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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 154
By Watson
SJR0154
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A RESOLUTION to commend Ivy Academy upon its receipt of the
2024 Charter Champion Award for Community
Impact Project of the Year.
WHEREAS, it is fitting that we pay tribute to those educational institutions that, through
the natural talents and unflagging commitment to academic excellence evidenced by their
administration, faculty, staff, and students, have earned prestigious acclaim; and
WHEREAS, Ivy Academy in Soddy Daisy is one such exemplary institution, which
recently earned the 2024 Charter Champion Award for Community Impact Project of the Year
for their Emergency Solar Power Backpacks Project; and
WHEREAS, the Charter Champion Award for Community Impact Project of the Year is
given by the Tennessee Charter School Center to a school, small group, or individual to
recognize exceptional service to an organization, school, or community through innovative
projects designed to positively impact and inspire both educational professionals and students;
and
WHEREAS, for their Emergency Solar Power Backpacks Project, Ivy Academy students,
along with their STEM teacher Jerry Webb, designed, created, and are donating emergency
solar power backpacks to aid in both humanitarian crises and natural disasters; and
WHEREAS, Ivy students designed a prototype of the backpack with a foldable solar
panel, lithium battery, charge controller, and inverter; they then tested the backpack in real-life
scenarios, spending a day learning outside while using the solar power to charge devices like
Chromebooks, phones, and small electronics, confirming comfort, ease of use, and reliability;
and
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WHEREAS, Ivy Academy students are now working on twenty emergency solar power
backpacks, sending five to students in Ukraine, utilizing five to raise awareness locally, and
sending ten to students in North Carolina who were impacted by the 2024 hurricane; and
WHEREAS, Ivy students have done a number of presentations on the backpacks and
have been awarded thousands of dollars to support their work; they are also working with other
students in the community to share what they have learned; and
WHEREAS, the ingenuity, determination, and compassion of the students at Ivy
Academy are a tremendous source of pride for the school's administration, teachers, students,
parents, and community; and
WHEREAS, Ivy Academy is clearly deserving of our respect, admiration, and
commendation, and it is our privilege to recognize their outstanding achievement; now,
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUND RED FOURTEENTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, that we congratulate Ivy Academy upon its receipt of the
2024 Charter Champion Award for Community Impact Project of the Year, saluting Ivy students
and STEM teacher Jerry Webb on this prestigious honor and extending to them our best wishes
for much continued success.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared
for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to
the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear
without House or Senate designation.