Mr. Myers

Mr. Thomas Myers began his teaching career at Dallastown in 1999, and currently teaches classes like Drawing I , Painting I, Graphic Design I and II, Art Fundamentals and sometimes sculpture. 

But before Dallastown, Myers had many, varied jobs.

As a child Myers spent time working on his family farm, but at just 13 years old he was hired at Baskin-Robbins scooping ice cream. 

“We were not allowed to eat any of the ice cream but no one could ever see us when we went into the freezer,” he explained. “Ice cream heaven.”

At the age of 15 he moved to a position as a dishwasher at a local restaurant, and later was hired by a contractor who had recently started his own business. 

“It was him and I doing drywall, termite repair, building garages, insulation, rough and fine carpentry, painting you name it,” he said. “At 17 , I was given my own van and helper to go and do jobs on my own.”

After high school, Myers joined the Army for 3.5 years as an E4 (specialist)  stationed in Oahu, Hawaii, in the Schofield Barracks.

“The military gave a lot of memories,” he mentioned. “I learned to scuba dive, fly in helicopters at tree top levels while hanging out the side looking down, boogie board on the North Shore just to name a few.”

Myers has learned a lot through his many experiences in the workforce. “Learning something you don’t want to learn makes you work harder at the things you do like and want to know,” he noted.

“Failure is the first step to success,” he said. “If you don’t try you will never know if you can succeed.”