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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Prosper High School University |
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| 6 | 7 | | Interscholastic League academics teams distinguished themselves |
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| 7 | 8 | | with their exceptional performances at the District 14-5A spring |
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| 8 | 9 | | meet, held from March 23 through April 1, 2017; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, The Prosper High School competitors achieved a |
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| 10 | 11 | | remarkable victory by earning a total of 718 points at the contest, |
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| 11 | 12 | | more than any other 5A school in the state; the score also broke the |
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| 12 | 13 | | school's record for the second year running and made Prosper High |
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| 13 | 14 | | the overall district champions; and |
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| 14 | 15 | | WHEREAS, Prosper came away with eight team wins, placing |
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| 15 | 16 | | first in speech and debate, journalism, accounting, calculator |
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| 16 | 17 | | applications, computer science, current issues and events, |
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| 17 | 18 | | mathematics, and number sense; moreover, the Eagles attained 13 |
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| 18 | 19 | | individual first-place honors, in accounting, calculator |
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| 19 | 20 | | applications, computer applications, mathematics, number sense, |
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| 20 | 21 | | feature writing, headline writing, news writing, Lincoln-Douglas |
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| 21 | 22 | | debate, informative speaking, persuasive speaking, poetry |
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| 22 | 23 | | interpretation, and prose interpretation; and |
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| 23 | 24 | | WHEREAS, The school's UIL teams draw on the efforts of both |
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| 24 | 25 | | experienced seniors and dedicated younger students, who challenge |
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| 25 | 26 | | each other to continue learning and improving; under the expert |
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| 26 | 27 | | guidance of its advisor, each group has practiced at least once a |
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| 27 | 28 | | week since early in the school year; and |
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| 28 | 29 | | WHEREAS, With their outstanding showing in the district |
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| 29 | 30 | | competition, the members of the Prosper High UIL academics teams |
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| 30 | 31 | | have proudly represented their school and community, and the hard |
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| 31 | 32 | | work and determination that the students have demonstrated are sure |
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| 32 | 33 | | to serve them well in the years ahead; 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 UIL academics teams of Prosper |
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| 35 | 36 | | High School on winning the District 14-5A championship and extend |
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| 36 | 37 | | to them sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 37 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 38 | 39 | | prepared for the group as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 39 | 40 | | House of Representatives. |
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