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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Students from Goose Creek Consolidated Independent |
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| 6 | 7 | | School District took home multiple awards from the National History |
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| 7 | 8 | | Day contest, held in College Park, Maryland, June 12-16, 2016; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Continuing the district's long tradition of success |
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| 9 | 10 | | in the competition, Benjamin Warford-Johnston of Gentry Junior High |
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| 10 | 11 | | School won first place in the junior division individual paper |
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| 11 | 12 | | category with his historical paper titled "American Colonial |
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| 12 | 13 | | Committees of Correspondence: Encountering Oppression, Exploring |
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| 13 | 14 | | Unity, and Exchanging Visions of the Future"; and |
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| 14 | 15 | | WHEREAS, Danielle Garcia and Priscilla Garcia, students at |
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| 15 | 16 | | Ross S. Sterling High School, placed second in the nation for their |
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| 16 | 17 | | senior group exhibit, "WWII Women Air Force Service Pilots: |
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| 17 | 18 | | Exchanging Traditional Roles, Exploring Military Aviation and |
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| 18 | 19 | | Encountering Discrimination"; their exhibit was also selected by |
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| 19 | 20 | | Texas History Day coordinators to be displayed at the American |
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| 20 | 21 | | History Museum in Washington, D. C.; and |
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| 21 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Tomas de la Rosa of Ross S. Sterling High earned |
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| 22 | 23 | | third place for his senior historical paper, "An Alien Race That |
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| 23 | 24 | | Should be Segregated Socially: Mendez v. Westminster," and two |
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| 24 | 25 | | other Sterling students, Kyleigh Fanning and Matthew Broussard, |
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| 25 | 26 | | received the George Washington Leadership in History Award for |
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| 26 | 27 | | their senior group documentary, From Confederation to Nation; |
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| 27 | 28 | | moreover, the Legacy Award for outstanding past and present |
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| 28 | 29 | | accomplishments in the competition was given to Mr. Broussard, who |
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| 29 | 30 | | won individual performance first-place prizes at National History |
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| 30 | 31 | | Day in 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2015; and |
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| 31 | 32 | | WHEREAS, Havi Nguyen of Ross S. Sterling also made an |
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| 32 | 33 | | impressive showing in the senior individual exhibit category, |
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| 33 | 34 | | further adding to Goose Creek CISD students' many achievements at |
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| 34 | 35 | | the event; and |
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| 35 | 36 | | WHEREAS, These talented young men and women demonstrated |
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| 36 | 37 | | outstanding intelligence and resourcefulness with their stellar |
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| 37 | 38 | | performance at National History Day, and they have brought |
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| 38 | 39 | | tremendous pride to their families, to their schools, and to the |
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| 39 | 40 | | State of Texas; now, therefore, be it |
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| 40 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 41 | 42 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Benjamin Warford-Johnston, |
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| 42 | 43 | | Danielle Garcia, Priscilla Garcia, Tomas de la Rosa, Kyleigh |
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| 43 | 44 | | Fanning, Matthew Broussard, and Havi Nguyen on their superb efforts |
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| 44 | 45 | | at the 2016 National History Day competition and extend to them |
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| 45 | 46 | | sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 46 | 47 | | RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared |
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| 47 | 48 | | for the students as an expression of high regard by the Texas House |
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| 48 | 49 | | of Representatives. |
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