring for the evening.
When asked what was the best thing she ate this week her reply was “I went to Jazz Fest and ate crawfish bread, crawfish remoulade and seafood stuffed mushrooms. Yum!”
A St. Tammany experience would have to be the time she spends each week at Pinewood Golf Course trying to improve her game.
I asked her to name her favorite TV show. Tassie loves to watch the cooking channel, especially on Saturday mornings. Her favorite show is “The Kitchen”. She also loves HGTV, and her favorite show is “Fixer Upper”.
