Full Text of HR1004 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Sandra F. Lewis | 4 | | on the occasion of her retirement as Principal of Harold | 5 | | Washington Elementary School in Chicago; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Sandra Lewis attended Chicago Public Schools; | 7 | | she subsequently earned her bachelor's degree from Chicago | 8 | | State University in 1967, her master's degree from Governors | 9 | | State University in 1976, and her Ed.D. from Roosevelt | 10 | | University in 1995; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Sandra Lewis began her educational career as a | 12 | | teacher at Burnside School in 1967, where she remained until | 13 | | 1975; in 1976, she began working as a teacher at Harold | 14 | | Washington Elementary School (HWES); she later served as | 15 | | Assistant Principal and Counselor at HWES before becoming the | 16 | | school's principal in 1989; she also served as an adjunct | 17 | | professor at Roosevelt University in 1996, a probation manager | 18 | | from 1997 to 1999, and as a Launch Mentor from 1998 to 1999; | 19 | | and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, During her tenure as Principal of Harold | 21 | | Washington Elementary School, Dr. Sandra Lewis created | 22 | | numerous initiatives to improve the school's educational |
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| 1 | | opportunities; she was instrumental in the creation of the | 2 | | school's "Structured Curriculum" and the school store, where | 3 | | students can purchase school supplies, school uniforms, ties, | 4 | | gifts, and other Afro-Centric Artifacts; under her guidance, | 5 | | HWES has been recognized as a technological site by the Chicago | 6 | | Public School System, with multiple computers in every | 7 | | classroom; she also helped to created the school's Afro-Centric | 8 | | Curriculum, a school environment where the artifacts, | 9 | | pictures, and location names reflect the history and culture of | 10 | | people the students can identify with, and the school's "Early | 11 | | Intervention System", which combats student learning problems | 12 | | with small class sizes; the Early Intervention System increased | 13 | | the number of HWES students reading at or above grade level | 14 | | from 11% in 1989 to approximately 60% in 1994; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Sandra Lewis is a member of the Chicago | 16 | | Alliance of Black School Educators, Whitman Academy, and the | 17 | | Chicago Principal's Association; she is also a board member | 18 | | with Teachers for Chicago; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Sandra Lewis has been the recipient of | 20 | | numerous awards and accolades for her work, including Project | 21 | | Canal's Outstanding Leadership Award (1992, 1993, 1994), the | 22 | | Whitman Award for Outstanding Leadership (1991), the Chicago | 23 | | Public School Award for Outstanding Leadership, the Chicago | 24 | | Alliance of Black School Educators Award for Dedicated Service |
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| 1 | | (1990), the Harold Washington Parent Award for Leadership | 2 | | (1991, 1995, 1996), the Community Linkage Award (1990), the | 3 | | First Annual "ICONS" Award from the International Council on | 4 | | Nutrition Solutions (1997), the Kizzy Award (1998), the Build | 5 | | Your Life Social Development award (1999), and the Educator of | 6 | | the Year award from One Church, One School (2000); and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Sandra Lewis serves as a model of hard work, | 8 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 9 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we congratulate Dr. Sandra F. Lewis on the occasion of her | 13 | | retirement and wish her many happy and healthy retirement | 14 | | years; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to Dr. Sandra Lewis as a symbol of our esteem and | 17 | | respect.
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