Full Text of HR0486 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Mary Pat Palumbo on 47 | 4 | | years of service as a teacher at Bridgeport Catholic Academy in | 5 | | Chicago; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mary Palumbo began teaching in 1970; in 1985, she | 7 | | educated the intermediate grades and junior high school; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Mary Palumbo has played many roles, including | 9 | | serving as assistant principal, junior high coordinator, | 10 | | eucharistic minister, and on the curriculum evaluation team; | 11 | | she prepared students for the sacrament of Confirmation, the | 12 | | 8th grade U.S. Constitution Test, and coordinated graduation | 13 | | ceremony and activities; she has served as the moderator of the | 14 | | National Current Events Team, co-directs the Literacy | 15 | | Magazine, and serves as the social studies coordinator; she | 16 | | organized and coached a student team for their participation in | 17 | | the television program "Know Your Heritage"; she also served as | 18 | | a mission coordinator and CCD instructor; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Mary Palumbo's many awards and tributes speak | 20 | | volumes about her esteemed status among her colleagues and | 21 | | students; she composed a portion of the paper, "The Building of | 22 | | Chicago - Choices and Changes", which was published in the |
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| 1 | | Chicago Tribune Education Services; she also participated in | 2 | | the National Endowment for the Humanities sponsored project, | 3 | | "Personal Profiles of Chicago's Economic History"; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Mary Palumbo holds a Bachelor of Arts in History | 5 | | with a minor in Sociology from the University of St. Francis; | 6 | | she holds a certificate for secondary education and has worked | 7 | | towards her master's degree from DePaul University; she also | 8 | | has credit hours in developmental education and | 9 | | neurodevelopmental learning; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Mary Palumbo's energy, creativity, and passion | 11 | | for teaching has been an inspiration to her many, many | 12 | | students; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 14 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 | | congratulate Mary Pat Palumbo on 47 years of service as a | 16 | | teacher at Bridgeport Catholic Academy, and we wish her the | 17 | | best in all her future endeavors; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to Mary Palumbo as an expression of our esteem and | 20 | | respect.
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