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2022 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 59
BY SENATOR PEACOCK
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Elizabeth "Ellie" Chase Franks on being a 2022 state
"Students of the Year" finalist.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend Elizabeth "Ellie" Chase Franks on being a 2022 state "Students of the Year"
3 finalist.
4 WHEREAS, in the state's annual "Students of the Year" competition, the Louisiana
5 Department of Education selects students representing traditional public, public charter, and
6 nonpublic schools as finalists for the coveted title; and
7 WHEREAS, students compete with their peers at the school system level and may
8 advance to the regional competitions. Students are selected based on academic achievement,
9 leadership skills, character, and service to their schools and communities; and
10 WHEREAS, regional selection committees also use electronic portfolios of
11 accomplishments, along with student writing samples, and interviews to assess the
12 communication and critical thinking skills of each candidate; and
13 WHEREAS, prior to selecting the three state winners, the state selection committee
14 will conduct interviews and review portfolios and writing samples from each finalist; and
15 WHEREAS, for the year 2022, the twenty-one students selected as "Students of the
16 Year" finalists include one elementary, middle, and high school student from each of the
17 state's seven regions; and
18 WHEREAS, Elizabeth "Ellie" Chase Franks, affectionately known as "Ellie" has
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1 been named as a finalist in the 2022 state "Students of the Year" as an eight grade middle
2 school student at St. Joseph Catholic School, Diocese of Shreveport; and
3 WHEREAS, Ellie has maintained an "A" average in all subjects, including conduct
4 since the first grade and currently has a 4.0 grade point average on her eight grade mid-year
5 report card; and
6 WHEREAS, Ellie not only has excelled academically, she also has been a recipient
7 of numerous recognitions and awards from her school, church, and community since 2018
8 when she first became involved in various activities; and
9 WHEREAS, likewise since 2018, Ellie has exuded leadership qualities serving in
10 school organizations, extracurricular, community, and church leadership positions; and
11 WHEREAS, she is known to have a natural talent to communicate well, regardless
12 of age range or background and she has leveraged her talent for communication and interest
13 in service as a volunteer for school and extracurricular groups; and
14 WHEREAS, Ellie has shown evidence of character, leadership, and a willingness to
15 learn thereby making her the perfect school representative candidate for "Students of the
16 Year"; and
17 WHEREAS, Ellie embodies all the qualities and characteristics of an exemplary
18 student making her the absolute right choice to represent St. Joseph Catholic School as the
19 2022 "Students of the Year"; and
20 WHEREAS, at the impressionable age of thirteen, Ellie understands that through the
21 journey of life, every person is faced with choices and every choice has consequences; and
22 WHEREAS, Ellie chooses to find knowledge in her choices and to learn the lesson
23 of every choice; and
24 WHEREAS, Ellie has managed to turn into successes the personal tragedies which
25 she has experienced during her thirteen short years; and
26 WHEREAS, Ellie chooses to live by three words which her dad always impressed
27 upon her, "Finish out strong"; and
28 WHEREAS, Elizabeth "Ellie" Chase Franks by representing St. Joseph Catholic
29 School as a finalist in the 2022 state "Students of the Year", demonstrates indeed how she
30 did "Finish out strong".
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1 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
2 commend Elizabeth "Ellie" Chase Franks on being a 2022 state students of the year finalist.
3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
4 Elizabeth "Ellie" Chase Franks and St. Joseph Catholic School.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Angela L. De Jean.
DIGEST
SCR 59 Original 2022 Regular Session Peacock
Commends Elizabeth "Ellie" Chase Franks on being a 2022 state "Students of the Year"
finalist.
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