Full Text of HR0824 95th General Assembly
HR0824 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 Meissen, an | 4 |
| art teacher at Harlem Middle School in Loves Park, as Illinois | 5 |
| Teacher of the Year; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois State Board of Education named Ruth | 7 |
| Meissen as Illinois Teacher of the Year; she will spend next | 8 |
| semester representing Illinois Teachers at State, local and | 9 |
| national events; she was named Illinois Teacher of the Year at | 10 |
| the 33rd annual Those Who Excel/Illinois Teacher of the Year | 11 |
| banquet; and
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| WHEREAS, As Illinois Teacher of the Year, Ruth Meissen will | 13 |
| have the opportunity to take her knowledge and expertise out of | 14 |
| the classroom; she will spend the 2008 spring semester speaking | 15 |
| at teacher workshops, educational conferences, and civic and | 16 |
| community meetings; she will receive a lifetime tuition waiver | 17 |
| to State universities and a one-semester paid leave to pursue | 18 |
| coursework or develop an educational project that will benefit | 19 |
| students Statewide; and
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| WHEREAS, Ruth Meissen will represent Illinois at the NASA | 21 |
| Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama and in the National Teacher | 22 |
| of the Year program sponsored by the Council of Chief State |
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| School Officers and ING; she will also receive products and | 2 |
| services from Motorola and SMARTer Kids; and
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| WHEREAS, Ruth Meissen initially pursued a career in | 4 |
| advertising and within a few short years was vice-president of | 5 |
| the Northern Illinois Advertising Council; after a few years, | 6 |
| she took some time off to raise her second child and it was | 7 |
| during that period when she began to think about changing | 8 |
| careers; she discovered that she loved being in the classroom; | 9 |
| she works with the student council, creating partnerships with | 10 |
| businesses that can help students, Habitat for Humanity, | 11 |
| fundraising, and adopting a sister school in New Orleans that | 12 |
| had experienced severe damage during Hurricane Katrina; and
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| WHEREAS, Her work with the Hynes School in New Orleans | 14 |
| fostered correspondence programs between the students at | 15 |
| Harlem Middle School and students at Hynes; she raised money | 16 |
| for supplies and visited the school, at her own expense, to | 17 |
| meet the children and their teachers; she holds an art degree | 18 |
| from Columbia College and a master's degree in teaching from | 19 |
| Rockford College; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 22 |
| congratulate Ruth Meissen and wish her continued success as she | 23 |
| works as an educator; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to Ruth Meissen as a symbol of our respect.
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