| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 1289 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Harmony Science Academy-Fort Worth was awarded |
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| 6 | 6 | | "Exemplary" status by the Texas Education Agency in 2008; and |
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| 7 | 7 | | WHEREAS, Under TEA's accountability rating system for the |
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| 8 | 8 | | state's public schools and districts, a campus gains "Exemplary" |
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| 9 | 9 | | status if at least 90 percent of its students pass each of the Texas |
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| 10 | 10 | | Assessment of Knowledge and Skills subject area tests, and in 2008 |
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| 11 | 11 | | only 12 percent of all schools earned this notable distinction; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, HSA-Fort Worth, a charter school, received a gold |
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| 13 | 13 | | performance acknowledgment in reading, writing, science, and |
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| 14 | 14 | | social studies; its students have also excelled in recent academic |
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| 15 | 15 | | competitions: at the Fort Worth Regional Science and Engineering |
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| 16 | 16 | | Fair, they brought their school the first-place Martha Hickey Award |
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| 17 | 17 | | by winning a total of 50 individual awards; 22 of the students |
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| 18 | 18 | | qualified to move on to the statewide competition, and 3 teachers |
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| 19 | 19 | | were recognized for their success in encouraging participation in |
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| 20 | 20 | | the fair; HSA-FW students also won several division awards and |
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| 21 | 21 | | special awards at the Exxon Mobil State Science and Engineering |
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| 22 | 22 | | Fair in San Antonio; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, In addition, the middle school robotics team, making |
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| 24 | 24 | | its inaugural appearance at the North Texas FIRST LEGO League |
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| 25 | 25 | | Championship, won first place at its level in the robot design |
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| 26 | 26 | | category and placed second in robot performance; subsequently, the |
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| 27 | 27 | | team was invited to Southern Methodist University to showcase its |
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| 28 | 28 | | robot at a tech expo; the HSA-FW Science Olympiad team made a fine |
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| 29 | 29 | | showing at the Tarleton State University Regional Science Olympiad |
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| 30 | 30 | | for the third year in a row; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | WHEREAS, The teachers and students of Harmony Science |
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| 32 | 32 | | Academy-Fort Worth have demonstrated outstanding dedication and |
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| 33 | 33 | | perseverance in their pursuit of academic excellence, and they may |
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| 34 | 34 | | take justifiable pride in the prestigious accolade their school has |
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| 35 | 35 | | received from the State of Texas and in their many other |
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| 36 | 36 | | accomplishments; now, therefore, be it |
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| 37 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 38 | 38 | | Legislature hereby honor Harmony Science Academy-Fort Worth on its |
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| 39 | 39 | | achievement of an "Exemplary" rating from the Texas Education |
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| 40 | 40 | | Agency in 2008 and extend to its students, teachers, and staff |
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| 41 | 41 | | sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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| 42 | 42 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 43 | 43 | | prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 44 | 44 | | House of Representatives. |
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| 45 | 45 | | Shelton |
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| 46 | 46 | | ______________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 48 | 48 | | I certify that H.R. No. 1289 was adopted by the House on April |
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| 49 | 49 | | 23, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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| 50 | 50 | | ______________________________ |
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| 51 | 51 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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