By Allen H.R. No. 782 74R11298 WMS-D R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is proud to honor 1-2 participating students from Truman Middle School in Grand Prairie 1-3 on winning the 1995 Texas Math & Science Coaches Association Middle 1-4 School Championship; and 1-5 WHEREAS, This dedicated group of students triumphed over a 1-6 field of 47 other Class 5A schools from across the state in the 1-7 competition held April 8, 1995, in San Antonio; this year's title 1-8 marks the second consecutive time the Truman Middle School team has 1-9 won the championship, a feat no other school in the history of the 1-10 competition has duplicated; and 1-11 WHEREAS, In addition to the overall title, Truman Middle 1-12 School students won team state championships in number sense and 1-13 mathematics and placed second in calculator and fourth in science 1-14 competition; and 1-15 WHEREAS, Members of the state champion number sense team were 1-16 William Wyatt, Austin Hobbs, Bryan Quijano, and Nick Mantegani; the 1-17 mathematics squad was composed of William Wyatt, Bryan Quijano, 1-18 Mindy Phillips, and Keith Harper, who worked in tandem to earn a 1-19 score of 965 out of a possible 1,000 points in mathematics 1-20 competition, which was the highest achieved in any event; and 1-21 WHEREAS, Several Truman Middle School students also earned 1-22 individual distinction at the competition: Bryan Quijano claimed 1-23 his third state championship in the calculator competition and also 1-24 placed third in number sense and fourth in mathematics, Eric Davila 2-1 placed second in the science competition, William Wyatt was fifth 2-2 in number sense and tied for fourth place in math with fellow team 2-3 member Mindy Phillips, and Austin Hobbs earned sixth place in 2-4 number sense; and 2-5 WHEREAS, Other students who made significant contributions to 2-6 the Truman Middle School team's state championship include Kendall 2-7 Carter, Kelly Watts, Ramon Cavazos, Matt Jorgensen, Deryk Graves, 2-8 Sean Awuld, Cristal Webb, Colin Chandler, Eric Davita, Eric 2-9 Chandler, Kim McPherson, Jarad Hall, Kendrick Marquez, Christine 2-10 French, and Angela Hardin; and 2-11 WHEREAS, Coaches John Hobbs, Becky Burgess, and Donna Harper 2-12 labored tirelessly to prepare their charges for the rigors of this 2-13 event, encouraging team members in their studies and helping to 2-14 fire their competitive spirit; and 2-15 WHEREAS, The Truman Middle School Math & Science Team members 2-16 demonstrated an exemplary command of their challenging subject 2-17 matter during this demanding competition and it is indeed 2-18 appropriate that these young scholars be given special legislative 2-19 recognition; now, therefore, be it 2-20 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 74th Texas 2-21 Legislature hereby congratulate the participating students of 2-22 Truman Middle School on winning the 1995 Texas Math & Science 2-23 Coaches Association Middle School Championship and extend sincere 2-24 best wishes to the students for continued success in the future; 2-25 and, be it further 2-26 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-27 prepared for these fine young students and for prominent display at 3-1 Truman Middle School as an expression of high regard by the Texas 3-2 House of Representatives.