| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 1769 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Deyanira Castillo of Weslaco was named Student of |
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| 6 | 6 | | the Year in 2009 by the Migrant Student Graduation Enhancement |
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| 7 | 7 | | Program of The University of Texas at Austin; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, The daughter of Luis Carlos and Maria O. Castillo, |
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| 9 | 9 | | Deyanira Castillo is a senior at Weslaco East High School, and she |
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| 10 | 10 | | begins every school year six weeks late in order to work alongside |
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| 11 | 11 | | her family members in the fields of Michigan; since she was 14 years |
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| 12 | 12 | | old, Ms. Castillo has spent the summer months packing radishes, |
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| 13 | 13 | | beets, carrots, cilantro, and spinach for nearly 12 hours a day, 6 |
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| 14 | 14 | | days a week, and yet she has still managed to excel in the |
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| 15 | 15 | | classroom; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, With a 102.3 grade point average, Ms. Castillo ranks |
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| 17 | 17 | | in the top five in her class and has earned high scores on her |
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| 18 | 18 | | Advanced Placement exams; encouraged by her parents to make |
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| 19 | 19 | | education a priority, Ms. Castillo has devoted herself to her |
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| 20 | 20 | | courses, often staying after school to talk to her teachers or |
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| 21 | 21 | | studying all night to catch up on what she missed in the first weeks |
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| 22 | 22 | | of school; moreover, she has worked part-time at a department store |
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| 23 | 23 | | since 2007; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, This fine young Texan has further distinguished |
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| 25 | 25 | | herself through her involvement in numerous extracurricular |
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| 26 | 26 | | activities, including the University Interscholastic League math |
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| 27 | 27 | | and prose teams and the Drama Club, and she was inducted into the |
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| 28 | 28 | | National Honor Society; she is also the president of the Student |
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| 29 | 29 | | Council, and she has been recognized as the Student of the Week for |
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| 30 | 30 | | South Texas College and as the Student of the Month for the Rotary |
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| 31 | 31 | | Club; in addition, during her freshman and sophomore years of high |
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| 32 | 32 | | school, Ms. Castillo completed the summer courses offered by the |
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| 33 | 33 | | Migrant Student Graduation Enhancement Program, and these |
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| 34 | 34 | | experiences have motivated her to pursue a degree in international |
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| 35 | 35 | | business at UT Austin; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | WHEREAS, Through her perseverance, hard work, and |
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| 37 | 37 | | dedication, Deyanira Castillo has proven to be a student of great |
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| 38 | 38 | | ability and initiative, and she may indeed take justifiable pride |
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| 39 | 39 | | in her outstanding achievements; now, therefore, be it |
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| 40 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 41 | 41 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Deyanira Castillo on being named a |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2009 Student of the Year by the Migrant Student Graduation |
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| 43 | 43 | | Enhancement Program of The University of Texas at Austin and extend |
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| 44 | 44 | | to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 45 | 45 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 46 | 46 | | prepared for Ms. Castillo as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 47 | 47 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 48 | 48 | | Martinez |
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| 49 | 49 | | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 51 | 51 | | I certify that H.R. No. 1769 was adopted by the House on May |
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| 52 | 52 | | 11, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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| 53 | 53 | | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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