HR0652 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate Sarah Fine-Koukol of St. Vincent Ferrer School in River Forest, on being named the 2011 Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher of the Year by the Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom Program; and

WHEREAS, She will receive a plaque and a trip to the 2012 National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference in Loveland, Colorado; she is also the nominees for the National Excellence in Teaching Agriculture Award; and

WHEREAS, She teaches fourth grade at St. Vincent Ferrer School; students, parents, faculty members, and community members have all been impacted by the agricultural activities that she employs in the classroom; and

WHEREAS, She used the Classroom Adopt-A-Classroom Program, a pen-pal program that partnered students with a farm writer; her class was able to communicate with their farmer through letters and video exchanges; her class was later able to visit the farm, 2 hours away from the school; and

WHEREAS, Sarah Fine-Koukol teaches her students the importance of American agriculture on a daily basis and is truly deserving of this award; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Sarah Fine-Koukol on this honor and wish her continued success in her future endeavors; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Sarah Fine-Koukol as a symbol of our respect and esteem.