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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Deetrice Wallace, an educator in the Houston |
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Independent School District, has been named the 2007 Harris County |
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Teacher of the Year; and |
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WHEREAS, Sponsored by the Education Foundation of Harris |
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County, which supports programs in all 26 independent school |
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districts within Harris County, the Teacher of the Year award is |
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part of the foundation's mission to create extraordinary |
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opportunities for all children by promoting excellence and fresh |
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thinking in public education; it chose Dee Wallace as the recipient |
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of its highest annual honor because of her innovation in the |
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classroom and her dedication to her students and her colleagues; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, An instructor for 11 years, nine of which have been |
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spent in the Houston ISD, Ms. Wallace teaches science and robotics |
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to eighth graders at Sharpstown Middle School and also works at |
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Sharpstown High School; she is known for going above and beyond the |
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call of duty to ensure that her students learn and succeed; regarded |
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by her peers as a high-energy educator she constantly finds new ways |
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to make lessons relevant to the experiences of her students; and |
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WHEREAS, This dedicated educator also takes part in a variety |
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of additional initiatives to enhance learning; she mentors other |
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teachers and often takes her students on weekend field trips; |
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moreover, she serves as coach of the Sharpstown robotics team, and |
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in 2006, she helped the team win first place in bracket competition |
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and to finish 10th among all the teams in the state; and |
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WHEREAS, Dee Wallace's skill and effectiveness as a teacher |
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have previously been recognized with several awards; she was named |
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the 2005-2006 Sharpstown Middle School Teacher of the Year, and the |
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Education Foundation of Harris County selected her as Teacher of |
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the Month in April 2006; and |
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WHEREAS, With her unrelenting efforts to inspire and educate, |
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Dee Wallace has had an enduring and positive influence on her |
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students, and her exemplary success as an educator is worthy of the |
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highest acclaim; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby honor Deetrice Wallace for being named the 2007 Harris |
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County Teacher of the Year and extend to her best wishes for |
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continued success in educating the young people of Houston; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Wallace as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives and Senate. |