Full Text of HR0598 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to applaud the Lovely
LEGO Ladies robotics | 4 | | team from Crystal Lake Community School District 47 on | 5 | | successfully
competing in the LEGOLAND North American Open | 6 | | championship and receiving the "Rising
Star Award"; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Lovely LEGO Ladies team is made up of an | 8 | | all-girl group of fifth graders from
Husmann Elementary School | 9 | | in Crystal Lake and West Lake Christian Academy in Grayslake; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The team, including Maddie Dennis, Molly Wacaser, | 12 | | Allie Klauser, Sammie
Stebbings, and Jocelyn Nieze, concluded | 13 | | its first year of contention in the competition by
qualifying | 14 | | for the North American championships; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The LEGOLAND North American Open competitions, | 16 | | held in Carlsbad,
California, consist of 4 elements: (i) a | 17 | | research project presentation, (ii) a team-building
activity, | 18 | | (iii) a robot design presentation, and (iv) a session where the | 19 | | robot designed is
programmed to move around a board to complete | 20 | | as many missions as possible in two and a half
minutes; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, The LEGOLAND North American Open competitions |
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| 1 | | included a total of 78 teams,
with only 17 reaching the later | 2 | | stages; the Lovely LEGO Ladies team belonged to the
FIRST LEGO | 3 | | League, which is designed to introduce kids in fourth through | 4 | | eighth grade to the
science, technology, engineering, and | 5 | | mathematics fields; each competing team works to program an | 6 | | autonomous robot to score points on a
playing field; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Lovely LEGO Ladies are coached by parents | 8 | | Taryn and Ken Stebbings, who
came up with the idea for a | 9 | | robotics league after they heard about the success of Fruit | 10 | | Salad,
another all-girls robotics team from Crystal Lake; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Apart from receiving such high marks and merits | 12 | | for their extraordinary work in the
field of science and | 13 | | technology, the young girls earned much more than a trophy; | 14 | | coach Taryn
Stebbings stated, "Not only have [the girls] | 15 | | learned about designing and programming a robot,
but they have | 16 | | learned public speaking skills, problem-solving skills, and | 17 | | time and stress-management
skills"; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 20 | | commend the praiseworthy
and superb successes of the Lovely | 21 | | LEGO Ladies robotics team from the Crystal Lake
Community | 22 | | School District 47 for their impressive feat and wish them | 23 | | continued success in their
future academic studies and |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the members of the Lovely
LEGO Ladies and coaches | 4 | | Taryn and Ken Stebbings as a symbol of our sincere praise and
| 5 | | appreciation.
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