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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Nathaniel Hawthorne Academy in the San Antonio |
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Independent School District is celebrating the 100th anniversary of |
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its founding during the 2023-2024 school year; and |
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WHEREAS, Named after renowned American author Nathaniel |
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Hawthorne, Hawthorne Academy opened its doors in 1923 as one of San |
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Antonio ISD's eight original junior high schools, and it earned the |
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distinction of being part of the first system of junior high schools |
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to be built from the ground up in the United States; it became an |
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elementary school in 1975 and then an internal charter academy in |
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2001; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, Hawthorne Academy serves students in |
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kindergarten through the eighth grade, and it benefits from the |
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able guidance of its principal, Kristina L. Smith; the school |
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features a program specialization in fine arts as well as a |
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comprehensive curriculum focused on the development of academic and |
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leadership skills, and it also offers a wide range of |
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extracurricular activities, including band, coding club, theater |
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arts, and athletics; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of the last century, Hawthorne |
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Academy has provided area youth with a strong educational |
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foundation on which to build, and it has made a lasting and positive |
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impact in the lives of generations of San Antonio residents; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature, 3rd |
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Called Session, hereby commemorate the centennial of Nathaniel |
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Hawthorne Academy in San Antonio and extend to all those associated |
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with the school sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the academy as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas Senate. |