Full Text of HR1143 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 Elgin High School | 4 | | teacher Deb Perryman on receiving the 2014 Environmental | 5 | | Educator of the Year award from the Environmental Education | 6 | | Association of Illinois; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Deb Perryman was recognized for implementing | 8 | | environmental education in and out of the classroom, including | 9 | | using the 35 acres of natural space outside of Elgin High | 10 | | School as an instructional tool; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Deb Perryman and her students spearheaded an | 12 | | advocacy campaign about Miss Martha, the last Passenger Pigeon | 13 | | on Earth, to promote protecting biodiversity; the campaign | 14 | | resulted in Governor Pat Quinn naming September 2014, the | 15 | | "Month of the Passenger Pigeon"; her students are also working | 16 | | on securing a national proclamation about Miss Martha from | 17 | | President Obama; with her help, Elgin High environmental | 18 | | students are organizing a National Biodiversity Teach-In to | 19 | | honor the 100th anniversary of Miss Martha's death; as part of | 20 | | the program, professionals from across the country will present | 21 | | webinars focused on biodiversity topics including protecting | 22 | | Blanding's turtles, the impact of balloons and plastics in the | 23 | | ocean, GMO's effect on biodiversity, monarch butterflies, |
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| 1 | | shore birds, native plants, and more; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, With the help of the Elgin Sustainability | 3 | | Commission and other local organizations, Deb Perryman and her | 4 | | students also helped inspire the first Elgin Water Day in 2013, | 5 | | with a formal proclamation issued by Elgin Mayor Dave Kaptain; | 6 | | the Elgin Water Day art show and 6K Walk for Water were | 7 | | extremely successful and students are planning the second Elgin | 8 | | Water Day for this October; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, In 2003, Deb Perryman's students helped her author | 10 | | the BP Leader Award which earned a $30,000 grant and an | 11 | | additional $10,000 the following year; the grant paid for | 12 | | various environmental projects including transportation for | 13 | | students to participate in the Mighty Acorns program that | 14 | | provides field trips to nature centers; it also paid for boots, | 15 | | nets, and aquatic chemical test kits for students to monitor | 16 | | the health of Poplar Creek, and pelts, skulls, and track and | 17 | | wildlife cameras for mammal studies; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we congratulate Elgin High School teacher Deb Perryman on | 21 | | receiving the 2014 Environmental Educator of the Year award; | 22 | | and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Deb Perryman as an expression of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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