2017 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 193
BY SENATOR GATTI
A RESOLUTION
To commend Rosemary Grimm on being named Bossier Parish 2017-2018 Elementary
School Teacher of the Year and a semifinalist in the statewide competition to name
the 2018 Teacher of the Year for Louisiana.
WHEREAS, Rosemary Grimm teaches English and Language Arts to fifth graders
at Princeton Elementary School in Princeton, Louisiana in Bossier Parish; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Grimm has also been named as a semifinalist in the statewide
event to name the 2018 Teacher of the Year for Louisiana sponsored by the Louisiana
Department of Education and cosponsored by the organization, Dream Teachers; and
WHEREAS, Rosemary Grimm will be honored at the Eleventh Annual Cecil J.
Picard Educational Excellence Symposium and celebration that will be held in July 2018,
at which time the 2018 Teacher of the Year for Louisiana will be named; and
WHEREAS, Rosemary Grimm's philosophy as a teacher is that she works to have
her students understand that learning is both empowering and personal and she strives to
foster an enthusiasm for learning that will result in a richer quality of life that is more
personally gratifying, all important goals for her young students; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Grimm is a wife of more than twenty years and the mother of a
daughter and has been a classroom teacher for twelve years and, in addition, she has taught
at Princeton and also at Homer Elementary School in Homer, Louisiana in Claiborne
Parish; and
WHEREAS, Rosemary Grimm graduated from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston,
Louisiana, with a bachelor of science degree in elementary education and is currently
working toward a master of education degree in educational technology leadership; and
WHEREAS, Princeton Elementary School has over five hundred fifty students in
grades pre-kindergarten through fifth grade; and
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WHEREAS, the process for selecting a Louisiana Teacher of the Year begins at the
local level, with every public or public charter school district eligible to select a candidate
to represent their district, subject to their own selection process and from individual local
school nominations sent to the district for further review and consideration; and
WHEREAS, each district superintendent or public charter school district may select
three outstanding teachers whose names are forwarded to the Louisiana Department of
Education for competition at the statewide level, and nominees shall be one each in the
categories of elementary, middle school, and high school teachers; and
WHEREAS, the department continues the review and evaluation of all district
candidates and names, from those candidates, the teachers who are semifinalists for the
statewide competition, and the teacher of the year is named at the symposium.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend Rosemary Grimm on being named Bossier Parish 2017-2018
Elementary School Teacher of the Year and a semifinalist in the statewide competition to
name the 2018 Teacher of the Year for Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Mrs. Rosemary Grimm at Princeton Elementary School.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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