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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 139
BY SENATOR MILLS
A RESOLUTION
To commend and congratulate Matthew Joseph Prilliman on his graduation from Teurlings
Catholic High School in Lafayette, Louisiana.
WHEREAS, Teurlings Catholic High School (TCHS) is a school of about six
hundred and fifty students that strives to embrace their students and to both nurture and
inspire the very best in each and every individual student; and
WHEREAS, this May, Matthew Joseph Prilliman has been named one of four
Monsignor Charles Fortier Honor Graduates from Teurlings Catholic High School; and
WHEREAS, the graduating class of 2014 will be recognized for their achievements
at the Honors Convocation on May 18, on campus and they will celebrate their
Baccalaureate Mass and Graduation at the Heymann Center on Monday, May 19; and
WHEREAS, Matthew Joseph Prilliman, who scored a 32 Composite on his ACT test,
will graduate with a 4.0 grade point average, both academic achievements of which he
should be proud; and
WHEREAS, during his time at Teurlings, Prilliman has been a member of the Beta
Club, the National Honor Society, and he was a four-year soccer player for TCHS; and
WHEREAS, Prilliman received a letter of commendation from the National Merit
Scholarship Program as a result of his excellent performance on the PSAT exam and was
named to the Academic Composite Team for Soccer; and
WHEREAS, the Teurlings Class of 2014 chose as their motto "We have come a long
way, but not half as far as we will go", a realization of the enormity of the challenges and
accomplishments which lie ahead in the lives of each graduate, including Prilliman; and
WHEREAS, the nurturing atmosphere and the emphasis on life skills at Teurlings
seek to build not only academicians, but students prepared to succeed in life and the
graduation ceremony is the first step for the 2014 seniors along the paths that their lives will
take. SR NO. 139 ENROLLED
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend and congratulate Matthew Joseph Prilliman on his graduation from
Teurlings Catholic High School in Lafayette, Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Matthew Joseph Prilliman, through the principal of Teurlings Catholic High School, Michael
Boyer.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE