SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 84
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 State of Texas, 88th
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 from the
Texas Senate.
Menéndez
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on November 7, 2023.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate