Full Text of HR0392 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Martha A. "Marti" | 4 | | Bierdeman on the occasion of her retirement from East Peoria | 5 | | Elementary School District 86, where she has been a fifth grade | 6 | | teacher for gifted students; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Marti Bierdeman began her career at North County | 8 | | Christian School in St. Louis, teaching sixth grade; she moved | 9 | | to Elmwood Elementary School and began teaching fifth grade | 10 | | math and science and coaching the girls basketball team; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Marti Bierdeman took a break from teaching to | 12 | | raise her three children, Christopher, Katherine, and Cory, | 13 | | with her husband, Paul; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Marti Bierdeman returned to teaching as a | 15 | | substitute teacher at Peoria Christian School; from there she | 16 | | took a position as a long-term substitute and then became a | 17 | | full-time teacher at Paul Bolin Elementary School in District | 18 | | 86; she was given her own 5th grade class to teach in 1998 and | 19 | | was then asked to teach the 5th grade gifted students in 2002; | 20 | | and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Marti Bierdeman frequently brought exciting |
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| 1 | | learning experiences to her students with activities both | 2 | | inside and outside the classroom, such as building Rube | 3 | | Goldberg machines, mouse trap racers, and the rocket launch; | 4 | | the Rube Goldberg machines won a local Engineer in the | 5 | | Classroom Award four times and the statewide award twice; she | 6 | | also coached the Lego League from 2006-2018, and the team | 7 | | advanced to the Illinois State Tournament every year; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Marti Bierdeman's commitment to her students went | 9 | | beyond learning activities; she applied for grants to further | 10 | | her students' education and was able to secure grants from the | 11 | | Toshiba America Foundation, PNC Teacher, and the District 86 | 12 | | Foundation; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In recognition of her dedication and achievement, | 14 | | the East Peoria City Council named April 1, 2003 Marti | 15 | | Bierdeman Day; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we congratulate Martha A. "Marti" Bierdeman on her retirement | 19 | | from Paul Bolin Elementary School, and we commend her lifelong | 20 | | dedication to education; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented Marti Bierdeman as an expression of our esteem and |
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