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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Ruth Cross on her
4 retirement from Naperville Community Unit School District 203;
5 and
 
6     WHEREAS, Ruth Cross is married to Thomas Cross; she is the
7 mother of four children, Tom, Brad, Scott, and Kennedy, and has
8 10 grandchildren; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Ruth Cross has a long and distinguished career in
10 education; she taught 4th grade students at P.H. Miller
11 Elementary School in Plano from 1973 to 1975 and taught 4th and
12 5th grade students at Centennial Elementary School in Plano
13 from 1975 to 1979; she became math coordinator in Plano from
14 1979 to 1981; she went on to teach 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade
15 students in the gifted program at Independence Elementary
16 School in Bolingbrook from 1981 to 1984; she moved to Wood View
17 Elementary School in Bolingbrook in 1984 to teach gifted 3rd
18 grade students; in 1987 she became associate principal at North
19 View Elementary School in Bolingbrook; she went on to serve as
20 principal at Ellsworth Elementary School in Naperville in 1989,
21 and then became principal of Mill Street Elementary School in
22 Naperville in 1993, where she served until 2004; her current
23 position, from which she is retiring, is Assistant

 

 

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1 Superintendent for School Programs and Services for Naperville
2 Community Unit School District 203; and
 
3     WHEREAS, Ruth Cross is a distinguished lecturer, giving
4 lectures on I Can Problem Solve for audiences in Illinois,
5 Iowa, Michigan, and Missouri; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Ruth Cross has been an active member of her
7 community; she is a member of the Collaborative for Academic,
8 Social and Emotional Learning; she was appointed to the
9 Children Mental Health Partnership in 2003; she is a member of
10 the Board of the Naperville United Way, as well as being an
11 avid supporter of the Naperville Education Foundation, Little
12 Friends, and the Heritage YMCA; and
 
13     WHEREAS, During her retirement, Ruth Cross will work for
14 the Regional Office of Education conducting workshops on
15 professional development with social and emotional learning
16 teams in school districts throughout DuPage County; therefore,
17 be it
 
18     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
19 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
20 congratulate Ruth Cross on the occasion of her retirement from
21 Naperville Community Unit School District 203 and wish her the
22 best in the future; and be it further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to Ruth Cross.