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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Deerpark Middle School of the Round Rock Independent |
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School District has achieved notable success during the 2006-2007 |
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school year; and |
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WHEREAS, The winner of the Texas Education Agency Gold |
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Performance Acknowledgment for three consecutive years, Deerpark |
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has earned the 2006 Level II Commitment Award from The University of |
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Texas at Austin Center for Performance Excellence and was recently |
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named one of the Hundred Best Public Schools in Texas by Texas |
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Monthly magazine; and |
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WHEREAS, This outstanding campus has participated in the |
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Texas Education Agency's Adolescent Literacy Project, conducted by |
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The University of Texas at Austin Vaughn Gross Center for Reading |
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and Language Arts; moreover, as a Gateway to Technology pilot |
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school, Deerpark is the only middle school in Central Texas to offer |
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a combined math, science, engineering, and shop program that |
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enables students to earn high school credit; and |
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WHEREAS, Talented young Texans who attend the institution |
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have become state and national finalists in the Duke University |
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Talent Identification Program, while the seventh grade Academic UIL |
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team was named third place district sweepstakes winner and four |
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students earned Awards of Excellence in the National Parent Teacher |
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Association's Reflections contest; and |
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WHEREAS, Students have also excelled in extracurricular |
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activities, with the seventh grade basketball team named district |
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champions and the orchestra named sweepstakes winner in the North |
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Area Austin UIL orchestra concert and sight reading competition; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Dedicated staff and faculty are committed to helping |
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all students achieve their full potential, and their professional |
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successes have earned them a number of honors; in the past year, art |
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teachers from the institution have been selected as presenters at |
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the Texas Art Education Association Conference and National Art |
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Education Association Conference; and |
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WHEREAS, Deerpark Middle School has set high standards to |
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which others may aspire, and its accomplishments during 2006 and |
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2007 are a great honor for the school and merit special recognition; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Deerpark Middle School for its many |
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achievements during the 2006-2007 school year and commend its |
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faculty, staff, and students for their outstanding efforts; 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 Deerpark as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |