Full Text of HR0725 096th General Assembly
HR0725 96TH 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 Gregory R. Fischer | 4 |
| on the naming of a new middle school in Aurora after him; and
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| WHEREAS, Gregory R. Fischer Middle School was dedicated on | 6 |
| October 25, 2009 in honor of Mr. Fischer, an educator in the | 7 |
| Indian Prairie School District 204 for 32 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Fischer is credited with leading the | 9 |
| district's transition from a traditional junior high school | 10 |
| model to the current term-oriented approach to middle schools; | 11 |
| the middle school model is a "whole child" approach that | 12 |
| stresses the importance of social, emotional, and intellectual | 13 |
| growth; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Fischer retired in 2004; he began his career | 15 |
| as a physical education teacher at Indian Plains Grade School | 16 |
| and later served as the assistant principal at Waubonsie Valley | 17 |
| Junior/Senior High School; he was later named principal at | 18 |
| Thayer Hill Jr. High School; in 1987 he was named principal of | 19 |
| Gordon Gregory Middle School and served for the next seventeen | 20 |
| years; and
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| WHEREAS, Under his leadership, Gordon Gregory Middle |
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| School was recognized as an Illinois Horizon School; both | 2 |
| Thayer Hill Jr. High School and Gordon Gregory Middle School | 3 |
| were named Demonstration Schools by the Association of Illinois | 4 |
| Middle-level Schools (AIMS); and in 2003 AIMS recognized Mr. | 5 |
| Fischer's dedication and commitment to middle school students | 6 |
| and their education by presenting him with the Robert Knight | 7 |
| Award for Distinguished Service to Middle Level Education; and
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| WHEREAS, Gregory Fischer and his wife, Julie, have two | 9 |
| children; their son, Josh, and his wife, Susie, have three | 10 |
| children; their daughter, Alison, and her husband, Christian, | 11 |
| are expecting their first child soon; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| congratulate Mr. Fischer on this honor and wish him the best in | 15 |
| the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to Mr. Gregory Fischer as a symbol of our respect and | 18 |
| esteem.
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