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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Central School in Des Plaines will celebrate its |
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| 100th anniversary this year; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1906 the original four-room school building was |
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| located at Thacker and Center Streets in Des Plaines; the |
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| school's former name was South Division School; during its |
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| first year, 150 students were enrolled in four grades, the |
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| first through the fourth grades; it was renamed Central School |
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| in 1928; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1961, the school opened at its present location |
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| at 1526 Thacker Street with a booming enrollment of nearly 500 |
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| students in seven grades, Kindergarten through the sixth grade; |
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| now in its Centennial Celebration Year, 235 students are |
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| enrolled in six grades, Kindergarten through the fifth grade; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Today, Central School maintains its commitment to |
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| the highest standards of education; its staff educates students |
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| in partnership with the students and their families, the school |
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| system, and the community; and
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| WHEREAS, Central School develops student literacy in |
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| communications, technology, the sciences, mathematics, foreign |
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| language, fine arts, health, and physical education; it creates |
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| a safe learning environment in which diversity is welcomed and |
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| respected; and
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| WHEREAS, Central School enables students to become |
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| responsible citizens with life skills which they will use in |
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| their adult roles at home, in the workplace, and in the |
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| community; and
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| WHEREAS, Central School is one of eleven schools in |