Full Text of HR0348 95th General Assembly
HR0348 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Ruth Cross on her | 4 |
| retirement from Naperville Community Unit School District 203; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Ruth Cross is married to Thomas Cross; she is the | 7 |
| mother of four children, Tom, Brad, Scott, and Kennedy, and has | 8 |
| 10 grandchildren; and
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| WHEREAS, Ruth Cross has a long and distinguished career in | 10 |
| education; she taught 4th grade students at P.H. Miller | 11 |
| Elementary School in Plano from 1973 to 1975 and taught 4th and | 12 |
| 5th grade students at Centennial Elementary School in Plano | 13 |
| from 1975 to 1979; she became math coordinator in Plano from | 14 |
| 1979 to 1981; she went on to teach 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade | 15 |
| students in the gifted program at Independence Elementary | 16 |
| School in Bolingbrook from 1981 to 1984; she moved to Wood View | 17 |
| Elementary School in Bolingbrook in 1984 to teach gifted 3rd | 18 |
| grade students; in 1987 she became associate principal at North | 19 |
| View Elementary School in Bolingbrook; she went on to serve as | 20 |
| principal at Ellsworth Elementary School in Naperville in 1989, | 21 |
| and then became principal of Mill Street Elementary School in | 22 |
| Naperville in 1993, where she served until 2004; her current | 23 |
| position, from which she is retiring, is Assistant |
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| Superintendent for School Programs and Services for Naperville | 2 |
| Community Unit School District 203; and
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| WHEREAS, Ruth Cross is a distinguished lecturer, giving | 4 |
| lectures on I Can Problem Solve for audiences in Illinois, | 5 |
| Iowa, Michigan, and Missouri; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Ruth Cross has been an active member of her | 7 |
| community; she is a member of the Collaborative for Academic, | 8 |
| Social and Emotional Learning; she was appointed to the | 9 |
| Children Mental Health Partnership in 2003; she is a member of | 10 |
| the Board of the Naperville United Way, as well as being an | 11 |
| avid supporter of the Naperville Education Foundation, Little | 12 |
| Friends, and the Heritage YMCA; and
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| WHEREAS, During her retirement, Ruth Cross will work for | 14 |
| the Regional Office of Education conducting workshops on | 15 |
| professional development with social and emotional learning | 16 |
| teams in school districts throughout DuPage County; therefore, | 17 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 20 |
| congratulate Ruth Cross on the occasion of her retirement from | 21 |
| Naperville Community Unit School District 203 and wish her the | 22 |
| best in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to Ruth Cross.
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