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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 20
BY SENATOR PEACOCK
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend and congratulate Kathryn M. Ferguson of Shreveport upon receipt of the 2019
Louisiana Middle School Teacher of the Year award from the Louisiana State
Department of Education and to recognize her many contributions to education and
the teaching profession.
WHEREAS, Kathryn Ferguson teaches sixth grade World History at Youree Drive
Middle Advanced Placement Magnet School and serves as chairman of its Social Studies
Department; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Ferguson is an exceptional faculty member who has devoted
nearly two decades to the development of a positive classroom environment with meaningful
learning objectives for student growth and proficiency; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Ferguson considers her primary responsibility as an educator is
to demonstrate leadership, motivation, and innovation in the classroom; she expresses that
obligation with inspiration and encouragement that challenges her students to develop a
lifelong interest in learning and to acquire those analytical skills necessary to become
effective decision makers; and
WHEREAS, she has been honored with numerous awards and recognitions that
include Caddo Parish Middle School Teacher of the Year, Educator of Distinction award
from the Louisiana Parent Teacher Association (PTA), and the Academic Achievement in
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the College of Education for Secondary Education award from her alma mater, Louisiana
State University Shreveport; and
WHEREAS, at Youree Drive Middle AP Magnet School, Mrs. Ferguson has been
honored with special acknowledgment as Teacher of the Month in February 2016, Teacher
of the Year in 2010, and named "Super Spartan Teacher" in January 2014; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Ferguson is actively involved in the scholastic and extracurricular
environments at Youree Drive Middle AP Magnet School, serving as Discovery Education
innovator, Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Committee
(SWPBIS) team leader, "New Teacher" mentor, School Improvement Plan Committee
member, Olympic Festival co-chair, Club Day Activities coordinator, and Pep Squad faculty
advisor; and
WHEREAS, she holds a bachelor of arts degree in secondary education from
Louisiana State University Shreveport having graduated Magna Cum Laude and a Master
of Education degree in school administration from Centenary College of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the annual competition, hosted by the Louisiana State Department of
Education and the Dream Teachers nonprofit organization, recognizes several categories of
outstanding individual achievement in classroom instruction and exemplifies the highest
honor bestowed on educators by the department; and
WHEREAS, on July 27, 2018, Kathryn Ferguson and other state-level honorees were
celebrated at the Twelfth Annual Cecil J. Picard Educator Excellence Awards Gala; and
WHEREAS, upholding the highest standards of the teaching profession, Kathryn
Ferguson is most worthy of this prestigious award; she embodies excellence in instruction
for her chosen curriculum and an enduring devotion to the academic needs of her students;
and
WHEREAS, Kathryn Ferguson has proved to be an educator with many talents
whose dedication to education has been a priceless gift to the state of Louisiana.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and congratulate Kathryn Ferguson upon receipt of the 2019 Middle School
Teacher of the Year award from the Louisiana State Department of Education and does
hereby recognize her many contributions to furthering social studies education.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Kathryn Ferguson and Principal Jenifer Guerrero of Youree Drive Middle Advanced
Placement Magnet School.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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