Full Text of HR1082 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 Katrina Marie | 4 | | Clark Thomas on the occasion of her retirement as principal of | 5 | | Lilly-Freeman Elementary School; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Katrina Thomas was born in St. Louis, Missouri and | 7 | | raised in East St. Louis; she is the daughter of the late | 8 | | Willie B. Clark and Allan "PJ" McCarty; she has one sister, | 9 | | Deborah Cobb, and one brother, the late Kenneth "Ricky" | 10 | | Williams; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Katrina Thomas attended John Robinson School, | 12 | | Monroe School, and Rock Jr. High School before graduating with | 13 | | the January 1967 class of E. St. Louis Senior High School; | 14 | | after high school, she earned her bachelor's degree in | 15 | | education from Southwest Missouri College in Springfield, | 16 | | Missouri in 1971; she subsequently earned her master's degree | 17 | | in educational administration from the University of Illinois; | 18 | | and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Katrina Thomas began her teaching career at | 20 | | Jefferson Elementary School (now Nelson Mandela Elementary | 21 | | School) in February of 1971; in 1992, she was offered the | 22 | | opportunity to be an exchange professor at Southern Illinois |
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| 1 | | University in Edwardsville in the field of education; in 1993, | 2 | | she resumed her teaching career at Mandela, where she remained | 3 | | until she was assigned to Lilly-Freeman Elementary School as an | 4 | | elementary principal in the summer of 1995; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Katrina Thomas has been the recipient of | 6 | | outstanding recognition and numerous honors; she is a Life | 7 | | Member in the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., a Life Member | 8 | | in the East St. Louis Branch of the NAACP, a board member of | 9 | | the Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center, and treasurer of | 10 | | the East St. Louis Principals' Association; she is also a | 11 | | member of Macedonia Baptist Church; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Katrina Thomas and her loving husband, Argie H. | 13 | | Thomas, have been married for 35 years; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Katrina Thomas serves as a model of hard work, | 15 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 16 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we congratulate Katrina Marie Clark Thomas on the occasion of | 20 | | her retirement and wish her many happy and healthy retirement | 21 | | years; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Katrina Thomas as a symbol of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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