88S31242 AMB-D
By: Menéndez S.R. No. 84
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Nathaniel Hawthorne Academy in the San Antonio
Independent School District is celebrating the 100th anniversary of
its founding during the 2023-2024 school year; and
WHEREAS, Named after renowned American author Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Hawthorne Academy opened its doors in 1923 as one of San
Antonio ISD's eight original junior high schools, and it earned the
distinction of being part of the first system of junior high schools
to be built from the ground up in the United States; it became an
elementary school in 1975 and then an internal charter academy in
2001; and
WHEREAS, Today, Hawthorne Academy serves students in
kindergarten through the eighth grade, and it benefits from the
able guidance of its principal, Kristina L. Smith; the school
features a program specialization in fine arts as well as a
comprehensive curriculum focused on the development of academic and
leadership skills, and it also offers a wide range of
extracurricular activities, including band, coding club, theater
arts, and athletics; and
WHEREAS, Over the course of the last century, Hawthorne
Academy has provided area youth with a strong educational
foundation on which to build, and it has made a lasting and positive
impact in the lives of generations of San Antonio residents; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature, 3rd
Called Session, hereby commemorate the centennial of Nathaniel
Hawthorne Academy in San Antonio and extend to all those associated
with the school sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the academy as an expression of high regard by the
Texas Senate.