H.R. No. 424
R E S O L U T I O N
1-1 WHEREAS, The students, parents, faculty, and staff of South
1-2 Knoll Elementary School, in the College Station Independent School
1-3 District, are to be commended for earning the Outstanding Campus
1-4 Volunteer Award for small districts in Texas; and
1-5 WHEREAS, This prestigious award was presented by the Texas
1-6 Association for Partners in Education in recognition of the success
1-7 of the school's volunteer program that was judged best among the
1-8 state's 979 school districts that have fewer than 10,000 students;
1-9 and
1-10 WHEREAS, South Knoll's program was launched in 1986 with 14
1-11 volunteers who contributed 500 hours of service; last year, 337
1-12 volunteers contributed 9,525 hours of service, and by the end of
1-13 the 1992 fall semester, approximately 300 volunteers had already
1-14 contributed 6,500 hours; and
1-15 WHEREAS, Program volunteers include parents, business people,
1-16 retirees, and professors and students from Texas A&M University,
1-17 representing the full spectrum of the Bryan-College Station
1-18 community at its best; giving unstintingly of their time, energy,
1-19 and expertise, they provide needed guidance to South Knoll
1-20 schoolchildren as Big Brothers and Big Sisters, make classroom
1-21 presentations on subjects as varied as bats, astronomy, geography,
1-22 and drug abuse, and provide one-on-one and small-group tutoring;
1-23 and
1-24 WHEREAS, In an effort to promote money-management skills
2-1 First City, Texas--Bryan/College Station initiated a school savings
2-2 project in which volunteers helped children deposit money into
2-3 accounts using computer stations on campus; the project was so well
2-4 received that the school and the bank were invited to present it at
2-5 the Texas School Volunteer Conference in April 1992; and
2-6 WHEREAS, The outstanding success of the South Knoll program
2-7 is a testament to the efforts of many dedicated individuals,
2-8 including Becky Eden, the campus's representative to the district
2-9 volunteer advisory board, parent coordinators Cindy Skinner, Cheryl
2-10 Anderholm, and Ranga Parasuraman, South Knoll Principal Brad
2-11 Lancaster, and other members of the community who share their time
2-12 and interests with these children so that they can look forward to
2-13 a future bright with promise; and
2-14 WHEREAS, Since its inception, the South Knoll volunteer
2-15 program has enriched the lives of hundreds of children and adults,
2-16 and it is indeed appropriate that the program be recognized for its
2-17 continuing contributions in this regard; now, therefore, be it
2-18 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 73rd Texas
2-19 Legislature hereby commend the students, parents, faculty, and
2-20 staff of South Knoll Elementary School on receiving the Outstanding
2-21 Campus Volunteer Award for small districts from the Texas
2-22 Association for Partners in Education and extend to the school
2-23 sincere best wishes for continued success in the future; and, be it
2-24 further
2-25 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
2-26 prepared for prominent display at South Knoll Elementary School as
2-27 an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
3-1 an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
3-2 Ogden
3-3 H.R. No. 424
3-4 _______________________________
3-5 Speaker of the House
3-6 I certify that H.R. No. 424 was adopted by the House on March
3-7 18, 1993, by a non-record vote.
3-8 _______________________________
3-9 Chief Clerk of the House