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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate the faculty,
4 staff, and students of Link Elementary School in Elk Grove
5 Village on the occasion of being named as one of the top
6 schools in the nation at the U.S. Department of Education's No
7 Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School ceremony in November of
8 2007; and
 
9     WHEREAS, The No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Schools
10 program recognizes schools that make significant progress in
11 closing the achievement gap or whose students achieve at very
12 high levels; the program selects schools with at least 40
13 percent of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds that
14 dramatically improve student performance on state tests or
15 schools whose students, regardless of background, achieve in
16 the top 10 percent of their state on state tests; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Link Elementary School was one of 287 schools in
18 the nation named a No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School in
19 2007; Link School was selected as a school that achieves in the
20 top 10 percent of Illinois schools on the Illinois Standards
21 Achievement Test (ISAT) given each spring; and
 
22     WHEREAS, The mission of Link Elementary School is to

 

 

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1 inspire every student, "to think, to learn, to achieve and to
2 care"; the school has committed itself to helping students
3 develop the capacity for learning so that they can live
4 effectively in a complex and diverse world; and
 
5     WHEREAS, In recognition of the progress Link Elementary
6 School has made, the school will receive an award certificate
7 as part of the Blue Ribbon Schools program; Principal Barbara
8 Schremser and sixth-grade teacher Katie Schneider will travel
9 to Washington, D.C., for the official awards ceremony on
10 November 12 and 13, 2007; and
 
11     WHEREAS, The dedication and capability of the faculty and
12 staff of Link Elementary School is invaluable to the efforts of
13 the State of Illinois to provide the best education for its
14 children; therefore, be it
 
15     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
16 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
17 congratulate the faculty, staff, and students of Link
18 Elementary School on being named a No Child Left Behind Blue
19 Ribbon School and wish them continued success and happiness in
20 the future; and be it further
 
21     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22 presented to Link Elementary School Principal Barbara

 

 

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1 Schremser as a symbol of our esteem and respect.