SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 941

	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to 
recognize members of the Texas National MATHCOUNTS Championship 
Team, who won the title at the national competition held in 
Detroit, Michigan, on May 6, 2005; and
	WHEREAS, The winning Texas team members represented Sugar 
Land Schools and included eighth-grader Mark Zhang, 
eighth-grader Dennis Mou, and seventh-grader Jeffrey Chan, from 
Fort Settlement Middle School, and sixth-grader Kevin Chen, from 
First Colony Middle School; they were expertly coached by
Jeff Boyd, who sponsors teams from both schools; and
	WHEREAS, In the individual competition, Mark Zhang, who 
had placed first in individual rounds at the Texas state 
competition and achieved a perfect score on the written exam, 
placed second nationally; and
	WHEREAS, MATHCOUNTS is a nationwide mathematics enrichment 
and competition program open to sixth, seventh, and eighth grade 
students; the top 228 competitors, or Mathletes, at the national 
level represent more than 500,000 middle school students around 
the country who used MATHCOUNTS materials to improve their 
mathematics skills; and
	WHEREAS, Skills in mathematics are critical to success in 
almost every profession in today's workplace; these fine young 
students and their coach have demonstrated exceptional 
dedication and commitment in achieving their goals, and they 
bring great honor to themselves, their schools, and to this 
state; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
79th Legislature, hereby congratulate members of the Texas 
National MATHCOUNTS Championship Team for its academic 
achievements and extend to them best wishes for success in all 
their future endeavors; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 
them as an expression of the esteem of the Texas Senate.
                                                                         Lindsay




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    President of the Senate
 
    I hereby certify that the 
above Resolution was adopted by 
the Senate on May 18, 2005.



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    Secretary of the Senate



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     Member, Texas Senate