Full Text of SR0579 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are pleased to | 3 | | recognize Kathleen "Kate" Janush for
her distinguished service | 4 | | and achievements in education and in the community; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kate Janush received her Bachelor of Arts in | 6 | | English and Education from Good Counsel College in
White | 7 | | Plains, New York; she received her Master of Arts in English | 8 | | from Western Illinois University; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Kate Janush began working as an educator 44 years | 10 | | ago; she started teaching at St. Giles School
in 1987 and | 11 | | taught the 7th and 8th grades for 29 years, inspiring students | 12 | | through her language arts
and literature classes; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Kate Janush is fondly known as "Mrs. J."; she is | 14 | | well-known for her love of reading,
which she has passed on to | 15 | | thousands of students over the years; she expressed her passion | 16 | | with a
poster near her desk that reads "If you think reading is | 17 | | boring, you're not doing it right."; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Early in her career, Kate Janush started her | 19 | | classes on a regimen of reading the
legendary yellow dot books | 20 | | from the school library; she required her students to read a | 21 | | yellow
dot book every two weeks during their 7th and 8th grade |
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| 1 | | years, and take a 20-question quiz on the
book, in addition to | 2 | | their regular class reading assignments; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Kate Janush wholeheartedly believed in Maya | 4 | | Angelou's quote, "Any book that helps
a child to form a habit | 5 | | of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing | 6 | | needs, is good
for him."; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Kate Janush contributed her tireless efforts to | 8 | | editing St. Giles' school yearbooks for
24 years, and as the | 9 | | unofficial school historian beginning in 1990, launched a | 10 | | collection of
graduation memory boxes with photos and | 11 | | memorabilia; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Kate Janush was co-director of the 8th grade | 13 | | theater productions for 16 years with
former 8th grade math | 14 | | teacher, Puddy Larsen; it was a labor of love as she | 15 | | co-launched
the theater project "as a way to get the 8th | 16 | | graders all working together", thus becoming a much
anticipated | 17 | | and valued tradition of the 8th grade year at St. Giles; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Kate Janush volunteered at the Friends of the Oak | 19 | | Park Public Library Book Fair,
organized confirmation | 20 | | candidates to bake cookies for homeless shelters each week of | 21 | | the school
year, and acted as a regular lector of morning | 22 | | masses for many years; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Kate Janush has been backed in her endeavors by | 2 | | her supportive husband, Dale, and her
St. Giles alumus son, | 3 | | Zach; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare June 7, 2017 | 6 | | as Kathleen Janush Day in the State of Illinois, and we wish | 7 | | her the best in all her future endeavors; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Kathleen Janush as an expression of our esteem and | 10 | | gratitude.
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