Full Text of HR0305 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize The Ancona School in | 4 | | Chicago on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its | 5 | | founding; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Ancona School was started in the autumn of | 7 | | 1962 by 5 young Hyde Park neighborhood families; then called | 8 | | The Ancona Montessori School, it opened in a storefront on 53rd | 9 | | Street and Lake Park Blvd. with the Montessori-inspired concept | 10 | | that instead of having a passive role between children and | 11 | | learning, children at the new school would be empowered through | 12 | | choice and independence to pursue their own interests and | 13 | | intellectual challenges in a racially inclusive environment; | 14 | | and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Montessori concept, developed by Italian | 16 | | physician and educator Maria Montessori, is practiced in an | 17 | | estimated 30,000 schools worldwide, serving children from | 18 | | birth to 18 years of age; it is characterized by an emphasis on | 19 | | independence, freedom within limits, and respect for a child's | 20 | | natural psychological development; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, The Ancona School flourished after its founding in | 22 | | late 1962 and 2 years later, it moved to the former Faulkner |
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| 1 | | School building at the corner of 48th Street and Dorchester | 2 | | Ave.; by the mid-70s, it had grown from a one-room Chicago | 3 | | preschool into a comprehensive preschool through 8th grade | 4 | | Montessori-inspired program; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, To provide for the burgeoning
elementary grades, | 6 | | The Ancona School built an addition in 1968; adjacent lands | 7 | | were purchased in the 1980s and a second addition was built in | 8 | | 1993 to accommodate the growing middle school; renovations to | 9 | | the Faulkner Building in 2001 brought the campus to its current | 10 | | configuration; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, In 2006, Chicago Magazine named Ancona as one of | 12 | | the 25 best private elementary schools in the Chicago | 13 | | metropolitan area; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Today, the Ancona School has exceptional academic | 15 | | programs, unique museum partnerships, innovative teaching | 16 | | initiatives, and national recognition as an effective | 17 | | non-profit from the Brookings Institute; 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 recognize The Ancona School's 50th anniversary and wish the | 21 | | administrators, faculty, and staff many more years of success; | 22 | | and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to The Ancona School as an expression of our esteem | 3 | | and respect.
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