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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives wish to recognize Elgin High School Teacher, |
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| Deborah Perryman, on receiving the Illinois Teacher of the Year |
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| award on April 17, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Perryman is a biology and environmental |
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| science teacher from Elgin High School, where she has taught |
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| since 1994; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Perryman received a bachelor's degree from |
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| Western Michigan University and a master's degree from Aurora |
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| University; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Perryman's School District, U-46, is the |
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| second largest district in Illinois, serving over 39,000 |
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| students in all grade levels from 11 communities in Chicago's |
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| northwest suburbs; because of their size, the district offers |
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| the most comprehensive K-12 educational opportunities |
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| available in the Fox Valley area; and
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| WHEREAS, After learning that storm-water isn't treated |
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| before entering creeks, rivers, and lakes, Ms. Perryman's |
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| students initiated a class project that marked 3,800 storm |
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| drains in the Polar Creek watershed with warning signs against |
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| dumping waste in the drains; the initiative was copied and |
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| continued by the Conservation Foundation; in addition, Ms. |
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| Perryman and her students transformed 35 acres of vacant high |
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| school property into the Elgin High School Nature Trail; and
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| WHEREAS, She was chosen from a pool of 300 nominees and 12 |
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| finalists; as part of the award, she will spend the 2004 fall |
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| semester speaking at workshops, an educational conference, and |
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| community meetings; in addition, she will represent Illinois at |
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| the NASA Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama, and in the National |