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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Daniel Breeden Elementary School in Brownsville |
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| 6 | 7 | | finished in the top 10 among the thousands of schools across the |
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| 7 | 8 | | nation that participated in the annual Great Reading Games, |
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| 8 | 9 | | sponsored by Learning Ally; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Learning Ally is a nonprofit organization that |
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| 10 | 11 | | provides educational materials to children with print |
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| 11 | 12 | | disabilities, including blindness, visual impairment, and |
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| 12 | 13 | | dyslexia; since 2014, it has hosted the Great Reading Games |
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| 13 | 14 | | competition to motivate those students to read more often, with the |
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| 14 | 15 | | goal of improving their reading skills; during this year's contest, |
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| 15 | 16 | | 17,000 participants read more than 5 million pages; and |
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| 16 | 17 | | WHEREAS, The Daniel Breeden Elementary School students who |
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| 17 | 18 | | took part in the 2017 Great Reading Games have demonstrated |
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| 18 | 19 | | considerable skill and perseverance in their outstanding |
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| 19 | 20 | | performance, and they are a great source of pride to their school |
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| 20 | 21 | | and their community; now, therefore, be it |
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| 21 | 22 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 22 | 23 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Daniel Breeden Elementary School |
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| 23 | 24 | | on finishing among the top 10 schools in the 2017 Learning Ally |
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| 24 | 25 | | Great Reading Games and extend to all those who took part in the |
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| 25 | 26 | | competition sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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| 26 | 27 | | further |
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| 27 | 28 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 28 | 29 | | prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 29 | 30 | | House of Representatives. |
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