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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Principal Brian Kelly, |
| 4 | | Ed.D. on the occasion of being a finalist for the 2024 Golden |
| 5 | | Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Golden Apple Awards, sponsored by the Golden |
| 7 | | Apple Foundation, honor excellence in teaching and school |
| 8 | | leadership; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Out of more than 100 nominations, Dr. Kelly was |
| 10 | | one of five school principals named as a finalist for the |
| 11 | | Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership in the State |
| 12 | | of Illinois; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kelly, a Chicago Public Schools (CPS) |
| 14 | | graduate, received his Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and |
| 15 | | Master of Education from DePaul University, his Master of Arts |
| 16 | | in Special Education and Teaching from the University of |
| 17 | | Illinois at Chicago (UIC), his Master of Education in |
| 18 | | Educational Leadership and Administration from Concordia |
| 19 | | University Chicago, and his Doctor of Education in Urban |
| 20 | | Education and Leadership from UIC; and
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| 21 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kelly has served as the principal at Dr. |
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| 1 | | Martin Luther King Jr. College Preparatory High School (King |
| 2 | | College Prep) since 2019; he began his career at CPS as a |
| 3 | | social studies teacher and special education teacher for |
| 4 | | students with behavioral and emotional disorders and specific |
| 5 | | learning disabilities, working at Morgan Park High School and |
| 6 | | George Westinghouse College Preparatory High School before |
| 7 | | serving as an assistant principal at John F. Kennedy High |
| 8 | | School; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, During his tenure at King College Prep, Dr. Kelly |
| 10 | | has led educators in building systems and processes to improve |
| 11 | | the student experience and increase student achievement; under |
| 12 | | his direction, the school's annual attendance rate has |
| 13 | | increased from 89% to 94%, its enrollment has grown nearly |
| 14 | | 50%, its participation in athletic programs has tripled, its |
| 15 | | GPA has increased from 2.59 to 3.80, and its four-year |
| 16 | | graduation rate has reached over 99%; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kelly has previously received an award for |
| 18 | | Excellence in Administration from the Those Who Excel & |
| 19 | | Teacher of the Year program by the Illinois State Board of |
| 20 | | Education in 2023; he has also served as a leadership lab |
| 21 | | practitioner for the Cahn Fellowship, an organization that |
| 22 | | provides advanced leadership development for talented school |
| 23 | | leaders in large metropolitan areas; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kelly believes in creating an environment |
| 2 | | where leaders model the expectations they have for those |
| 3 | | around them and lead with the heart, and he has worked to |
| 4 | | measure outcomes in learning for their intended impact while |
| 5 | | creating an environment where students have a balance of |
| 6 | | academics, extracurricular and athletic activities, and social |
| 7 | | development opportunities; therefore, be it
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| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 9 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 10 | | we congratulate Principal Brian Kelly, Ed.D. on being a |
| 11 | | finalist for the 2024 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in |
| 12 | | Leadership, and we commend him for his dedication to the |
| 13 | | students, community, and staff of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 14 | | College Preparatory High School; and be it further
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 16 | | presented to Dr. Kelly as an expression of our esteem and |
| 17 | | respect. |