Full Text of HR1462 99th 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. Edna | 4 | | Rowery-Allen on the occasion of the establishment of an | 5 | | educational scholarship for high school students in her name; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Edna Rowery-Allen, a lifelong resident of East | 8 | | St. Louis, has been an influential, inspirational, and | 9 | | exceptional pillar in the development and the implementation of | 10 | | gifted education in East St. Louis School District 189; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Edna Rowery-Allen has worked tirelessly with | 12 | | other educators in School District 189 to provide an | 13 | | educational environment that would meet the needs of gifted | 14 | | students; what was formerly a pull-out program became the | 15 | | avenue utilized for meeting those needs; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Throughout the course of her educational career, | 17 | | Dr. Edna Rowery-Allen has promoted the importance of a | 18 | | differentiated curriculum for students who were identified for | 19 | | participation in the gifted program; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Edna Rowery-Allen has dedicated a lifetime of | 21 | | service to advocating for the welfare of gifted students at the |
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| 1 | | State and local levels; to accomplish this, she solicited the | 2 | | support of State legislators, the Illinois State Board of | 3 | | Education, the East St. Louis Board of Education, and District | 4 | | Administrators to approve the implementation of self-contained | 5 | | gifted classrooms for grades one through three, which were | 6 | | created at the Martin Van Lucas Elementary School in 1980; the | 7 | | success of the first three classes led to the creation of three | 8 | | additional classes at the elementary level; the self-contained | 9 | | classroom concept was later implemented at the middle school | 10 | | and high school levels in School District 189; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, The success of the self-contained classroom | 12 | | concept became evident in 1989 when the East St. Louis School | 13 | | Board voted to rename A. M. Jackson Elementary School as the A. | 14 | | M. Jackson Math and Science Academy; six classes at Lucas | 15 | | Elementary School, grades one through eight, moved into the new | 16 | | site at the A. M. Jackson Math and Science Academy; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The great success of Dr. Edna Rowery-Allen is | 18 | | based on the solid foundation instilled in her by her parents, | 19 | | her commitment to her husband, children, grandchildren, and | 20 | | great-grandchildren, and her faith; she is well-known | 21 | | throughout School District 189 for her loving heart, her kind | 22 | | spirit, and her willingness to give so much of herself to the | 23 | | boys and girls of the school district and the community she | 24 | | serves; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Edna Rowery-Allen Scholarship has been | 2 | | established in honor of her work in School District 189; the | 3 | | scholarship will be awarded annually to high school graduates | 4 | | in School District 189 who demonstrate outstanding leadership | 5 | | and academic abilities; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 | | congratulate Dr. Edna Rowery-Allen on the occasion of the | 9 | | establishment of an educational scholarship for high school | 10 | | students in her name and thank her for her work in the | 11 | | community; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to Dr. Edna Rowery-Allen as a symbol of our esteem | 14 | | and respect.
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