Full Text of HR0432 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Bess Shizas as she | 4 | | retires after 36 years of teaching; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bess Shizas taught Language Arts at North Ridge | 6 | | Junior High School in Danville from 1961-1963 and English at | 7 | | Lyons Township High School in Western Springs from 1963-1975, | 8 | | where she was the chairperson of freshmen level and student | 9 | | council advisor; for the past 22 years, from 1990-2012, she has | 10 | | been at Koraes Elementary School in Palos Hills as the Junior | 11 | | High Language Arts teacher, 8th grade advisor, newspaper | 12 | | advisor, and Hellenic Law Day advisor; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Bess Shizas has had a tremendous influence on the | 14 | | students that have passed through her classroom over the years | 15 | | and is often visited by former students who are now in high | 16 | | school, college, and the work force to express their admiration | 17 | | and thank her for the influence she had on their lives; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Bess Shizas was always guided by her favorite | 19 | | quotation: "What the teacher is, is more important than what | 20 | | she teaches"; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Bess Shizas realized early in her teaching career |
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| 1 | | the significance she could have and that teaching students | 2 | | allowed her endless opportunities to laugh with them, to listen | 3 | | and encourage their ideas, and to inspire them to read and | 4 | | appreciate literature; she was honored to be their teacher and | 5 | | impart the values and knowledge that would lead them to | 6 | | productive lives; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, On December 29, 2012, a surprise retirement party | 8 | | was held to honor Bess Shizas by her daughter, Mary Beth at | 9 | | Mongo McMichaels Restaurant in Romeoville; filled with | 10 | | approximately 300 guests including family, friends, and | 11 | | students, past and present, the gathering showed the impact she | 12 | | has had on so many; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Bess Shizas names the 2 highlights of her teaching | 14 | | career to be when past students would visit and tell her how | 15 | | they continued to utilize what she taught them and her | 16 | | retirement party when she was overwhelmed by the comments of | 17 | | those there to honor her which solidified that she had chosen a | 18 | | profession she loved and would cherish forever; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Bess Shizas has a bachelors of science in English | 20 | | Education earned in 1961 and a masters of education earned in | 21 | | 1965, both from the University of Illinois; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Bess Shizas, daughter of Tom and Mary Pergakes, |
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| 1 | | was born on July 26, 1939, in Danville; she graduated from | 2 | | Danville High School in 1957 and resided there until moving to | 3 | | the Chicago area to teach at Lyons Township High School in | 4 | | 1963; she married Spero P. Shizas in 1970 and they had one | 5 | | daughter, Mary Beth, born in 1975; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | we congratulate Bess Shizas on the occasion of her retirement | 9 | | after 36 years of teaching, thank her for her commitment to | 10 | | education, and wish her all the best in her future endeavours; | 11 | | and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to Bess Shizas as an expression of our esteem and | 14 | | respect.
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