80R14405 LRP-D
 
  By: Smith of Tarrant H.R. No. 1583
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Jonathan Kleehammer has shown great initiative and
  school spirit by serving on the student council for Treetops
  Intermediate School in Euless; and
         WHEREAS, The fifth- and sixth-grade students who serve on the
  council devote several hours each month to important projects that
  help their schoolmates and other residents of their community; with
  the assistance of council advisor Marci Clanton-Meyer and Treetops
  director Lou Blanchard, these responsible young Texans are doing
  their part to improve the world around them while learning
  important lessons about civic involvement; and
         WHEREAS, A member of the Treetops Intermediate School Student
  Council for two years, Mr. Kleehammer has participated in a variety
  of council projects, including a literacy program to assist younger
  students and a group effort to adopt a nursing home, and has led
  campus tours for visitors and welcomed new students to Treetops;
  Mr. Kleehammer also helped plan Red Ribbon Week, part of a national
  program that allows students to learn the dangers of drugs and
  alcohol, and contributed to a mural that illustrates the "I Have A
  Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; and
         WHEREAS, Mr. Kleehammer has also been involved in council
  activities that support the U.S. troops serving overseas, including
  Operation Valentine and Flags Across America; for these projects,
  he created valentine cards and hand-drawn flags that contained
  messages for active-duty military personnel; moreover, he was
  involved in the Veterans' Day project that recognized family
  members for their military service by including their names on a
  wall of honor in the classroom, and he was part of a welcome party
  for returning soldiers at the Dallas/Fort Worth International
  Airport; in completing all of his assignments, Mr. Kleehammer
  logged more than 40 hours of volunteer work; and
         WHEREAS, Committed to bettering his school and community,
  Jonathan Kleehammer has played an important role in student council
  activities, and his dedication and hard work indeed merit special
  recognition; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas
  Legislature hereby honor Jonathan Kleehammer for his service on the
  Treetops Intermediate School Student Council and extend to him best
  wishes for continued achievement as a student and citizen; and, be
  it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for Mr. Kleehammer as an expression of high regard by the
  Texas House of Representatives.