Full Text of HR0929 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Marricea Page on being | 4 | | selected as one of the 10 finalists for the 2021 Teacher of the | 5 | | Year Award by the Illinois State Board of Education; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Marricea Page is a fourth-grade teacher at Dr. | 7 | | Maude A. Sanders Primary School; she has taught at Dr. Maude A. | 8 | | Sanders Primary School since 2011; previously, she worked as an | 9 | | English teacher at Trewyn School in the Peoria Public School | 10 | | District; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Marricea Page earned her Bachelor of Science in | 12 | | Elementary Education from Bradley University; she earned her | 13 | | Master of Education from both Concordia University and Indiana | 14 | | Wesleyan University; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Marricea Page's inspiration to become an educator | 16 | | came from two teachers, her aunt and Mrs. Linda Wagner; her | 17 | | aunt, a teacher for a school district in East Louis, gave her | 18 | | the opportunity to serve as a summer school teaching assistant, | 19 | | an experience that developed her love for helping and teaching | 20 | | others; her elementary school teacher Mrs. Linda Wagner, a | 21 | | Peoria Public School teacher, made her students feel important | 22 | | and welcomed in her classroom; she strives to make every |
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| 1 | | student feel welcome, important, and loved in her classroom; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Marricea Page was recognized for being a Grow Your | 4 | | Own mentor and worked extensively to provide mentoring, | 5 | | professional development, and support to colleagues throughout | 6 | | Peoria Public Schools; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Marricea Page strives to make every student feel | 8 | | welcome, important, and loved in her classroom; she uses the | 9 | | whole child approach in her teaching, focusing on the | 10 | | social-emotional needs as well as the academic needs of her | 11 | | students; her teaching style is unique because she creates | 12 | | coursework that is exciting and relatable to students; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Marricea Page was selected for the 20-county | 14 | | regional Board of Education Teacher of the Year Award 2020 for | 15 | | West-Central Illinois; she was named Peoria Public School's | 16 | | Donald M. Phares Classroom Teacher of the Year 2020 in August; | 17 | | therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 19 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we congratulate Marricea Page on being selected as one of the | 21 | | 10 finalists for the 2021 Teacher of the Year Award by the | 22 | | Illinois State Board of Education, and we commend her for her |
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| 1 | | dedication to her students and her community-oriented service | 2 | | to Peoria's youth; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to Marricea Page as an expression of our esteem and | 5 | | respect.
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