| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 1869 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Members of the Chap Robotics team of Westlake High |
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| 6 | 6 | | School in Austin will be demonstrating their talent and hard work on |
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| 7 | 7 | | May 5, 2009, when they exhibit their robots at the K12 Robotics Expo |
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| 8 | 8 | | at the State Capitol; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, The Chap Robotics team is made up of students from |
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| 10 | 10 | | Westlake High School's two-year robotics curriculum; these |
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| 11 | 11 | | talented and energetic young people work together to design and |
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| 12 | 12 | | create robots for competition; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, The team also works to foster interest in science, |
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| 14 | 14 | | mathematics, and technology throughout the community by |
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| 15 | 15 | | introducing basic robotics to local elementary and middle schools |
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| 16 | 16 | | and making presentations to business and parent groups; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, The K12 Robotics Expo at the State Capitol is part of |
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| 18 | 18 | | the Capitol Boosting Engineering Science and Technology program; |
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| 19 | 19 | | Capitol BEST is an annual robotics competition in Travis and |
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| 20 | 20 | | surrounding counties; teams of high school students are given six |
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| 21 | 21 | | weeks to create a remote-controlled machine from a box of raw |
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| 22 | 22 | | materials, and winners advance to the Texas BEST contest at Texas |
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| 23 | 23 | | A&M University; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, During the team's visit to the seat of state |
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| 25 | 25 | | government, the Capitol will showcase the innovative work of these |
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| 26 | 26 | | outstanding students, and this unusual event represents an |
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| 27 | 27 | | excellent opportunity to admire the ingenuity, enthusiasm, and |
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| 28 | 28 | | discipline of the members of the Chap Robotics team; now, |
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| 29 | 29 | | therefore, be it |
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| 30 | 30 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 31 | 31 | | Legislature hereby welcome the Westlake High School Chap Robotics |
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| 32 | 32 | | team to the State Capitol and extend to the team's members and |
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| 33 | 33 | | sponsors sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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| 34 | 34 | | further |
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| 35 | 35 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 36 | 36 | | prepared for Chap Robotics as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 37 | 37 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 38 | 38 | | Howard of Travis |
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| 39 | 39 | | ______________________________ |
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| 40 | 40 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 41 | 41 | | I certify that H.R. No. 1869 was adopted by the House on May |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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| 43 | 43 | | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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