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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 317
By Campbell
SJR0317
004394
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A RESOLUTION to designate March 3 as "Sister Sandra
Smithson Day".
WHEREAS, Sister Sandra Olivia Smithson was an educator, visionary, and advocate for
low-income families through education; and
WHEREAS, Sister Smithson spent sixty-seven years of her life in religious service,
working in missions in both the United States and South America; and
WHEREAS, Sister Smithson returned to her hometown of Nashville in the 1980s and
saw a great and critical need to better the lives of children by creating educational opportunities;
and
WHEREAS, Sister Smithson founded Nashville's first charter school, Smithson
Craighead Academy; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY O F THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, that March 3 is designated as "Sister Sandra Smithson
Day" to honor the immeasurable impact Sister Smithson had on this State by bettering the lives
of children in need through the power of improved educational opportunities and the founding of
Nashville's first charter school.