1-1 ****** NEED TWO-PAGE HEADER ****** 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 75 1-3 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is proud to honor 1-4 the students, administrators, faculty, and staff at Judson Senior 1-5 High School in Converse, Texas, on recently receiving the 1-6 New American High School Recognition Award; and 1-7 WHEREAS, Established in 1996, the New American High School 1-8 Recognition Program seeks to honor exemplary schools throughout 1-9 the nation which demonstrate a commitment to academic excellence 1-10 and achieve a high level of academic success; and 1-11 WHEREAS, Judson Senior High School, which serves students 1-12 in the 11th and 12th grades, received the New American High School 1-13 Award; the school has a tradition of excellence and was granted the 1-14 United States Department of Education's prestigious Blue Ribbon 1-15 School Award; and 1-16 WHEREAS, The New American High School Review Panel praised 1-17 Judson for its high scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test; also 1-18 impressive to the review panel was the school's success in 1-19 encouraging academic excellence among minority students, who 1-20 compose over half of the student body; and 1-21 WHEREAS, Minority students at Judson posted scores higher 1-22 than the national averages for Hispanic and African-American 2-1 students; the school was also recognized by the College Board in 2-2 1999 for high minority student participation in advanced 2-3 placement testing; and 2-4 WHEREAS, The young Texans who attend Judson Senior High 2-5 School will have the knowledge and skills to achieve success 2-6 in the future; the outstanding work of both Judson students and 2-7 educators will yield positive results for Texas for many years 2-8 to come; now, therefore, be it 2-9 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-10 77th Legislature, hereby congratulate students, administrators, 2-11 faculty, and staff at Judson Senior High School on their grand 2-12 accomplishment of receiving the United States Department of 2-13 Education's New American High School Award; and, be it further 2-14 RESOLVED, That a copy of the Resolution be prepared in 2-15 honor of this estimable institution as an expression of high 2-16 regard from the Texas Senate. 2-17 Madla 2-18 ______________________________________ 2-19 President of the Senate 2-20 I hereby certify that the above 2-21 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-22 on January 23, 2001. 2-23 ______________________________________ 2-24 Secretary of the Senate 2-25 ______________________________________ 2-26 Member, Texas Senate