| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2525 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The Texas MATHCOUNTS Team captured top honors at the |
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| 6 | 6 | | 2009 MATHCOUNTS National Competition, which took place in Orlando, |
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| 7 | 7 | | Florida, on May 8, 2009; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, A national mathematics coaching and competition |
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| 9 | 9 | | program, MATHCOUNTS serves to promote interest in the career |
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| 10 | 10 | | opportunities that are available in mathematics, engineering, |
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| 11 | 11 | | technology, and science; the program allows more than 500,000 |
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| 12 | 12 | | students nationwide to become involved in coaching sessions at the |
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| 13 | 13 | | school level and to develop critical thinking skills and |
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| 14 | 14 | | problem-solving techniques in algebra, computation, consumer math, |
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| 15 | 15 | | geometry, logic, statistics, and other fields; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, The Texas team consisted of four exceptional |
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| 17 | 17 | | students, Yury Aglyamov from Kealing Middle School in Austin, |
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| 18 | 18 | | Steven Chen from Canyon Vista Middle School in Round Rock, and Bobby |
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| 19 | 19 | | Shen and Lilly Shen, both from First Colony Middle School in Sugar |
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| 20 | 20 | | Land; Bobby Shen also earned first place overall and became the 2009 |
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| 21 | 21 | | National MATHCOUNTS Champion; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Serving as coach for the 2009 Texas team was math |
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| 23 | 23 | | teacher Jeff Boyd of First Colony Middle School in Sugar Land; the |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2009 victory marks the fourth national title in five years for the |
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| 25 | 25 | | Lone Star State teams headed by Mr. Boyd, which makes him the most |
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| 26 | 26 | | successful coach in MATHCOUNTS history; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, These talented young Texans have each demonstrated |
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| 28 | 28 | | admirable commitment to the pursuit of excellence in mathematics |
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| 29 | 29 | | through countless hours of hard work, and it is indeed a pleasure to |
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| 30 | 30 | | recognize them for their outstanding achievement; now, therefore, |
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| 31 | 31 | | be it |
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| 32 | 32 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 33 | 33 | | Legislature hereby congratulate the Texas team on winning the 2009 |
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| 34 | 34 | | MATHCOUNTS National Competition and extend to Mathletes Yury |
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| 35 | 35 | | Aglyamov, Steven Chen, Bobby Shen, and Lilly Shen, and Coach Jeff |
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| 36 | 36 | | Boyd sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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| 37 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 38 | 38 | | prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 39 | 39 | | House of Representatives. |
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| 40 | 40 | | Callegari |
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| 41 | 41 | | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 43 | 43 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2525 was adopted by the House on May |
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| 44 | 44 | | 31, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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| 45 | 45 | | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | 46 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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