S.R. No. 420 1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to 1-3 recognize the members of the Academic Decathlon Team from Sinton 1-4 High School who recently won first place in the small schools 1-5 division of the Academic Decathlon for the first time in the 1-6 school's history; and 1-7 WHEREAS, The Sinton students outscored the second-place 1-8 winner by more than 2,000 points; the members of the team worked 1-9 extremely hard in order to win this competition; their investment 1-10 in time and energy was rewarded with this championship win; and 1-11 WHEREAS, The competitors on the team began the school year in 1-12 an academic decathlon class; just before Christmas, the nine-member 1-13 team was selected; and 1-14 WHEREAS, After the team selection, the team members began to 1-15 prepare; they started a grueling schedule of three hours of daily 1-16 study sessions, weekend work, and extra assignments; and 1-17 WHEREAS, Five faculty members coached the team; they were 1-18 head coach Linda Dietz, Maggie Gibson, Mary Conners, Kathy Hendrick, 1-19 and Gene Kasprzyk; and 1-20 WHEREAS, Exhibiting perseverance and hard work throughout the 1-21 season, the members of the team and the coaches deserve to be proud 1-22 of their efforts and outstanding performance; now, therefore, be it 1-23 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-1 74th Legislature, hereby join the faculty, staff, and students of 2-2 Sinton High School in expressing congratulations to the team members 2-3 and the coaches on winning first place and bringing honor to the 2-4 school and the community; and, be it further 2-5 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for the 2-6 school as an expression of the high regard of the Texas Senate. 2-7 Truan 2-8 Armbrister Henderson Ratliff 2-9 Barrientos Leedom Rosson 2-10 Bivins Lucio Shapiro 2-11 Brown Luna Sibley 2-12 Cain Madla Sims 2-13 Ellis Moncrief Turner 2-14 Gallegos Montford Wentworth 2-15 Galloway Nelson West 2-16 Harris Nixon Whitmire 2-17 Haywood Patterson Zaffirini 2-18 Bullock, President of the Senate 2-19 ______________________________________ 2-20 President of the Senate 2-21 I hereby certify that the above 2-22 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-23 on March 13, 1995. 2-24 ______________________________________ 2-25 Secretary of the Senate 3-1 ______________________________________ 3-2 Dean of the Senate