By Mowery                                              H.R. No. 887
         76R15434 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     Waverly Park Elementary School in Fort Worth for winning the 1999
 1-3     Margaret McNamara Readers Cup in the Reading is Fundamental (RIF)
 1-4     National Reading Challenge sponsored by the Metropolitan Life
 1-5     Foundation; and
 1-6           WHEREAS, RIF promotes children's and family literacy programs
 1-7     that help prepare young children for reading and motivate
 1-8     school-age children to read; and
 1-9           WHEREAS, Waverly Park Elementary School students earned this
1-10     prestigious national award, the first Texas school to be so
1-11     honored, by reading and recording 10,285 hours and 21 minutes
1-12     during a two-week period from February 12-25, an average of 19
1-13     reading hours per student; and
1-14           WHEREAS, The school's RIF coordinator, Carol McQuien,
1-15     stimulated student interest in the project by creating a mystery
1-16     scenario in which RIF volumes had been "booknapped," and children
1-17     logged reading hours to pay the ransom and to receive clues as to
1-18     the whereabouts of the missing books; and
1-19           WHEREAS, On May 12, 1999, at the Waverly Park Auditorium,
1-20     Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, chairman of the board for RIF, will
1-21     present the school with its well-deserved trophy, and Waverly Park
1-22     Elementary School will also receive 540 RIF books, $250 for the
1-23     school's RIF budget, and a school-wide celebration sponsored by
1-24     Metropolitan Life Foundation; and
 2-1           WHEREAS, In addition to being the most essential tool in the
 2-2     learning process, reading can also be an imaginative and
 2-3     exhilarating experience; the example set by the students at Waverly
 2-4     Park Elementary School in earning this significant accolade is an
 2-5     inspiration to all Texans, and they are indeed worthy of special
 2-6     recognition at this time; now, therefore, be it
 2-7           RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas
 2-8     Legislature hereby congratulate Mary Jane Marshall, principal, and
 2-9     the students, faculty, and staff at Waverly Park Elementary School
2-10     on winning the 1999 Margaret McNamara Readers Cup in the Reading Is
2-11     Fundamental National Reading Challenge and extend to them sincere
2-12     best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it further
2-13           RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
2-14     prepared for prominent display at Waverly Park Elementary School as
2-15     an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.