Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SJR0154 Compare Versions

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4	4	SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 154
5	5	By Watson
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12	12	A RESOLUTION to commend Ivy Academy upon its receipt of the
13	13	2024 Charter Champion Award for Community
14	14	Impact Project of the Year.
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16	16	WHEREAS, it is fitting that we pay tribute to those educational institutions that, through
17	17	the natural talents and unflagging commitment to academic excellence evidenced by their
18	18	administration, faculty, staff, and students, have earned prestigious acclaim; and
19	19	WHEREAS, Ivy Academy in Soddy Daisy is one such exemplary institution, which
20	20	recently earned the 2024 Charter Champion Award for Community Impact Project of the Year
21	21	for their Emergency Solar Power Backpacks Project; and
22	22	WHEREAS, the Charter Champion Award for Community Impact Project of the Year is
23	23	given by the Tennessee Charter School Center to a school, small group, or individual to
24	24	recognize exceptional service to an organization, school, or community through innovative
25	25	projects designed to positively impact and inspire both educational professionals and students;
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27	27	WHEREAS, for their Emergency Solar Power Backpacks Project, Ivy Academy students,
28	28	along with their STEM teacher Jerry Webb, designed, created, and are donating emergency
29	29	solar power backpacks to aid in both humanitarian crises and natural disasters; and
30	30	WHEREAS, Ivy students designed a prototype of the backpack with a foldable solar
31	31	panel, lithium battery, charge controller, and inverter; they then tested the backpack in real-life
32	32	scenarios, spending a day learning outside while using the solar power to charge devices like
33	33	Chromebooks, phones, and small electronics, confirming comfort, ease of use, and reliability;
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39	39	WHEREAS, Ivy Academy students are now working on twenty emergency solar power
40	40	backpacks, sending five to students in Ukraine, utilizing five to raise awareness locally, and
41	41	sending ten to students in North Carolina who were impacted by the 2024 hurricane; and
42	42	WHEREAS, Ivy students have done a number of presentations on the backpacks and
43	43	have been awarded thousands of dollars to support their work; they are also working with other
44	44	students in the community to share what they have learned; and
45	45	WHEREAS, the ingenuity, determination, and compassion of the students at Ivy
46	46	Academy are a tremendous source of pride for the school's administration, teachers, students,
47	47	parents, and community; and
48	48	WHEREAS, Ivy Academy is clearly deserving of our respect, admiration, and
49	49	commendation, and it is our privilege to recognize their outstanding achievement; now,
50	50	therefore,
51	51	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUND RED FOURTEENTH
52	52	GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF
53	53	REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, that we congratulate Ivy Academy upon its receipt of the
54	54	2024 Charter Champion Award for Community Impact Project of the Year, saluting Ivy students
55	55	and STEM teacher Jerry Webb on this prestigious honor and extending to them our best wishes
56	56	for much continued success.
57	57	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared
58	58	for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to
59	59	the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear
60	60	without House or Senate designation.