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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Klein High School academic decathlon team |
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| 6 | 7 | | enjoyed great success in the 2016-2017 season; and |
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| 7 | 8 | | WHEREAS, The academic decathlon program provides high school |
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| 8 | 9 | | students with an opportunity to experience the challenges of |
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| 9 | 10 | | rigorous academic competition through participation in team |
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| 10 | 11 | | activities covering 10 content areas: art, math, music, economics, |
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| 11 | 12 | | essay, interview, language and literature, science, speech, and |
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| 12 | 13 | | social science; and |
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| 13 | 14 | | WHEREAS, After finishing first in their district during the |
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| 14 | 15 | | 2016-2017 season, the Klein High School team went on to win first at |
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| 15 | 16 | | the Oliver Wendell Holmes Invitational event and first at the |
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| 16 | 17 | | regional contest, where it also took first place honors in the Super |
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| 17 | 18 | | Quiz category and where team member Logan Baker finished with the |
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| 18 | 19 | | individual high point award; the Bearkats then capped off an |
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| 19 | 20 | | outstanding year by finishing 14th at the state championship meet, |
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| 20 | 21 | | held February 24-26, during which they garnered eight individual |
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| 21 | 22 | | medals and third place in Super Quiz; and |
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| 22 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Under the leadership of head coach Cheryl Freeman |
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| 23 | 24 | | and assistant coach Michelle Halek, the Bearkats received vital |
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| 24 | 25 | | contributions throughout the season from each member of the team: |
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| 25 | 26 | | Chibu Ejiofor, Danielle Breitstein, Kim Nguyen, Esther Marin, Benny |
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| 26 | 27 | | DuPriest, Divya Nagarajan, Logan Baker, Leon Butler, and Vix Brown; |
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| 27 | 28 | | and |
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| 28 | 29 | | WHEREAS, Through their talent, hard work, and commitment to |
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| 29 | 30 | | excellence, the members of the 2016-2017 Klein High School academic |
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| 30 | 31 | | decathlon team have brought pride to their school and their |
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| 31 | 32 | | community, and they are indeed deserving of recognition for their |
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| 32 | 33 | | accomplishments; now, therefore, be it |
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| 33 | 34 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 34 | 35 | | Legislature hereby congratulate the Klein High School academic |
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| 35 | 36 | | decathlon team on a successful 2016-2017 season and extend to all |
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| 36 | 37 | | those associated with the team sincere best wishes for the future; |
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| 37 | 38 | | and, be it further |
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| 38 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 39 | 40 | | prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 40 | 41 | | House of Representatives. |
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