| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2232 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, During 2009, the students, faculty, staff, and |
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| 6 | 6 | | administrators of T. J. Lee Elementary School in Irving are |
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| 7 | 7 | | commemorating the 50th anniversary of the school's establishment; |
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| 8 | 8 | | and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Lee Elementary provides an outstanding learning |
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| 10 | 10 | | environment through the dedicated efforts of its exemplary |
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| 11 | 11 | | instructors, several of whom have been recognized by the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Association of Texas Professional Educators for superior |
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| 13 | 13 | | performance; students have benefited greatly, as indicated by such |
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| 14 | 14 | | notable accomplishments as the second-place standing in regional |
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| 15 | 15 | | competition achieved by the fifth-grade Destination ImagiNation |
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| 16 | 16 | | team; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Committed to providing young people with a nurturing |
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| 18 | 18 | | environment, the faculty and staff work to help students develop |
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| 19 | 19 | | social skills and individual responsibility; the Sarah Cahill Good |
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| 20 | 20 | | Citizen Award is an honor given to a student who exhibits good |
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| 21 | 21 | | citizenship and the values of friendship and is named for a former |
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| 22 | 22 | | student who epitomized these qualities; T. J. Lee also has been the |
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| 23 | 23 | | district's leader in all recycling efforts for many years and has |
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| 24 | 24 | | won the first-place award for the Irving Arts Center Christmas tree |
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| 25 | 25 | | decorating contest three separate times; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, The school's administrators and members of its food |
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| 27 | 27 | | services department recognize that healthy students are more |
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| 28 | 28 | | productive learners now and for a lifetime, and T. J. Lee has been |
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| 29 | 29 | | named by the USDA as the first Silver and the first Gold school in |
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| 30 | 30 | | Texas for its commitment to the highest levels of nutrition and |
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| 31 | 31 | | physical education; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS, Parents and members of the community are encouraged |
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| 33 | 33 | | to be involved in the educational process; the school is a member of |
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| 34 | 34 | | the Texas PTA and was the first school in the Irving Independent |
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| 35 | 35 | | School District to start an annual Block Party, which brings |
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| 36 | 36 | | together community members, students, and parents to kick off the |
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| 37 | 37 | | school year with food and fun; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | WHEREAS, Over the course of five eventful decades, T. J. Lee |
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| 39 | 39 | | Elementary School has educated thousands of Irving students and |
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| 40 | 40 | | provided a foundation on which they could build rewarding and |
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| 41 | 41 | | fulfilling lives; now, therefore, be it |
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| 42 | 42 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 43 | 43 | | Legislature hereby commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opening |
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| 44 | 44 | | of T. J. Lee Elementary School in Irving and extend to all those |
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| 45 | 45 | | associated with the school sincere best wishes for continued |
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| 46 | 46 | | success; and, be it further |
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| 47 | 47 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 48 | 48 | | prepared for T. J. Lee Elementary School as an expression of high |
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| 49 | 49 | | regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 50 | 50 | | Harper-Brown |
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| 51 | 51 | | ______________________________ |
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| 52 | 52 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 53 | 53 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2232 was adopted by the House on May |
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| 54 | 54 | | 21, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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| 55 | 55 | | ______________________________ |
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| 56 | 56 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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