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By:  Woolley                                                      H.R. No. 1028



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Students from the YES College Preparatory School of  
Houston are visiting the State Capitol today, and it is indeed 
appropriate to pay tribute to these outstanding young Texans who 
have demonstrated such remarkable dedication in the pursuit of 
their dreams of academic, professional, and personal success; and
	WHEREAS, Situated on a 25-acre campus in southeast Houston, 
YES is a state-chartered secondary school for students in grades 
6-12 that provides inner-city students with a rigorous college 
preparatory curriculum; winning acceptance to a college or 
university is not simply a goal for each YES student but a 
graduation requirement, and in 2001 every graduate was accepted by 
at least four institutions of higher learning; and
	WHEREAS, The YES College Preparatory School was founded in 
1998, and during the past five years it has garnered both statewide 
and national attention for its intensive approach to education; 
students attend classes from 7:50 until 5:00 Monday through Friday, 
and they attend school two Saturdays a month as well as an extra 
month each summer; and
	WHEREAS, Students of the YES College Preparatory School make 
an extraordinary commitment to attain academic excellence, and as a 
result they are eagerly pursued by our country's finest 
universities; graduates of the program have been accepted by and 
received scholarships from colleges across the country, including 
Rice, Stanford, Cornell, Texas A&M University, and The University 
of Texas; and
	WHEREAS, The future of the Lone Star State rests firmly on the 
shoulders of young Texans such as those who are here today, and the 
students of the YES College Preparatory School are to be commended 
for their truly exemplary scholastic achievements, as are the 
educators, administrators, and parents who have helped to make 
these efforts possible; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby welcome the students of the YES College 
Preparatory School of Houston and extend to them best wishes for an 
enjoyable and informative visit.