SLS 22RS-2123 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 56
BY SENATOR PEACOCK
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Eden Elizabeth Trainor on being a finalist in the 2022
Louisiana Students of the Year Awards Program.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend Eden Elizabeth Trainor on being selected as a finalist in the Department of
3 Education's 2022 Louisiana Students of the Year Awards Program.
4 WHEREAS, the Department of Education's Students of the Year Awards Program
5 annually selects twenty-one finalists, one elementary, middle school, and high school student
6 from each of the state's seven regions; and
7 WHEREAS, each traditional public, charter, and nonpublic school across the state
8 submits one candidate from its student body; selected students compete at the school system
9 level, with a small number advancing to regional competition; and
10 WHEREAS, students are selected based on an array of criteria, including academic
11 achievement, leadership skills, character, and school and community service; student
12 portfolios, writing samples, and interviews also allow the regional selection committee to
13 assess each candidate's critical thinking and communication skills prior to selection as a
14 finalist; and
15 WHEREAS, Eden Elizabeth Trainor is a fifth-grader at Eden Gardens Magnet School
16 (EGM) in Caddo Parish who has earned the honor of being named the EGM Student of the
17 Year; and
18 WHEREAS, a straight-A student in the Gifted and Talented Program, Eden serves
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1 as a student leader in the EGM Leadership Team, Safety Patrol, Lighthouse Review, and
2 Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS), and is a Fifth Grade Buddy mentoring
3 younger students; her academic distinctions include the Principal's List Award for straight
4 As, 1st Place in the EGM Social Studies Fair, and making history as the first student to live-
5 anchor the K-EGM morning show; and
6 WHEREAS, she enjoys a variety of athletics and is active on the EGM Cheer Squad,
7 Running Club, and East Ridge Swim Team; and
8 WHEREAS, the art of dance is Eden's passion, and she is a company dancer for
9 Power and Grace School of Performing Arts; she competes against teams from around the
10 country and has performed in numerous community productions, including The Great
11 Russian Nutcracker, Grinched, and A Tale As Old As Time; and
12 WHEREAS, Eden loves to serve others in her community through ministry; she
13 works with Angel Caps Ministry, knitting caps for newborns and cancer patients in local
14 hospitals, with Blessings of the Backpacks Ministry, providing school supplies to children
15 starting school, and with Totes of Hope Ministry, providing comfort items to women in
16 shelters; and she is also active in children's ministry at University Church of Christ; and
17 WHEREAS, her hobbies include many forms of art: painting, crafts, creative writing,
18 mystery novels, music, dance, theater, and sculpting; her artwork has been featured in Caddo
19 Parish's ArtBreak, and her writings have been published in The Seedlings; and
20 WHEREAS, Eden aspires to continue her studies and employ her talents to become
21 an architect and interior designer in the future.
22 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
23 commend Eden Elizabeth Trainor on being selected as Eden Gardens Magnet School's
24 Student of the Year and as a finalist in the Department of Education's 2022 Louisiana
25 Students of the Year Awards Program.
26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
27 Eden Elizabeth Trainor.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jacob K. Wilson
DIGEST
SCR 56 Original 2022 Regular Session Peacock
Commends Eden Elizabeth Trainor on being a Dept. of Education's 2022 Students of the
Year finalist.
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