HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1-1 WHEREAS, Great value is placed on the education of the
1-2 children of Texas, for in their hands lies the future of the Lone
1-3 Star State, and they must be fully equipped with relevant skills
1-4 and experiences to meet the challenges of the 21st century; and
1-5 WHEREAS, Such success would not be possible without the
1-6 commitment and enthusiasm of dedicated teachers, and the 1999
1-7 honorees for the Texas Excellence Awards for Outstanding Teachers
1-8 are such people; and
1-9 WHEREAS, These fine educators include three recipients of the
1-10 Lillian B. Rhodes Teaching Award: Linda Keefer of Arlington High
1-11 School in Arlington, Katherine Powdrell of Friendswood High School
1-12 in Friendswood, and Marty Walker of H. Grady Spruce High School in
1-13 Dallas; and three recipients of the Bernard and Audre Rapoport
1-14 Teaching Award: James Buchanan of Communications Arts High School
1-15 in San Antonio, Dixie Ross of Taylor High School in Taylor, and Joe
1-16 D. Trevino, Jr., of Bishop High School in Bishop; and
1-17 WHEREAS, Other honorees include the Glaxo Teaching Award
1-18 recipient, Roy Baldwin of John Marshall High School in San Antonio;
1-19 the Gordon Appleman Teaching Award recipient, Gary Hicks of Dunbar
1-20 High School in Fort Worth; the Houston Texas Exes Teaching Award
1-21 recipient, Genevieve Lesieux of Jesse H. Jones High School in
1-22 Houston; the Mrs. Harold Myers Teaching Award recipient, Carolyn
1-23 Woodul of James Martin High School in Arlington; the Verna Rogers
1-24 Teaching Award recipient, Judy Howard of T. A. Brown Elementary
2-1 School in Austin; and the Carolyn and Mario Benitez Teacher Award
2-2 recipient, LaVonne Danielson of Joe Dan Mills, Jr., Elementary
2-3 School in Austin; and
2-4 WHEREAS, These teachers are all highly regarded professionals
2-5 who have earned recognition from their peers for their proven
2-6 ability to motivate students and for their instructional expertise
2-7 and the cooperative manner in which they work with their colleagues
2-8 and members of the administration; and
2-9 WHEREAS, Recipients of these awards were selected from a
2-10 large and talented field of entrants after being nominated by their
2-11 principals; for receiving this award they were entitled to attend
2-12 the 1999 Conference on Texas Excellence on Education at The
2-13 University of Texas at Austin, where each was presented with a
2-14 $1,000 award and a specially commissioned bronze sculpture; and
2-15 WHEREAS, Now in its 13th year, the Texas Excellence Awards
2-16 program is presented by The University of Texas at Austin's College
2-17 of Education and The University of Texas Ex-Students' Association;
2-18 as a recipient of a Texas Excellence Award, each of these educators
2-19 has achieved a rare distinction and for that honor they are truly
2-20 deserving of special legislative recognition; now, therefore, be it
2-21 RESOLVED, That the 76th Legislature of the State of Texas
2-22 hereby commend the recipients of the 1999 Texas Excellence Awards
2-23 for Outstanding Teachers and extend to them sincere best wishes for
2-24 success and happiness in the years to come; and, be it further
2-25 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
2-26 prepared for these dedicated teachers as an expression of high
2-27 regard by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate.
Greenberg
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 164 was adopted by the House on
April 16, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 164 was adopted by the Senate on
April 19, 1999, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor