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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 38
BY SENATORS GARY SMITH AND BROWN AND REPRESENTATI VES GAINES,
MILLER AND WILLMOTT
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Amanda Baudot Morehouse on being selected the 2013
Louisiana High School Teacher of the Year.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To commend Amanda Baudot Morehouse on being selected as the 2013 Louisiana High2
School Teacher of the Year.3
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Teacher of the Year Program, which is co-sponsored by4
the Louisiana Department of Education, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary5
Education, and Dream Teachers, is an annual event that recognizes and honors top6
performing teachers in Louisiana; and7
WHEREAS, Amanda Baudot Morehouse, a teacher at Hahnville High School in St.8
Charles Parish, received the 2013 Louisiana High School Teacher of the Year award during9
the Sixth Annual Cecil J. Picard Educator Excellence Symposium on July 12, 2013; and10
WHEREAS, Ms. Morehouse began her teaching career at Hahnville High School in11
2006 teaching English, creative writing, and reading; and12
WHEREAS, at Hahnville High School, she is a senior project mentor, a professional13
learning community facilitator for English II, a new teacher mentor, scholastic writing14
coordinator, and English tutor; and15
WHEREAS, Ms. Morehouse holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Creative16
Writing with a minor in communication studies from Louisiana State University, and has17
completed twenty-seven hours toward her master's degree in English Literature from the18 SCR NO. 38
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University of New Orleans; and1
WHEREAS, Ms. Morehouse is certified in secondary English from the Louisiana2
Resource Center for Education; and3
WHEREAS, she is a member of the Louisiana Reading Association with the National4
Council of Teachers of English and serves as a teacher consultant for the Greater New5
Orleans Writing Project; and6
WHEREAS, as a Louisiana Teacher of the Year, Ms. Morehouse received prizes7
from local merchants and a monetary award in the amount of two thousand five hundred8
dollars from Dream Teachers in recognition of her outstanding achievements as a9
professional educator in Louisiana; and10
WHEREAS, she is held in the highest regard by her students and colleagues for her11
remarkable ability to motivate students to succeed beyond their own expectations, and12
because she has demonstrated a dedicated spirit and an intense determination to improve the13
quality of education in Louisiana; and14
WHEREAS, the success of the state of Louisiana, the strength of our communities,15
and the overall vitality of American society depend, in great measure, upon the dedication16
of teachers like Amanda Baudot Morehouse.17
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby18
commend and congratulate Amanda Baudot Morehouse for the exemplary strides she has19
taken in molding young minds, for the joy and pride she has brought to her entire community20
and to the state of Louisiana, and to congratulate her and her family, friends, students,21
administration, and colleagues as they commemorate this most significant and unforgettable22
achievement.23
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to24
Amanda Baudot Morehouse.25
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Nancy Vicknair.
DIGEST
Gary Smith SCR No. 38
Commends Amanda Baudot Morehouse on being selected as the 2013 La. High School
Teacher of the Year.