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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to honor the faculty, staff, 
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students, and alumni of Lake Forest Academy as they celebrate 
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the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the Academy; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Lake Forest Academy is an independent, 
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co-educational high school located in Lake Forest; the Academy 
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was founded by elders of the Presbyterian Church in Chicago; 
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the Academy was chartered by the State of Illinois on February 
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13, 1857, as a college preparatory school for boys; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Academy was a part of Lind (Lake Forest) 
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Academy, which also comprised Lake Forest College and the Young 
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Ladies Seminary at Ferry Hall; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Classes began in the fall of 1858 and have 
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continued to this day; Lake Forest Academy and Ferry Hall 
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became independent of the University in 1925 and formally 
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merged in 1974; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Lake Forest Academy offers a rigorous college 
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preparatory curriculum within the context of teaching the whole 
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child; Lake Forest Academy is the oldest institution in the 
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community, predating the incorporation of Lake Forest by four 
 


 






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years; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Academy provides an education of the highest 
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caliber to its students in an environment that reflects the 
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four pillars of the school's mission: character, scholarship, 
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citizenship, and responsibility; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate the faculty, staff, students, and alumni of Lake 
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Forest Academy and offer our best as they celebrate this 
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special anniversary; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the Head of School Dr. John Strudwick as a symbol 
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of our esteem.