| 1 | 1 | | 25 LC 112 2941 |
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| 2 | 2 | | Senate Resolution 180 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Senators Still of the 48th, Dixon of the 45th, Rahman of the 5th, Merritt of the 9th, |
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| 4 | 4 | | Mangham of the 55th and others |
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| 5 | 5 | | A RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | Commending Carmen Smith, Sugar Hill Elementary School's 2024-2025 Teacher of the |
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| 8 | 8 | | Year; and for other purposes.2 |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Carmen Smith has been teaching second through fourth grade advanced content3 |
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| 10 | 10 | | math and enrichment math to Sugar Hill students at Sugar Hill Elementary School in4 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Gwinnett County for 18 years and has 29 years of teaching experience; and5 |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, she is a highly respected second through fourth grade teacher within the school6 |
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| 13 | 13 | | community and among her peers and has been recognized as Sugar Hill Elementary School's7 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Teacher of the Year for 2024-2025; and8 |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, she has spent endless hours both inside and outside the classroom teaching9 |
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| 16 | 16 | | students and empowering them to think freely, helping them develop skills such as10 |
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| 17 | 17 | | questioning, provoking, and challenging all the things presented to them; and11 |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, she has engaged her students by producing innovative lessons that have real-life12 |
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| 19 | 19 | | applications and has thus promoted learning to her students as a lifelong endeavor; and13 |
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| 20 | 20 | | S. R. 180 |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, the purpose of the Teacher of the Year award is to honor educators who have |
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| 24 | 24 | | made an exceptional difference in the lives of their students and provided inspiration to their15 |
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| 25 | 25 | | peers, recognizing and promoting excellence in education within Gwinnett County Public16 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Schools and helping to promote an educated and vibrant community; and17 |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, in recognition of such remarkable contributions to the education and welfare18 |
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| 28 | 28 | | of Georgia's students, it is abundantly fitting and proper for this body to honor the19 |
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| 29 | 29 | | extraordinary accomplishments and academic achievements of this outstanding educator.20 |
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| 30 | 30 | | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body21 |
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| 31 | 31 | | commend Carmen Smith, Sugar Hill Elementary School's 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year,22 |
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| 32 | 32 | | and express their most sincere best wishes for continued success.23 |
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| 33 | 33 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed24 |
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| 34 | 34 | | to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to Carmen Smith.25 |
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| 35 | 35 | | S. R. 180 |
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