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90_HR0079

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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION
 2        WHEREAS, Ellen Jones of Chicago, Illinois is retiring  as
 3    Principal of the Burnham/Anthony Inclusive Academy; and
 4        WHEREAS, Ellen Jones taught in the Chicago public schools
 5    for  33  years  and  was an elementary school principal for 7
 6    years; and
 7        WHEREAS,  Ellen  Jones  began  her  teaching  career   on
 8    February 4, 1957 and retired on January 31, 1997; and
 9        WHEREAS,  Ellen  Jones  attended McCosh Elementary school
10    and Englewood High School;  she  is  a  graduate  of  Chicago
11    Teachers  College,  where  she  received  a  Bachelor of Arts
12    degree in Education; she received her Master of Arts in Urban
13    Teacher Education from Governor's State University;  and  she
14    did  post  graduate work at the National College of Education
15    at Lewis University  within  the  field  of  Supervision  and
16    Administration; and
17        WHEREAS, Ellen Jones worked with her local school council
18    to  establish  a  hot  lunch and a breakfast program; all day
19    kindergarten; mini computer labs; State pre-kindergarten; 7th
20    and 8th grade within the elementary  school;  a  program  for
21    severe  and  profoundly  disabled  pupils;  Cross/Categorical
22    Room; and students support math fundraiser used for St. Judes
23    Hospital  for  critically  ill  children;  in addition, Ellen
24    Jones was an administrator of the IASA program  at  Our  Lady
25    Gate of Heaven School; and
26        WHEREAS,  Ellen Jones is an Ordained Deacon at the United
27    Church of Christ; a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha  Sorority;  a
28    member  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  Jazz  Unites;  and
29    President   of   Woodlawn  Revisited  Inc.,  an  organization
30    designed to give back to the community that its members  grew
31    up in as children; therefore, be it
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 1        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
 2    NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that  we
 3    congratulate  Ellen  Jones  on a job well done as a Principal
 4    within the Chicago schools; and be it further
 5        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
 6    presented to Ellen Jones.

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