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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 the Academy of the Sacred |
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| Heart for Girls and Hardey Preparatory for Boys in Chicago on |
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| the occasion of the dedication of a new classroom addition to |
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| their school; and
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| WHEREAS, Sacred Heart Schools are members of the Network of |
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| Sacred Heart Schools which includes 21 schools across the |
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| United States; the Schools maintain an affiliation with nearly |
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| 150 Sacred Heart schools in 32 countries worldwide; and
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| WHEREAS, The Sacred Heart Schools were founded in 1876, |
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| just five years after the great Chicago fire, by Mother |
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| Elizabeth Tucker and three other Religious of the Sacred Heart; |
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| today, the Schools enroll 500 students in Kindergarten through |
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| 8th grade in single-sex co-institutional elementary schools; |
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| when the expansion project is complete, the Schools will be |
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| able to accommodate 600 students still contained in small class |
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| sizes of 16-18 students; and
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| WHEREAS, The new 33,000 square foot addition includes a new |
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| library/media center, middle school and kindergarten |
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| classrooms, science labs, a computer lab, a large multi-purpose |
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| room, and a roof-top playground; and
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| WHEREAS, On May 1, 2004, the new building will be blessed |
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| with tours and a reception; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate the Academy of the Sacred Heart for Girls and |
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| Hardey Preparatory for Boys on their recent addition to their |
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| school and salute all those involved in this important effort; |
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| and be it further
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