Full Text of SR1043 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Teach Kindness initiative is a national | 3 | | social-emotional learning program
organized by Stand for | 4 | | Children that provides high-quality classroom lessons from | 5 | | national
experts, including Harvard's Making Caring Common | 6 | | Initiative, Facing History and Ourselves,
InspirED, the | 7 | | Greater Good Science Center, and Yale's Center for Emotional | 8 | | Intelligence; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The goal of Teach Kindness is to make schools | 10 | | kinder and more welcoming
places for students to thrive by | 11 | | strengthening peer relationships, building empathy, and
| 12 | | developing positive mindsets; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Wagoner Elementary School in Community | 14 | | Consolidated School District 168 in
Sauk Village was one of | 15 | | over 650 schools across the country that registered for the | 16 | | Fall
2019 Teach Kindness Challenge; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Wagoner Elementary School teachers and staff | 18 | | demonstrated an exceptional
commitment to intentionally | 19 | | teaching and fostering kindness among their students and
| 20 | | strengthening the welcoming atmosphere in the school; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Wagoner Elementary School students went above and |
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| 1 | | beyond the requirements of
the 30-day Teach Kindness challenge, | 2 | | transforming their learning environment and
fundamentally | 3 | | shifting student behavior; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Wagoner Elementary School community has made a | 5 | | long-term commitment to
purposefully spreading kindness in | 6 | | their school, community, and world; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Wagoner Elementary School has been selected as the | 8 | | 2020 National Winner of the Teach Kindness
Challenge, a | 9 | | recognition that carries a $5,000 credit at DonorsChoose.org; | 10 | | therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize the | 13 | | students, teachers, leaders, and staff of Wagoner Elementary | 14 | | School on their well-deserved recognition; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That we declare February 24, 2020 as "Teach | 16 | | Kindness Day" in the State of Illinois; and be it further | 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to Wagoner Elementary School as a symbol of our | 19 | | appreciation for their ongoing commitment to making the world a
| 20 | | kinder place.
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