Full Text of HR0857 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the administration, | 4 | | teachers, and students of Longfellow Elementary School on the | 5 | | occasion of the school's designation as a National Blue Ribbon | 6 | | School by the United States Department of Education; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program | 8 | | recognizes public and private elementary, middle, and high | 9 | | schools where students either achieve high learning standards | 10 | | or are making notable improvements in closing the achievement | 11 | | gap; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Longfellow Elementary School was recognized in | 13 | | the category of Exemplary High Performing Schools, which are | 14 | | among the State's highest performing schools as measured by | 15 | | State assessments or national tests; the category also | 16 | | recognizes the highest levels of student subgroup performance | 17 | | and high school graduation rates; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Longfellow Elementary School touts its small | 19 | | class sizes and has just 4 classrooms at each grade level from | 20 | | kindergarten to fifth grade, with an average of 23 students per | 21 | | class; the school serves about 400 students and has a program | 22 | | for English Language Learners, with 47 identified ELL students |
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| 1 | | speaking about 10 different languages or 19 home languages; the | 2 | | school also has a full-time reading specialist and a part-time | 3 | | reading teacher available to teach at-risk students in small | 4 | | groups and has one of the district's largest gifted programs, | 5 | | which teaches 46 intermediate students in reading and math; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Longfellow Elementary School will be officially | 7 | | recognized at a ceremony on November 9-10, 2015 in Washington, | 8 | | D.C.; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The administration, teachers, and students of | 10 | | Longfellow Elementary School serve as models of hard work, | 11 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 12 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 | | congratulate the administration, teachers, and students of | 16 | | Longfellow Elementary School on the occasion of the school's | 17 | | designation as a National Blue Ribbon School by the United | 18 | | States Department of Education and wish them continued success | 19 | | and happiness in the future; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to Longfellow Elementary School as a symbol of our | 22 | | esteem and respect.
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