1-1 ****** NEED TWO-PAGE HEADER ****** 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1080 1-3 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas congratulates the 1-4 students, faculty, and staff at F.M. Gilbert School in Irving on 1-5 achieving top 10 national honors in the 18th Annual Children's 1-6 Set A Good Example School Competition; and 1-7 WHEREAS, Today's young people cope with many negative 1-8 influences, including drugs, crime, and illiteracy; our country's 1-9 future depends on young people's ability to overcome harmful 1-10 pressures 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 1-16 abuse, 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, Youth in over 10,000 schools from all 50 states, 2-1 a total of more than 12 million students, have entered their 2-2 student-designed and student-run projects in the contest; and 2-3 WHEREAS, The State of Texas is especially proud to have the 2-4 F.M. Gilbert School among the winners of this year's Children's 2-5 Set A Good Example School Competition; the students whose work 2-6 brought about this distinction have brought great honor to their 2-7 school, community, and state; now, therefore, be it 2-8 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-9 77th Legislature, hereby congratulate the F.M. Gilbert School 2-10 on achieving top 10 honors in the 18th Annual Children's Set 2-11 A Good Example School Competition and commend the student 2-12 designers of the honored project, their parents, and their 2-13 sponsors; and, be it further 2-14 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 2-15 the students of F.M. Gilbert School as an expression of high 2-16 regard from the Texas Senate. 2-17 Nelson 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 May 17, 2001. 2-23 ______________________________________ 2-24 Secretary of the Senate 2-25 ______________________________________ 2-26 Member, Texas Senate