78R16760 WMS-D

By:  Wong                                                         H.R. No. 1416



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Oates Elementary School Family Literacy 
Program, created in October 2002, has achieved considerable success 
in its short history and shows great promise for the future; and
	WHEREAS, Under the direction of the Neuhaus Education Center 
and funded by The Houston Annenberg Challenge and the Cullen 
Foundation, the program is designed to assist struggling readers, 
particularly in first and second grades, through a special 
curriculum and by involving their parents in the learning process; 
and
	WHEREAS, Coordinator Tarrell Hutchinson, assisted by two of 
the school's teachers, is working with students and their parents 
to build the children's reading skills in a family-friendly 
environment; and
	WHEREAS, The ability to read is essential to everyday living 
and those without it face enormous barriers to achieving success; 
the Oates Elementary School Family Literacy Program is designed to 
help students to master this vital skill, and all those associated 
with the initiative are indeed worthy of special legislative 
recognition; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby commend the participants in the Oates Elementary 
School Family Literacy Program and extend to them sincere best 
wishes for continued success in their endeavors; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for these individuals as an expression of high regard by 
the Texas House of Representatives.