Full Text of HR0918 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 Joy Allen on the | 4 | | occasion of her retirement from her position as Central | 5 | | Catholic High School principal after 23 years of service; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Joy Allen began serving as Central Catholic High | 7 | | School principal in June of 1991, and will step down on June | 8 | | 30, 2014; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Joy Allen has brought many changes to Central | 10 | | Catholic during her tenure; she has developed a broader | 11 | | curriculum to better serve all academic levels of learning at | 12 | | her school, increased AP offerings, and brought Heartland | 13 | | Community College to the school's campus; she planned and | 14 | | managed the study of a new school campaign, oversaw the | 15 | | direction of an active campaign in 2001, helped design and make | 16 | | decisions on a new school campus on Airport Road, and was | 17 | | actively involved from the beginning to end with the | 18 | | construction of a new building, with Central Catholic opening | 19 | | its new doors in the Fall of 2003; she has seen enrollment go | 20 | | from 213 students in 1991 to a high of 423 in 2009, and now | 21 | | stands at 346; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Joy Allen also oversaw developments in numerous |
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| 1 | | other departments at Central Catholic; she supervised the | 2 | | campaign and construction of the Bill Hundman Memorial Stadium | 3 | | for the football and track programs, with it opening in the | 4 | | Fall of 2005; and her commitment to Fine Arts is apparent with | 5 | | the band and music program growing from 9 students in 1991 to | 6 | | 47 students in the choir and 43 in the band as of this year; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Joy Allen has looked towards new and innovative | 8 | | strategies to support the school's financial needs; she started | 9 | | the Dream House Raffle in 1993 and successfully ran the raffle | 10 | | to fund tuition scholarships and a student work program for | 11 | | those qualifying for financial assistance, with the fund now at | 12 | | over $1,000,000; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Joy Allen has received many awards and | 14 | | recognitions over the years; she received the Benemerenti Medal | 15 | | in the Fall of 2013 for her long and exceptional service to the | 16 | | Catholic Church, her most cherished of them all; therefore, be | 17 | | it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we congratulate Joy Allen as she retires from her position as | 21 | | Central Catholic High School principal, and we wish her the | 22 | | best in all her future endeavors; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Joy Allen as an expression of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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