Full Text of HR0506 094th General Assembly
HR0506 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Musical performances and folk dance presentations | 3 |
| were a part of the festivities as the students celebrated the | 4 |
| Latvian School of Chicago's 55th anniversary on January 22, | 5 |
| 2005 at the Chicago Latvian Zion Lutheran Church; and
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| WHEREAS, Currently, 82 children from pre-school to high | 7 |
| school attend the school's five 50-minute sessions each | 8 |
| Saturday, learning academic subjects such as Latvian grammar, | 9 |
| literature, and history; they also receive cultural | 10 |
| instruction in folk music, traditional cooking, and jewelry | 11 |
| making and learn about Latvian current events and ancient | 12 |
| traditions; and
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| WHEREAS, Hundreds of first-generation Latvian-American | 14 |
| children attended the school in its first decades; today, many | 15 |
| of these former students take their own children to the school | 16 |
| each Saturday as Latvian customs and traditions are passed on | 17 |
| to another generation; school officials are also reaching out | 18 |
| to recent Latvian immigrants and inviting them to participate | 19 |
| in the school as students, teachers, and active parents; and
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| WHEREAS, The school has been at its present location in the | 21 |
| Chicago Latvian Zion Lutheran Church since 1976; its facilities | 22 |
| include 10 classrooms, music and jewelry-making rooms, and an | 23 |
| 8,000-book library; in 1950, classes were first held in private | 24 |
| homes; starting in 1951, a series of rented spaces were used, | 25 |
| including the Olivet Institute, Association House of Chicago, | 26 |
| Lutheran Memorial Church, and the Oak Park Baptist Church; and
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| WHEREAS, Throughout its history, the school has had nine | 28 |
| librarians, 12 principals, and more than 200 teachers, 49 of | 29 |
| whom taught for 10 or more years; along with an active parent | 30 |
| council, they have helped preserve old customs while creating | 31 |
| 55 years of new memories; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 |
| we congratulate the Latvian School of Chicago on the occasion | 4 |
| of the celebration of its 55th anniversary and we wish the | 5 |
| school many more rewarding years of teaching Latvian customs | 6 |
| and traditions; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to the Latvian School of Chicago as an expression of | 9 |
| our admiration and esteem.
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