Full Text of SR0531 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | 3 | | congratulate St. Francis High School, located in Wheaton, on | 4 | | being named a 2023 Exemplary High-Performing National Blue | 5 | | Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Since 1982, the National Blue Ribbon Schools | 7 | | Program annually recognizes public and private elementary, | 8 | | middle, and high schools based on their overall academic | 9 | | excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among | 10 | | student subgroups; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Opened in 1957, St. Francis High School is a | 12 | | Catholic, college preparatory learning community that promotes | 13 | | spiritual, academic, physical, social, and emotional | 14 | | development in its students; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, St. Francis High School is one of only four high | 16 | | schools in Illinois and one of 353 schools nationwide to be | 17 | | named a Blue Ribbon School this year; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, St. Francis High School is the only high school | 19 | | in Wheaton, public or private, and the only Catholic high | 20 | | school in the western suburbs to ever be named a Blue Ribbon | 21 | | School; it is also the only private high school to win the |
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| 1 | | award this year; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, St. Francis High School received this award | 3 | | thanks to the hard-working, dedicated teachers and support | 4 | | staff and their commitment to motivating students and ensuring | 5 | | all students achieve academic success; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, St. Francis High School is currently led by | 7 | | Principal Raeann Huhn; therefore, be it | 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate St. | 10 | | Francis High School on being named a 2023 Exemplary | 11 | | High-Performing National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. | 12 | | Department of Education, and we recognize its teachers and | 13 | | staff for their continued dedication and service to students; | 14 | | and be it further | 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to St. Francis High School as an expression of our | 17 | | esteem and respect. |
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