Full Text of HR0456 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Dr. Rhonda Towner on the | 4 | | occasion of her retirement, after 40 years of working in the | 5 | | field of education; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Towner received her Bachelor of Arts and | 7 | | Master of Science in Education from Chicago State University; | 8 | | she began her career in education in February of 1979 as a high | 9 | | school music teacher at Simeon High School in Chicago; during | 10 | | her time as a Chicago public school teacher, she also taught | 11 | | grades pre-k and 3rd; she later taught 1st grade at a Chicago | 12 | | parochial school for five years; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Towner's administrative career began in 1986 | 14 | | when she became the first African-American lay principal of a | 15 | | pre-k through eighth grade parochial school in the South Shore | 16 | | neighborhood of Chicago; in 1993, her career brought her back | 17 | | to the public school system when she became the principal of | 18 | | the Early Learning Center in Calumet Park; she was instrumental | 19 | | in the design and building of the new primary school in the | 20 | | district, which was renamed Burr Oak Academy; during her tenure | 21 | | in Calumet Park, she served as a bilingual coordinator, a | 22 | | fiscal manager of the Title I program, a grant writer, and as | 23 | | an assessment coordinator; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In 2000, Dr. Towner received her Doctorate in | 2 | | Educational Administration and Supervision from Loyola | 3 | | University in Chicago; she then became the principal of Maya | 4 | | Angelou Elementary School in Harvey; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Towner joined South Holland District 151 in | 6 | | 2002 as the principal of Eisenhower Elementary School; in 2009, | 7 | | she received her Chief School Business Official certification | 8 | | from Governors State University; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Towner has been married for 36 years to | 10 | | Dennis; they have two daughters and three granddaughters; she | 11 | | intends to continue to work in some capacity in education, | 12 | | however she plans to spend her retirement traveling, pursuing | 13 | | her love for music, completing her bucket list items, spending | 14 | | more time with family and friends, and cleaning her house; | 15 | | 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 Dr. Rhonda Towner on her retirement after 40 | 19 | | years of working in the field of education, and we wish her the | 20 | | best in all her future endeavors; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to Dr. Towner as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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