78R15820 JH-D By: Merritt H.R. No. 1173R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, A team of gifted students from Pine Tree High School recently achieved outstanding success by winning the University Interscholastic League (UIL) Academic State Championship in Conference 4A; and WHEREAS, The academic championship is an exciting competition that tests the knowledge of contestants in such demanding subject areas as computer science, literary criticism, math, science, spelling, current events, and debate and requires hours of diligent preparation and sharp minds for participants to excel; and WHEREAS, The Pine Tree team is under the leadership of James Stueart with notable assistance provided by Bonnie Edmund and Paula McKinney, and these coaches are to be commended for encouraging team members to do their very best in this rigorous match of intellectual skill; and WHEREAS, These outstanding students and educators have brought well-deserved recognition to their school and community with their triumph in scholastic competition, and their intelligence and determination indeed merit special legislative praise; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate the coaches and members of the Pine Tree High School academic team on their first-place finish in the UIL Academic State Championship; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.