85R23661 RMA-D
By: Sanford H.R. No. 1525
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The McKinney Independent School District has been
named to the 2017 list of the Best Communities for Music Education
published by the National Association of Music Merchants
Foundation; and
WHEREAS, Each year, the NAMM Foundation, along with the
University of Kansas Music Research Institute, evaluates music
programs in some 14,000 U.S. school districts based on student
participation, demographic representation, budgetary and
administrative staff support, achievement records, and other
factors; only about four percent of the districts selected for this
assessment ultimately earn special recognition from the
association; and
WHEREAS, In addition to numerous McKinney ISD student
musicians receiving individual honors, many of the district's
ensembles have garnered acclaim at the local, state, and national
levels; McKinney Boyd High School, Evans Middle School, and Eddins
Elementary School have each earned Honor Choir recognition from the
Texas Music Educators Association, and the Cockrill Middle School
Honors Band has won numerous titles in the Mark of Excellence
National Wind Band Honors contest hosted by the Foundation for
Music Education; moreover, several groups from within the district
have performed at the prestigious Midwest Clinic International
Band, Orchestra, and Music Conference; in 2015, the Faubion Middle
School Orchestra was named a Middle School Honor Full Orchestra by
TMEA, and the McKinney High School and McKinney North High School
marching bands qualified for the University Interscholastic League
State Marching Band Contest; and
WHEREAS, McKinney ISD has established a long-standing
tradition of excellence in music education, and the district's
administrators, faculty, staff, and students may indeed take great
pride in this notable distinction; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate the McKinney Independent School
District for being named to the 2017 list of the Best Communities
for Music Education by the National Association of Music Merchants
Foundation and extend to all those associated with the district's
music programs sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be
it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the district as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.