1-1 ****** NEED TWO-PAGE HEADER ****** 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1181 1-3 WHEREAS, The academic team of the George A. Thompson 1-4 Intermediate School in Pasadena has won the National Academic 1-5 League Championships, and their stellar triumph warrants special 1-6 legislative commendation; and 1-7 WHEREAS, On April 6, 2001, this fine group of students, 1-8 led by teacher Carolyn Carmichael, defeated the Snowcrest 1-9 Junior High team 42-38, ensuring themselves a place in the final 1-10 four of the National Academic League Tournament; and 1-11 WHEREAS, They garnered the national championship title 1-12 when they soundly defeated the Wichita, Kansas, team during the 1-13 finals held at the Houston Exxon Building; and 1-14 WHEREAS, Thompson Intermediate School is under the 1-15 direction of principal Gregory Jones and vice principals 1-16 Bill Saxon and Steve Black; these fine administrators are 1-17 undoubtedly proud of their school's exceptional academic team, 1-18 which has won the national competition three times in the past 1-19 eight years; and 1-20 WHEREAS, This year's outstanding team members include 1-21 Christine Tran, Van Nguyen, Lam Le, Justin Lai, Ana Lopez, 1-22 Courtney Grimes, Minh Bui, Vishal Patel, Henry Dao, 2-1 Adrienne Ingalls, Grace Kim, Wesley Bennett, Michael Cole, 2-2 Richard Quach, Rustam Abedinzadeh, Bruce Le, Tracie Thomason, 2-3 Ryan Dawson, Ryan Fox, and Tiffany Lily; and 2-4 WHEREAS, These students have excelled in the face of 2-5 staunch competition, and their hard work, dedicated efforts, 2-6 and sterling performance are truly commendable; now, therefore, 2-7 be it 2-8 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-9 77th Legislature, hereby congratulate George A. Thompson 2-10 Intermediate School's academic team and extend to its members 2-11 best wishes for continued success; and, be it further 2-12 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution 2-13 be prepared for the team members as an expression of high 2-14 regard from the Texas Senate. 2-15 Jackson 2-16 ______________________________________ 2-17 President of the Senate 2-18 I hereby certify that the above 2-19 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-20 on May 24, 2001. 2-21 ______________________________________ 2-22 Secretary of the Senate 2-23 ______________________________________ 2-24 Member, Texas Senate