1-1 ****** NEED TWO-PAGE HEADER ****** 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 951 1-3 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas congratulates the 1-4 students, faculty, and staff at Harlendale Alternative Center of 1-5 San Antonio on achieving top 10 national honors in the 18th Annual 1-6 Children's Set A Good Example School Competition; and 1-7 WHEREAS, Today's youth cope with many negative influences, 1-8 including drugs, crime, and illiteracy; our country's future 1-9 depends on young people's ability to overcome harmful pressures 1-10 and practices; and 1-11 WHEREAS, The Concerned Businessmen's Association of America 1-12 is a not-for-profit educational organization which seeks to 1-13 ameliorate social ills; in 1982, the group launched a pilot 1-14 program based on the idea that "positive counter peer pressure" 1-15 could be an effective method for turning youth against drug abuse, 1-16 gang involvement, and other dangerous influences; and 1-17 WHEREAS, The pilot program's success eventually led to 1-18 the establishment of the Children's Set A Good Example School 1-19 Competition, an event which promotes achievement and responsibility 1-20 in our nation's schools by rewarding young people who set a good 1-21 example for their peers; and 1-22 WHEREAS, Young people in over 10,000 schools from all 2-1 50 states, a total of more than 12 million students, have 2-2 entered their student-designed and student-run projects in 2-3 the contest; and 2-4 WHEREAS, The State of Texas is especially proud to have its 2-5 school Harlendale Alternative Center among the winners of this 2-6 year's Children's Set A Good Example School Competition; the 2-7 students whose work brought about this distinction have brought 2-8 great honor to their school, community, and state; now, therefore, 2-9 be it 2-10 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-11 77th Legislature, hereby congratulate Harlendale Alternative 2-12 Center on achieving top 10 in the 18th Annual Children's Set A 2-13 Good Example School Competition and commend the student designers 2-14 of the honored project, their parents, and their sponsors; and, 2-15 be it further 2-16 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 2-17 the students of Harlendale Alternative Center as an expression 2-18 of high regard from the Texas Senate. 2-19 Madla 2-20 ______________________________________ 2-21 President of the Senate 2-22 I hereby certify that the above 2-23 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-24 on May 7, 2001. 2-25 ______________________________________ 2-26 Secretary of the Senate 2-27 ______________________________________ 2-28 Member, Texas Senate